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Case focused on White House’s March 2025 firing of Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca SlaughterUS supreme court decisions – live updatesSign up for the Breaking News US emailThe US supreme court ruled that Donald Trump can fire leaders of independent agencies or commissions, ending 90 years of court precedent that curbs executive power.The vote in the case of Trump v Slaughter is 6-3, with di...
Court rules firing of Cook was unlawful, declines to hear appeal on Carroll case and upholds law to count mail-in ballots arriving after election dayUS supreme court rejects Trump’s bid to appeal $5m E Jean Carroll verdictUS supreme court upholds law to count mail-in ballots arriving after election dayUS supreme court rules Trump’s firing of Lisa Cook from Fed was unconstitutionalSign up for the B...
Law enforcement’s use of warrants sweeping smartphone location data requires privacy protections, court rulesUS supreme court decisions – live updatesThe US supreme court has ruled that law enforcement’s use of sprawling warrants that sweep up smartphone location data requires privacy protections under the fourth amendment, in a boost to critics who view their use as an unconstitutional dragnet.Ju...
Law enforcement’s use of warrants sweeping smartphone location data requires privacy protections, court rulesUS supreme court decisions – live updatesThe US supreme court has ruled that law enforcement’s use of sprawling warrants that sweep up smartphone location data requires privacy protections under the fourth amendment, in a boost to critics who view their use as an unconstitutional dragnet.Ju...
Asad Hussain, 36, from Cheadle in Greater Manchester, found guilty of stalking involving serious alarm or distressA man has been jailed for eight years after he set up a fake Tinder profile for his ex-partner and enticed multiple men to her house with the intention of raping her.Asad Hussain, 36, also known as Ash Hussain, from Cheadle in Greater Manchester, appeared at Chester crown court on Mond...
Justices find president does not have constitutional authority to fire Federal Reserve governor without causeUS supreme court decisions – live updatesSign up for the Breaking News US emailThe US supreme court has ruled that Donald Trump’s firing of a Federal Reserve governor was unconstitutional, in a landmark ruling that limits a president’s authority over the central bank.In its opinion, the cou...
Trial begins of Simon Levy, who denies killing Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins and attacking third womanA man murdered two women and left a third for dead in a series of predatory sexual attacks over an eight-month period, a jury has been told.Simon Levy, 40, denies killing Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo, 53, on 17 March 2025 in south-east London and Sheryl Wilkins, 39, on 24 August ...
No damage reported in 4.6 magnitude aftershock; At least 1,450 people are known to have died in initial quakes but number is expected to riseIn an update to X, El Salvador’s president has said that after hours of intensive work rescuers have freed Aaron Levi Cantillo Vargas, 21, who was trapped under a building in Caraballeda, La Guaira, calling the operation “a miracle”.“This rescue was made poss...
Court declines to hear Donald Trump’s bid to overturn $5m awarded to Carroll by jury in 2023 as it is expected to hand down decisions on several outstanding casesSign up for the Breaking News US emailThe supreme court is due to release some of its final opinions at 10am ET, with major decisions including on Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship and to fire Federal Reserve governor Li...
Court sides against Republicans after deciding earlier this term to let Louisiana effectively dismantle Voting Rights ActUS supreme court decisions – live updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe US supreme court sided against national Republicans and Donald Trump’s administration to allow mail-in ballots that arrive after election day to be counted, upholding the law in more th...
Mary Evelyn Nicole Manning-Kellione’s death was among at least five reported amid floods in Tennessee and KentuckyA 39-year-old woman died in Tennessee while trying to save her son from high flood waters on Sunday morning, according to officials.The death of Mary Evelyn Nicole Manning-Kellione was among at least five reported during flooding in recent days in a region encompassing Tennessee and Ke...
Teresa Ribera blames ‘ideologically driven’ falsehoods, driven by those with vested interests in fossil fuels, for attacks on green policyThe heatwave wreaking chaos across Europe is a “dramatic warning” to reject climate naysayers, a European Commission vice-president says.Teresa Ribera, executive vice-president for a clean, just and competitive transition, lambasted those who listened to the “ve...
Jury found Trump liable in 2023 for sexually abusing former magazine columnist and defaming herUS supreme court decisions – live updatesThe US supreme court declined on Monday to hear Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a $5m verdict in favor of E Jean Carroll in a case in which a jury found him liable for sexually abusing the former magazine columnist and then defaming her.The justices turned away...
UK telecoms group’s 50/50 venture ends more than 18-month search for a buyer of its international operationsBusiness live – latest updatesBT and the US mobile company Verizon are to combine their international businesses, ending the British telecom group’s more than 18-month search for a buyer.Verizon will pay a $625m (£473m) “equalisation” fee to BT to guarantee equal voting rights in the new 50/...
UK telecoms group’s 50/50 venture ends more than 18-month search for a buyer of its international operationsBusiness live – latest updatesBT and the US mobile company Verizon are to combine their international businesses, ending the British telecom group’s more than 18-month search for a buyer.Verizon will pay a $625m (£473m) “equalisation” fee to BT to guarantee equal voting rights in the new 50/...
