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Fellow Democrats are urging New York’s governor to quit or be forced out after a report into alleged harassment.

Hakeem Jeffries is sick of hearing from liberals carping about how Democrats — and their leaders, of which he is one — aren’t doing enough to advance progressive policies.

Team USA reel from an “embarrassing” relay display and shock hurdles defeat but there are golds in the shot put and pole vault on day 13 in Tokyo.

The Dixie Fire, the largest burning in California, has razed much of the town of Greenville.

The Justice Department has made the extremely rare move of intervening in a court case against a former top Saudi intelligence official who has been targeted by Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince, in order to protect classified intelligence secrets.

Nearly 500 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in people who congregated in Milwaukee’s Deer District to cheer on the Milwaukee Bucks during the NBA playoffs last month.

The US-based publication is cutting third party support for its popular crossword puzzles.

President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Thursday that points the US auto market toward electric vehicles, announcing a new target that half of vehicles sold in the country by 2030 will be battery electric, fuel-cell electric or plug-in hybrid.

Most international travellers will eventually need to be vaccinated when the US reopens borders.

America’s job market recovery is chugging along, but worries about the Delta variant derailing progress are rampant. Even as economists anticipate the best gains since last summer in Friday’s jobs report, persistently high unemployment claims and a big miss in the private sector payroll report put a damper on the excitement.

Cars produce nearly a third of US carbon emissions and sales of electric vehicles lag behind Europe.

As kids head back to school this month, vaccination rates among adolescents tend to be lower in states that have banned mask mandates in schools than in states that will require masks in schools, a new CNN analysis finds.

A former Louisville, Kentucky, police officer has pleaded guilty to hitting a kneeling person in the head who was surrendering during an arrest in May last year, according to a statement from the Department of Justice.

The Microsoft co-founder says he should not have given the convicted sex offender “credibility”.

Johnson, who had a 1999 hit with Get Get Down, had been in intensive care with the virus.

The club, which dropped the name Redskins last year, says fans can no longer wear headdresses at games.

The lawsuit accuses companies of fuelling bloodshed through negligent business practices.

Officials say 30 people were onboard when their vehicle hit a metal pole and stop sign.

A Dallas firefighter was charged with theft after allegedly taking paid leave for nearly a month while lying about testing positive for Covid-19.

US Bank told employees Wednesday they will no longer be due back in the office early next month because of surging Covid-19 cases.

Freshman Democratic Rep. Cori Bush has captured national attention for her high-profile activism after she slept on the steps of the US Capitol for several days to protest a lapse in the federal eviction moratorium amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Disney revealed pricing for its new, highly anticipated Star Wars hotel on Wednesday — and the cost to immerse yourself in a galaxy far, far away for a few days will not come cheap.

Asset manager Vanguard will reward staff who get jabbed, but it won’t mandate vaccinations.

After pandemic-fueled delays last year, the Tokyo Olympics have gotten a lot of attention around this summer. Unfortunately for NBC, that attention has not translated to viewership.

As Covid changes Obama’s birthday plans we ask experts what the virus surge means for your summer.

Democrats, including President Biden, have called for the New York governor to go.

A newly unsealed warrant also reveals suspicions that fire stations on the ship were sabotaged.

Biles’ withdrawal shows how attitudes have changed, says former USA gymnast Dominique Moceanu.

The NY governor shows photos of him kissing and hugging people as he denies sexual misconduct claims.

Vauhxx Booker, who alleges two white men threatened to lynch him, is himself charged with assault.

The White House plans to continue the controversial Title 42 policy to help combat Covid-19.

How the devastating 2001 plane attacks on America unfolded and how they shaped our age.

Rochelle Walensky says vaccines protected Provincetown amid an “immense amount of exposure”.

How a viral photo of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck exposed the internet’s lust for nostalgia.

As the Delta variant causes a rethink about risk, Americans are battling to keep a feeling of normalcy.

Thousands of Afghan interpreters have waited years to flee to the US. Arriving is a different story.

What’s the row about virus research in China between a prominent Republican and Dr Anthony Fauci?

