Donald Trump has been handed a no-penalty sentence following his conviction in the Stormy Daniels hush money case. The incoming US president has received an unconditional discharge – meaning he will not face jail time, probation or a fine. The sentencing in Manhattan comes days before the 78-year-old is due to be inaugurated as US
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Mel Gibson says there is “nothing left” of his Hollywood home following the LA wildfires and “someone should answer” for the devastation. The Braveheart star was with podcaster Joe Rogan when the flames engulfed his Malibu mansion and said he was a “little tense” while recording their discussion. But he knew his family were “out
A woman from the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles has offered to “fill up the hydrants myself” as she confronted state governor Gavin Newsom over his response to the disaster. Rachel Darvish, a lawyer who has lived in the Palisades all her life, was forced to flee her home along with many thousands
All five of the living US presidents have been pictured together at the funeral of Jimmy Carter. The 39th US president died at the age of 100 on 29 December. President Joe Biden will give a eulogy to his fellow Democrat at the state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral. He appeared alongside president-elect Donald
There was nothing but a stairwell left at one house in Altadena and even that was ablaze. The flames swallowing homes and cars, and the suffocating smoke, made for truly apocalyptic scenes. Firefighters tackled a blaze at one property as the resident next door dashed in and out to rescue a few precious items. People
A real-life drama is unfolding just outside Hollywood. Ferocious wildfires have ballooned at an “alarming speed”, in just a matter of hours. Why? What caused the California wildfires? There are currently three wildfires torching southern California. The causes of all three are still being investigated. The majority (85%) of all forest fires across the United
Firefighters in California are battling a fast-moving wildfire which is sweeping an exclusive Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity homes. Officials say the wildfire is being fanned by gusts from a “life-threatening” and “destructive” wind storm hitting southern California. Image: Pic: AP Image: Pic: AP Fire crews are battling a handful of small blazes in
President-elect Donald Trump has asked a New York court to throw out his hush money conviction before Friday’s scheduled sentencing. It has been set for 10 January, just 10 days before the presidential inauguration. Trump was found guilty in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records, relating to an alleged scheme to hide a
US president-elect Donald Trump has had his victory certified by his defeated rival, Kamala Harris. Under the tightest national security level, Ms Harris, who lost to Mr Trump following November’s election, presided over the certification of the 78-year-old Republican’s victory in Congress. After Congress went through all the certificates for the 50 US states and
New Orleans attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar recorded a video of the city’s French Quarter using Meta glasses he wore while cycling in the weeks before his deadly atrocity, the FBI has said. The bureau said he had made two trips to the southern US city in October and November this year. He killed 14 people when
New Orleans has held a vigil to mourn the lives of the 14 people killed when a truck was driven into revellers celebrating the new year. Some of the relatives of those killed were among those who gathered on Saturday night on Bourbon Street, the famous French Quarter thoroughfare where the attack took place, The
A major winter storm has hit America, producing heavy snow and significant ice which is expected to last days. Road conditions have become increasingly dangerous in the central US since Saturday, with snow in the most heavily affected regions – Kansas and northern Missouri – predicted to reach as high as 35.6cm. Some 60 million
Six days of funeral events are under way for the former US president Jimmy Carter. The 100-year-old Democrat, who served one term in office from 1977 to 1981, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by his family on 29 December. He was the oldest living former US president. A motorcade with his flag-draped
Drive an hour outside China’s commercial capital Shanghai, and you’ll reach Elon Musk’s Tesla gigafactory. It manufactures almost one million Tesla cars a year and produces more than half of all its cars worldwide. But with US president-elect Donald Trump preparing to move into the White House, the relationship between his best buddy Elon Musk
A judge has ordered US president-elect Donald Trump to be sentenced next week in his New York hush money case – but has suggested he will not jail him. In a surprise move, Trump‘s sentencing in the case has been set for 10 January – a little over a week before his inauguration on 20
Did the authorities fail the victims of the New Orleans terror attack? It’s barely in question, surely. And yet, consider the response of Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick of New Orleans police when I asked if she’d let them down by not having an appropriate security plan. “That’s not correct, we would disagree with that.” “It has
The man who drove a pick-up truck into a crowd of people celebrating the New Year in New Orleans is believed to have acted alone, the FBI has said. There is also “no definitive link” between the New Orleans attack and the Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas, the FBI’s deputy assistant director Christopher Raia, from
A Tesla cybertruck explosion outside one of Donald Trump’s US hotels is being investigated as a potential terror attack. The driver, who was inside the vehicle when it caught fire, died in the incident and seven other people were injured. The blast happened as the truck was just outside the president-elect’s hotel in Las Vegas,
Eyewitnesses of the deadly car attack on a busy New Orleans street have described a bloody scene, like a movie one said. Warning: Article contains graphic and potentially upsetting content Jimmy Cothran told Sky’s sister channel NBC: “It was unbelievable, it could only be referenced to a movie.” The attack is being treated as a
At least 10 people have been killed after a vehicle struck a crowd celebrating the New Year in New Orleans, emergency officials have said. Another 30 people have been injured in the incident, which took place on the corner of the popular Bourbon Street, in the French Quarter of the city. It happened at around