Lucas Trejo of Argentina loses wife and two children while Héctor Bello’s partner dies saving their daughter‘Critical hours’ in Venezuela earthquake rescue operation – latest updatesFamily members of two professional footballers are among those killed by the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela in a catastrophe that has claimed at least 1,450 lives.Among the reported victims are the wife and two...
Lucas Trejo of Argentina loses wife and two children while teammate’s partner dies saving their daughter‘Critical hours’ in Venezuela earthquake rescue operation – latest updatesFamily members of two professional footballers are among those killed by the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela in a catastrophe that has claimed at least 1,450 lives.Among the reported victims are the wife and two chi...
No damage reported in 4.6 magnitude aftershock; At least 1,450 people are known to have died in initial quakes but number is expected to riseIn an update to X, El Salvador’s president has said that after hours of intensive work rescuers have freed Aaron Levi Cantillo Vargas, 21, who was trapped under a building in Caraballeda, La Guaira, calling the operation “a miracle”.“This rescue was made poss...
UK’s likely next PM says Westminster system is ‘broken’ and he will oversee a devolution of power and resourcesUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham will set up No 10 North as the “nerve centre of a rewired Britain” to oversee a devolution of power and resources across the UK that he said would deliver the change the country desperately needed.The prime minister-in-waiting said the Westmin...
London Theatre Company founded in 2017 by Hytner and former National Theatre colleague Nick Starr has been sold to company that owns 20-plus venues in UK and abroadThe Bridge theatre in London, opened in 2017 by the former National Theatre duo Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr, has been acquired by Trafalgar Entertainment in a sale that also includes the Lightroom venue for immersive art shows. Trafa...
Pakistan says strikes were aimed at a terrorist group while Taliban condemn ‘cowardly act of aggression’Pakistani airstrikes in three eastern provinces of Afghanistan killed 36 civilians and wounded 163 others, Afghan officials have said, as attacks between the two countries showed no sign of abating.Pakistan’s information minister, Attaullah Tarar, said the operations on Sunday night were aimed a...
Thirsty England fans bought more than 8m pints on Saturday, with higher sales expected as the team progressesWorld Cup live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesEngland’s group stage matches in the World Cup have been a boon for UK pubs, which have poured 5.5m more pints of draught beer and cider than usual.Saturday’s clash against Panama was the biggest trading occasion of the tournament...
Teams painstakingly combed endangered Atlantic habitat over several years, helping to grow 8m native treesA small band of volunteers has helped to grow nearly 8m native trees in Scotland, crucial to efforts to restore lost parts of the Atlantic rainforest, after collecting 11m seeds by hand.About 100 volunteers, including retired teachers and doctors, office workers and young families, have spent ...
German police say the main suspect has been apprehended after ‘numerous’ shots were firedMeanwhile, Ukraine is bracing to absorb the impact of the heatwave on its energy network, already pummelled by Russian attacks over more than four years of war, AFP reported.Grid operators in at least five regions – from Ivano-Frankivsk in the west to Zaporizhzhia on the frontline in the south – announced temp...
Organizers of the four-day Electric Forest festival are appealing for attendees to come forward with informationA newborn baby was found dead in a portable bathroom at a Michigan dance music festival on Sunday, and organizers are now appealing for festivalgoers to come forward with information.“It causes us so much pain to have to share this difficult news with you,” Electric Forest festival organ...
San Jose police say Sunday incident in area that has been hosting watch parties ‘is being investigated as a homicide’One person was killed and another seriously injured on Sunday night in a shooting at a popular entertainment spot in San Jose, California, that has been hosting a World Cup “fan zone” as well as screening matches, police said.There were no World Cup games being screened at the t...
Western states experience unseasonally low temperatures but New York and Washington DC could reach 40C by end of weekUnseasonal snow has fallen in some parts of the US, while other parts of the country brace for a heatwave this week.A strong cold front spread into the western US from the northern Pacific over the weekend, bringing an abrupt change in conditions to a region that had been experienci...
Western states experience unseasonally low temperatures but New York and Washington DC could reach 40C by the end of the weekUnseasonal snow has fallen in some parts of the US, while other parts of the country brace for a heatwave this week.A strong cold front spread into the western US from the northern Pacific over the weekend, bringing an abrupt change in conditions to a region that had been ex...
US commerce department accuses state of ‘environmental terrorism’ and plans to evaluate its coastal agencyThe Trump administration plans to evaluate the performance of the California Coastal Commission, in the latest escalation of a dispute between the state’s Democratic leaders and the federal government over energy production.Per federal law, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (...
Underwater expedition by Florida-based team supports possible therapeutic use of bacterial toxins from sea squirtsResearchers at a Florida university say bacterial toxins produced by tiny marine organisms they have studied in Antarctica could become an effective treatment for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.A team from the University of South Florida (USF) recently returned from a six-...
