BBC Nancy Berry tried to rescue her family mementos from the floods – but much of it was lost Days after a tropical storm inundated parts of North Carolina with catastrophic flooding, leaving scores dead and hundreds more missing, entire communities are beginning to come to terms with devastating losses and, for some, narrow escapes. […]
US Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz has admitted during a live television debate that he “misspoke” when he claimed he was in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Kamala Harris’ running mate was asked by a debate moderator why he had repeatedly said over the years he was in Hong Kong as China’s […]
A doctor charged in the drug-related death of actor Matthew Perry has pleaded guilty in the case. Dr Mark Chavez changed his plea to guilty in a Los Angeles court to a charge of conspiring to distribute the surgical anaesthetic ketamine. Chavez, 54, operated a ketamine clinic and sold ketamine lozenges to Dr Salvador Plasencia, […]
Two-time Super Bowl champion Von Miller has received a four-game suspension without pay for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. It comes after the Buffalo Bills linebacker turned himself into police in Dallas on 30 November 2023 after a warrant was issued for his arrest. Police accused Miller of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend. No charges […]
Getty Images Vice-presidential candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance sparred on stage during their one and only debate of the 2024 US election campaign. Walz, the Democratic governor of Minnesota, and Vance, a Republican senator representing Ohio, traded claims on key election issues including immigration, foreign policy and reproductive rights. Here are some claims from […]
During the debate, Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance was fact-checked over his claims about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, who he and Trump have baselessly accused of eating their neighbours’ pets. After making a reference to “millions of illegal immigrants” being brought in, a moderator noted that most of those in Springfield were legal residents […]
Home surveillance video shows the moment a Tesla vehicle became engulfed in flames inside a flooded garage in Florida during Hurricane Helene. The family, who made it out of the home safely, told a local news station that it took only a few minutes for the home to be destroyed by the fire. Cleanup and […]
