Bill and Melinda Gates have officially filed for divorce. Court papers obtained by TMZ show that Mr Gates has hired the law firm of Charles Munger, a close advisor of his friend Warren Buffett, and that there was no prenuptial agreement before the
The family of Andrew Brown Jr, a Black man killed by police in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, last week, were bracing themselves for a viewing of body-camera footage on Monday morning that could cast light on whether their loved one was shot in
After Republicans launched a long-shot attempt to censure and expel Maxine Waters from Congress over comments on the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, which the judge said could provide grounds for appeal, the veteran California progressive stayed defiant. “I am not worried
The US coast guard and multiple other boats have rescued six people from a commercial platform vessel that capsized off the coast of Louisiana in a sudden and severe storm on Tuesday night and are still searching for more, the agency said on Wednesday.
The gunman who killed five people including a prominent doctor in South Carolina was former NFL pro Phillip Adams, who killed himself early Thursday, according to a source who was briefed on the investigation. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he
The US Capitol in Washington DC was placed on lockdown on Friday, with staff told to “seek cover” amid reports of an “external security threat”. News organisations reported emergency vehicles at the scene with one person at least seen on a stretcher. One
A Republican lawyer who advised Donald Trump on his campaign to overturn the 2020 election results is now playing a central role coordinating the Republican effort to tighten voting laws around the country. The moves comes as Trump himself signaled his support for new
Just days after signing the $1.9tn coronavirus relief package into law, Joe Biden was on the road selling the benefits of the bill to the American people – and also to his own party’s political prospects. The president kicked off his “Help is Here”
Joe Biden is allegedly mulling the first federal tax hike since 1993 to reboot the American economy and pay-off the costs of future programmes at the same time. The US president is due to propose spending more than the $1.9 trillion (£1.36 trillion
As Texas struggled on Thursday with a disastrous lack of power, food and water following the deadly storm that brought Arctic temperatures to the southern US, the state’s Republican leadership stood battered by a growing outcry over mismanagement of the power grid and