Rescue efforts are ongoing searching for any signs of life beneath the rubble. A pedestrian bridge has collapsed on to a busy highway in the US state of Florida, killing at least four people. Vehicles are trapped under the wreckage at Florida International University. The pedestrian bridge had only been erected at the university on […]
Severe weather kills two people in the Deep South and now threatens heavy snow across the northeast and New England. Severe storms have made their way through the southern US, leaving two people dead. The worst of the weather has eased but the area of low pressure responsible for the storms is now threatening dangerous […]
HIRAM, Ga. — Only time will tell whether Michael Cohen’s testimony to a congressional committee on Wednesday was a blip or a major chapter in the story of Donald Trump’s presidency. But across America, it was, for many, just one more show. From an Atlanta suburb to Seattle, the hearing played out in closed captions […]
In the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, tens of thousands of students plan to take their gun-control reform message to the streets of Washington on Saturday. Tens of thousands of students in the US will converge on major cities on Saturday to demand gun reform. Organisers say the “March for […]
Called ‘America’s Pastor’, the Evangelical preacher was honoured in the US Capitol building, but his views on interfaith and racial tolerance remain a subject of some dispute. Mourners have been filing past the body of Evangelical preacher Billy Graham in the US Capitol Rotunda, an honour rarely afforded to those not connected to the US […]
The bizarre last words of a death row killer executed today for murdering his wife’s family have been revealed. Billie Wayne Coble was pronounced dead tonight at 6.24pm CST (00.24 GMT) from lethal injection at the state death chamber in Huntsville, Texas. The 70-year-old was convicted of murdering his estranged wife’s parents and brother in […]
Thousands with damaged homes are living with relatives or paying rent they can ill afford elsewhere while they wait for the more than $350m reconstruction budget to kick in. It has been six months since an earthquake shocked Mexico City, leaving hundreds dead and thousands without shelter. Since then, politicians have received criticism over the […]
Quebec Premier François Legault is standing firm as pressure mounts over his government’s proposed immigration legislation, saying he is only trying to address a backlog left by the previous Liberal government. “The Liberal government kept 40,000 people waiting in Ottawa, another 40,000 in Quebec,” he said on Thursday. “The average time to wait was three […]
A federal court judge has dismissed an Edmonton business association’s application for a review into the decision to allow three supervised consumption sites to operate in the city’s core. The decision means Edmonton’s four supervised injection sites, which were approved by Health Canada after meeting a number of conditions, will continue to operate as usual, […]
A growing number of young people in the US are coming together to speak out against lax gun laws. As members of Congress debate the issue of gun control, teenagers are walking out of class to protest against inaction. The grassroots movement has been sweeping the country since the deadly Florida shooting two weeks ago, […]