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Jury to hear opening statements in trial of veteran charged in subway chokehold death

Texas hospitals must now ask patients whether they’re in the US legally. Here’s how it works

Creative ‘I Voted’ stickers branch out beyond the familiar flag design

Inside a 1760 schoolhouse for Black children is a complicated history of slavery and resilience

Former Tory leader calls for benefits increase to help poorest cope with cost of living

Former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has called for benefits to be immediately increased in line with inflation to...

Spain relaxes COVID entry rules for Britons ahead of summer holidays

Unvaccinated Britons planning summer holidays in Spain will be able to enter the country more easily as the government is...

The secret to keeping bad odors and rats out of your compost

If not done well, compost can become a convenient and smelly buffet for rats, mice and other vermin.

From depending on neighbours for food to the highest office in the land – meet Australia’s new prime minister

Anthony Albanese is known as a pragmatic politician willing to work outside ideological lines - and someone whose first taste...

How a million American COVID deaths somehow understates the enormity of the loss

"In just over two years, the virus has killed more Americans than AIDS, the 1918 influenza or a quarter-century’s worth...

Injuries after stand collapses at Trooping the Colour rehearsal

Two people have been taken to hospital after part of a stand collapsed during a rehearsal for Trooping the Colour.

Maine lawmakers want money for National Park maintenance

Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine and Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado chair the National Parks Subcommittee in their...

On the road with the ‘vaccine convoys’ critical to keeping up the fight against COVID

It is difficult to know what COVID is doing to the people of Africa.

Joe Biden signs $40B for Ukraine assistance during Asia trip

President Biden on Saturday signed legislation to support Ukraine with an additional $40 billion in U.S. assistance as the Russian...

US families adopt Ukranians fleeing their country, including 1 Maine family