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A judge has postponed the sentencing of Donald Trump in his hush money case until after the 5 November presidential election. Trump, the Republican nominee for president, had been due to be sentenced in the criminal case on 18 September. However, Manhattan Judge Juan M Merchan has now postponed that date to 26 November, writing

Police have released a picture of a teenager suspected of shooting dead four people in the US state of Georgia. Two teachers and two students were killed in the attack at Apalachee High School in Winder, northeast of Atlanta, on Wednesday. Colt Gray, 14, surrendered when engaged by School Resource Officers inside the school, Barrow

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly shooting dead two students and two teachers at a high school in the US. A gunman opened fire at Apalachee High School in Georgia on Wednesday morning, leading dozens of police officers to swarm the campus as students and teachers rushed to an American football field for

A US school shooting suspect had been previously investigated by police over threats to carry out a similar attack, last year. A 14-year-old boy, has been arrested after allegedly shooting dead two students and two teachers at a high school in Georgia. The gunman, named by police Colt Gray, was a student at Apalachee High

At least four people have been killed and at least nine have been injured in a school shooting in the US, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has said. The shooting took place at Apalachee High School, situated in Winder in Barrow County – around 50 miles from the city of Atlanta. One suspect is in

A doctor and a woman – known as the “Ketamine Queen” – will stand trial over Matthew Perry’s death next year, a judge has ruled. On Monday, California district judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett ruled Salvador Plasencia and Jasveen Sangha will face a joint trial on 4 March next year. A pre-trial hearing is also set

An eight-year-old boy has died after accidentally shooting himself with a loaded gun left in a car, as his mother was shopping. The boy was alone in the car in Lehi, Utah, on Monday, when he was said to have found the loaded gun underneath a seat. He accidentally shot himself in the head, Lehi

Four people have been shot dead on an early morning commuter train near Chicago. Police said they were seated apart in two carriages and appeared to have been attacked while asleep in their seats as the train was moving. Officers were called to Monday’s incident just before 5.30am and pronounced three of the victims dead

Venezuela’s equivalent to Air Force One has been seized by US officials, who claim the luxury presidential jet was bought illegally and smuggled out of the country to get around US export control laws. The white Dassault Falcon 900EX, used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores during state visits, was seized

An NFL player who was in line to make his professional debut next week has been shot in the chest during an attempted robbery. Ricky Pearsall, 23, is in a stable condition after a struggle with the alleged robber led to both being shot in San Francisco. Aaron Peskin, president of the San Francisco Board

Kamala Harris has accused Donald Trump of thinking only of “service to himself” after the former president’s campaign filmed at a military cemetery. Mr Trump has already hit back with videos from relatives of fallen soldiers he honoured in a wreath-laying ceremony on Monday, the third anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal. The row began when

Seven people have been killed and dozens more injured after a bus crash in Mississippi. Officials said the bus overturned on a major motorway near Bovina in Warren County on Saturday morning. Six of the passengers were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. Another passenger died in hospital. Around 37

At least 15 Islamic State militants have been killed in a coordinated attack by US and Iraqi forces, according to US Central Command. Soldiers raided an area in western Iraq in the early hours of Thursday morning and seven US troops were injured. “The [IS] element was armed with numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive ‘suicide’

One of the doctors charged in connection with the death of Friends star Matthew Perry is set to plead guilty. Perry was found dead at his home in Los Angeles, aged 54, on 28 October last year. The actor had been taking ketamine six to eight times a day before he died, according to court

Donald Trump has threatened to imprison Mark Zuckerberg if the Facebook founder does “anything illegal” to influence the upcoming presidential election. The former president made the claim in a new book, titled Save America, which is a collection of pictures and anecdotes from his presidential campaigns and term in office. Next to a photograph of

An official at a military cemetery was “abruptly pushed aside” during an altercation with Donald Trump’s staff during a wreath-laying ceremony, but the matter is considered closed, a US Army spokesperson has said. A statement said the employee at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, was trying to make sure those participating in the ceremony were following

The US election is fast approaching and voters across the nation’s 50 states will be preparing to head to the polls. It’s been another presidential race full of dramatic twists and turns, with just a few months to go before election day on Tuesday 5 November. The US is guaranteed a new president, but understanding

An “ultra rare” orange lobster has been returned to the sea after ending up in a supermarket’s seafood section. The lobster, later named Clementine, arrived at a store in Long Island, New York, in early July, and immediately stood out among a group of traditional brown lobsters. With just one in 30 million lobsters being

The gunman who tried to assassinate Donald Trump spent months researching him, along with other targets like Joe Biden, before deciding to shoot the Republican presidential candidate, the FBI has said. The bureau said Thomas Crooks, 20, was involved in a “sustained detailed effort to plan an attack” before eventually becoming “hyper focused” on Mr

A man with a Nazi tattoo on his face has been sentenced to death for murdering two women, reports have said. Wade Wilson, nicknamed the ‘Deadpool killer’ because he shares his name with the Marvel character played by Ryan Reynolds in the movie franchise, was sentenced on Tuesday by a court in Florida. Wilson, who