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The Supreme Court should allow a sweeping Texas law to remain in effect that restricts the ability of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to moderate their platforms, according to the state’s attorney general.

Desperate mothers are trying to mix their own baby formula, but experts warn of the dangers.

New York University bestowed the renowned pop singer with an honorary degree.

The entity’s director resigns citing “vile” attacks. Critics derided the board as a “Ministry of Truth”.

Clifton Blackwell, the Milwaukee man charged with a hate crime in Wisconsin circuit court in 2019 for throwing acid on a US citizen born in Peru, was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in state prison, court records show.

Target’s earnings didn’t hit the mark. Far from it.

But the too-close-to-call Republican primary in Pennsylvania is likely to go to a recount.

US shares see their biggest one-day drop since 2020 after renewed signs of waning consumer confidence.

Prosecutors will ask whether social platforms were “used to stream, promote, or plan” the murders.

US cybersecurity officials on Wednesday ordered all federal civilian agencies to fix flaws in widely used software that officials said foreign government-linked hackers are likely moving to exploit.

Mr Shkreli was convicted in 2017 of defrauding investors.

Republicans, reacting to the victory of Trump-backed Doug Mastriano in the GOP gubernatorial primary in Pennsylvania, were uneasy about the election falsehoods he’s spread about 2020 — and warned that voters aren’t interested in re-litigating it.

The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, has put a spotlight on 4chan, a largely unmoderated site that has been the breeding ground for several tragedies and controversies over the years and appears to have played a role in inspiring Saturday’s attack.

Former Minneapolis Police officer Thomas Lane pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter Wednesday related to his role in the killing of George Floyd in May 2020, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement.

The two top-ranking senators on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Wednesday announced a long-sought bipartisan deal on a comprehensive bill that could help millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service.

An equal-pay agreement between the United States men’s and women’s teams has been hailed as potentially “changing the game around the world”.

Deniers of the 2020 election results are among the biggest winners of the Republican primary

AerCap Holdings, the aircraft leasing giant that is the world’s largest owner of jets, lost 113 planes when Russia seized them in response to sanctions triggered by the war in Ukraine.

Dozens of people, including women and children, were killed in the 2019 strike on an IS position.

Celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz’s bid to become the next Republican senator from Pennsylvania is in jeopardy.

The US decision to leave Afghanistan under both the Trump and Biden administrations was the driving factor behind the swift collapse of the Afghan military as the Taliban swept across the country with stunning speed last summer, according to a scathing new inspector general report released Wednesday.

The court said the law, which forced boards to have up to three women directors, was discriminatory.

Madison Cawthorn loses a bid to renew his title as America’s youngest congressman.

Michael Sussmann peddled baseless claims about the Trump Organization in hope of an “October surprise”.

The suspect in last week’s attack has “panic attacks” when around people of Asian descent, police say.

The Prince of Wales says he will listen on the issue of the treatment of the indigenous community.

The suspect in a mass shooting in New York belongs to “a hateful minority”, the president said.

Primary contests in key states signal that, once again, election season in the US has begun again.

Johnny Depp’s lawyer has accused Ms Heard of being “the jealous one” in the ex-couple’s marriage.

The parents of one Buffalo victim want to know what’s being done to prevent another mass shooting.

While top Pentagon brass say most encounters can be explained, a handful remain a complete mystery.

New York Mayor Eric Adams is begging the city’s business leaders, including JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, to ride the subway to work. Adams is pushing to bring people back to New York offices after years of working from home.

A movement of online extremists targets innocent people in shooting rampages that follow a similar blueprint.

The US accuses Consuelo Porras of obstructing and undermining anticorruption investigations.

The “sophisticated” cross-border passage was equipped with a rail track and ventilation system.

“This is the worst nightmare that any community can face,” Mayor Byron Brown says after the deadly attack.

A probe into Canada’s worst mass shooting has revealed new details about killer and police response.

With stocks running low across the country, parents are scrambling to find ways to feed their children.

A new report suggests other countries had more excess deaths than US during the pandemic.

The sports bra is honoured as a serious invention. The women behind its creation are chuffed.

The BBC’s Laura Trevelyan travels to the island of Grenada to investigate her family’s slave-owning past.

Actor James Cromwell condemns a surcharge on vegan milk at the coffee chain.

Nasa has no intention to end the agency’s relationship with Russia, its former chief scientist says.

Efforts to protect these beautiful insects include driving electric tractors and hand-rearing them in a lab.

Bought for just $35 by a sharp-eyed customer, the ancient artefact is now on display in a museum.

Sarah Weddington was just 26 years old when she argued her case in front of the US Supreme Court.

Amber Heard testified about Depp’s drunken rages and allegations of emotional and physical abuse.

Canada’s “Sixties Scoop” saw thousands of indigenous children forcibly removed from their families.

The campaign is based on efforts around a similar case involving a British journalist fifty years ago.

After being labelled “patient zero”, a small-town physician in Canada was shunned.