Year: 2024

On 20 January 1977, Jimmy Carter took his presidential oath to become the 39th president of the United States.source

USGS A geologist checks a webcam located on the rim of the caldera A Hawaii national park has issued a new warning to tourists after a toddler was grabbed “in the nick of time” from falling off the rim of an erupting volcano. The little boy wandered off from his family and “in a split […]

The Carter Center Former US President Jimmy Carter has died aged 100. The 39th President of the United States lived longer than any president in history. Here, we take a look at his life in pictures. Getty Images James Earl Carter Jr was born on 1 October 1924 in the small town of Plains, Georgia, […]

US President-elect Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to delay an upcoming TikTok ban while he works on a “political resolution”. His lawyer filed a legal brief on Friday with the court that says Trump “opposes banning TikTok” and “seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he […]

The US homeless population increased by more than 18% in a year, driven by high housing costs, natural disasters and a spike in migration to large cities, government officials said. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud) said Friday that more than 770,000 people were in shelters, temporary housing or had no shelter, according […]

Boxer Paul Bamba has died aged 35, his manager Ne-Yo has announced. Puerto Rican Bamba won the WBA Gold Cruiserweight title by defeating Mexican Rogelio Medina on 21 December. Singer Ne-Yo, who signed Bamba to his management company in November, confirmed the news in a joint-statement alongside Bamba’s family on Instagram. “It is with profound […]

Tributes have been paid to Baby Driver actor Hudson Meek, who died after falling from a moving vehicle in Alabama. The 16-year-old actor also appeared in TV series including the NBC drama Found and did video game and commercial voice-overs. Meek fell from a vehicle in Vestavia Hills, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, on 19 […]

President-elect Donald Trump appeared to side with technology bosses Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in a row over a visa programme that brings skilled workers to the US. Trump told the New York Post on Saturday that he “always liked” H-1B visas and hired guest workers under the scheme – even though he’s previously been […]

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino has denied claims by US president-elect Donald Trump that there are Chinese soldiers stationed at the Panama Canal. In recent days Trump has threatened to take the canal back into US control, accusing Panama of “ripping off” the US by charging high shipping rates. In a message posted to his […]

New York State Attorney General’s Office Newly released bodycam footage appears to show New York corrections officers fatally beating a handcuffed inmate who died the following morning. The inmate, 43-year-old Robert Brooks, was pronounced dead on 10 December, the day after the incident took place at the Marcy Correctional Facility in upstate New York. Following […]