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Student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza continue to spread across the US, following last week’s arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. There have been nearly 550 protest-related arrests in the past week at major US universities, according to a tally by news agency Reuters. The students want universities to cut ties

Two courts aren’t enough – not for Donald Trump, not on a Thursday. His hush money criminal trial and Supreme Court hearing, legal events one and two, were already under way when he scored the hat-trick. A New York judge announced he was upholding the verdict and the $83m damages award against Trump for defaming

Protests over the Israel-Hamas war have reached boiling point at US universities, leading to the arrests of hundreds of protesters on campuses across the country. Police have been involved in clashes with pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up encampments on dozens of campuses, with over 500 arrests being made. But what are their demands, how

Chaos engulfed campuses across the United States as pro-Palestinian student protests spread to universities across the length and breadth of this country.  A movement which started at Columbia University on the east coast has now spread to the north, south and west. At the University of Southern California in Los Angeles at least 93 people

The possibility of a ban on TikTok in the US has moved a step closer after the Senate agreed a landmark bill to force its China-based parent company into selling the app. The bill gives ByteDance nine months to sell the popular social media platform – with the possibility of a three-month extension to finalise

TikTok has promised a court battle over a new law that threatens to ban it in the US – with the app’s boss saying “we aren’t going anywhere”. President Joe Biden approved the law that states the platform will be blocked if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell it within nine months. US politicians

More than 100 students and staff were arrested at New York University (NYU) last night as protests around the Israel-Hamas war reached a boiling point. Recent days have seen an escalation of long-running largely pro-Palestinian protests in some of the country’s most prestigious educational establishments. Protesters at NYU, Columbia and Yale have made various demands

A celebrity handbag designer whose products have been used by Britney Spears and on Sex And The City has been jailed for smuggling crocodile handbags into the US for fashion shows. Nancy Gonzalez, 71, admitted recruiting couriers to carry as many as four products each on commercial flights from her native Colombia to the US

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested at Yale University, hours after Columbia University cancelled classes due to an ongoing demo there. A spokesperson for New Haven Police Department said officers arrested about 45 protesters at Yale and charged them with misdemeanour trespassing. There were no reports of any violence or injuries. All were released

Opening statements are due to be heard in the trial of Donald Trump over hush money payments to a porn star. A jury has been selected at the New York court which will witness the first criminal trial of a former US president. Opening remarks by the prosecution and defence teams will be followed by

A tram crash at Universal Studios Hollywood has left 15 people injured. The Los Angeles County Fire Department was called to the theme park shortly after 9pm local time on Saturday. It said 15 people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries. The crash occurred when the final car of one of the trams collided

At least two people are dead, and 14 others injured in a shooting in Memphis, Tennessee, according to US police. The incident occurred at a street party in the city, with clips on social media showing panic after shots appear to ring out. Police said that both the fatalities were males and at least three

TikTok could be banned in the US if the social media app’s Chinese owner doesn’t sell its stake after the House of Representatives voted in support of the measure. The TikTok legislation has been included in a US foreign policy package, which has already seen representatives approve security assistance for Taiwan and allies in the

A man who set himself on fire outside the New York courthouse where former US President Donald Trump is on trial has died, Sky’s US partner NBC News has said. Maxwell Azzarello was “declared deceased by hospital staff”, police told NBC News in a phone call. No time of death was given. Mr Azzarello, in

A man has set himself on fire outside the courthouse in New York where former US President Donald Trump is on trial. The man was in the designated protest area outside the courthouse. It comes after jury selection for Trump’s hush money trial concluded with 12 people, and six alternatives, chosen to decide whether the

The overnight events do not reflect well on President Biden. He had signalled so emphatically just days ago for Israel not to retaliate. “Take the win,” the American president told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the early hours of Sunday morning. Middle East latest – follow live Image: Benjamin Netanyahu has ignored Biden’s pleas.

Donald Trump described the hush money case against him as a “mess” after all 12 of the jurors who will decide his fate were selected. Leaving the court in New York after proceedings were adjourned for the third day, Trump addressed reporters, saying he was supposed to be in states like Georgia, New Hampshire and

Joe Biden has suggested his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals after his plane was shot down during the Second World War – as he said Donald Trump was unworthy of serving as commander in chief again. The US president visited a war memorial near his Pennsylvania hometown to honour his late uncle Ambrose

The families of OJ Simpson’s murdered ex-wife and her friend will be paid from his estate, the executor of his will has suggested. The former NFL star and Hollywood actor died aged 76 of cancer on 10 April. He was cleared of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in what was dubbed “trial of the

Sesame Street writers have unanimously voted to support strike action should a deal not be reached after two months of negotiations over pay and union coverage. A group of writers for Sesame Workshop, the producer of the hit children’s TV show, began bargaining on 13 February ahead of their contract expiring on 19 April. Picketing