Image copyright Martin G. Johnson / YouTube Image caption Video uploaded to social media showed residents confronting the police about the unmarked truck Police in the US city of Chicago say they will “take a hard look” at their use of “bait trucks” to catch thieves following criticism from activists. Video posted on social media […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made a number of changes to crackdown on US migrant policy A federal judge has ordered a mother and her daughter be flown back to the United States, after learning they had been deported mid-appeal. The two were being represented in a lawsuit by […]
Image copyright City of Redding Firefighters in California are continuing to battle some of the most destructive wildfires ever to hit the state. The raging Mendocino Complex fire, comprising twin blazes in the state’s north, has become California’s largest wildfire since records began a century ago. About 100 miles northeast, near Redding, crews are also […]
Image copyright Getty Images On 12 August, the small, serene city of Charlottesville, Virginia will mark the anniversary of a deadly white nationalist rally that shocked the nation. The violence that day cost the life of a young counter-protester and scarred Charlottesville. An official report condemned city officials for failing to adequately prepare and police […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Authorities have been criticised for not acknowledging the numbers of those killed by Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico has acknowledged that Hurricane Maria killed 1,427 people in the US territory, not 64 as it has previously reported. Maria hit the island in September 2017 and it has struggled to repair its […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Suspects Siraj Wahhaj (L) and Lucas Morton. Mr Wahhaj is also suspected of abducting his three-year-old son A man arrested after 11 malnourished children were found in a remote desert compound was training them to commit school shootings, US media report. According to prosecutors’ documents, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj was teaching […]
Image copyright Willowcreek.tv Image caption Bill Hybels seen as he announced his resignation to shocked churchgoers The leaders at one of the biggest megachurches in the US have quit over a sexual misconduct scandal that has already claimed its founder. A statement from elders at the Willow Creek church said a “new start” was needed, […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The medals and dog tag of Army Master Sgt Charles McDaniel, who was a casualty of the Korean War Nearly 70 years after he died in combat in the Korean War, a US army medic’s dog tag is back home with his two sons. The dog tag was among […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption West Wing star Rob Lowe is among those to have criticised the new Oscar The announcement of a new “popular film” category at the Oscars has been actively unpopular in Hollywood. The Academy revealed the category on Wednesday, opening the door for films like Black Panther, Mission Impossible: Fallout […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Suspects Siraj Wahhaj (L) and Lucas Morton. Mr Wahhaj is also suspected of abducting his three-year-old son A man arrested after 11 malnourished children were found in a remote desert compound was training them to commit school shootings, US media report. According to prosecutors’ documents, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj was teaching […]