The teen megastar’s second album, Happier Than Ever, gives an unflinching portrayal of global fame.

Timothy lives in a county where only a third are fully jabbed – he says he regrets his choice now.

The young athletes said the star showed that not everything needs to be sacrificed for titles.

Police officers gave emotional testimony about their struggles during the riot to US lawmakers.

Officer Gonell gave an emotional statement during the first day of the US Capitol riot inquiry.

A 63-year-old won the Key West, Florida contest for his likeness to the award-winning author.

The withdrawal of remaining US combat troops could help Iran achieve its ambitions.

Fire crews are battling extreme temperatures to control wildfires in California and Nevada.

From breastfeeding to representation, women are still frustrated at most ‘gender balanced’ Games.

As burning ash pelts their vehicle, video shows firefighters in California drive through the flames.

A stadium was sent into panic and a six-year-old was killed in two of the weekend’s worst shootings.

The mother pulled her son from a car after he was taken from her in broad daylight in the New York City.

When Covid closed New York theatres, dancer Robbie Fairchild started a business that put down roots.

How a novel use of DNA and ancestry websites is helping police uncover clues in cold case murders.

As searches for unmarked graves continue, survivors reflect on a dark legacy of residential schools.

Backlash for “cultural appropriation” on the video-making app may mean no viral dances for a while.

The vortex of smoke and flame is one of the latest signs of extreme weather threatening the US West.

A truck filled with 2,000kg of fireworks goes up in flames, injuring at least 17 people in Los Angeles.

Donald Trump says migrants are crossing the border like the US “has never seen”. We’ve checked the numbers.

Both the mother and grandmother of Pablo Rodríguez were in the building when it fell. Now, he wants answers.

Decades after she was told girls couldn’t do the job, she got a chance to live her childhood dream.

The US vice-president appeals for an end to “finger-pointing” amid a bipartisan backlash.

As search and rescue efforts continue, friends and family desperately await signs from the missing.

Katty Kay leaves the BBC after nearly three decades of service, including five years on Beyond 100 Days.

Legendary anchor Katty Kay signs off from the BBC for the final time.

This video was sent by one of the first eyewitnesses on the scene of the Miami building collapse.

The president says rebels would need more than guns to take on the nuclear-armed US government.

About 40 cows made a run for it and wandered through the town of Pico Rivera.

More than 2,000 migrant children are being detained in an overcrowded camp in Texas ridden with disease.

An investigation by the BBC has uncovered alarming conditions at a child migrant camp in Texas.

The House speaker tells the BBC that American democracy is in peril if voting rights reform fails.

Learn what’s at stake as voters head to the polls to choose a new leader for New York City.

Remote workers are freer than ever to relocate, especially when smaller cities dangle incentives.

Obum and his wife Faith moved to Tulsa in 2019, inspired by the legacy of ‘Black Wall Street’.

The BBC’s Michelle Fleury looks at the problem of hate crime directed at Asian Americans in the US.

Viola Fletcher, a survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, calls for justice 100 years on.

Decades after white mobs razed an affluent black neighbourhood the search for bodies goes on.

Black people in the US are subject to double the level of heat stress in cities than whites.

A year on from the death of George Floyd, BBC presenter Eddie Nestor examines his role as a father.

The BBC has uncovered allegations of cold temperatures, sickness, lice and abuse, through a series of interviews with children and staff at US detention camps for children.

A year after George Floyd’s death, it’s not just civilians who’ll be reflecting on what happened.

Amid calls to improve training in the US, we examine how it compares with other developed countries.

Democrat Joe Biden has promised to undo many of Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Adrian Meza and his family from Nicaragua have just been released from detention by US border officials.

The increase from 380 to nearly 3,500 has overwhelmed local facilities in Mexico, the UN warns.

A 10-year-old from Nicaragua woke up to find he had been abandoned by his group.

It takes up to 20 days, and can be deadly – but everyday hundreds try to cross the border between Panama and Colombia.

Tougher policies and deaths on the road are unlikely to stop Guatemalans from trying to reach the US.

A surge in migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border tests the administration’s immigration promises.