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A driver has died after crashing a vehicle into a gate at the White House, authorities say. The driver was found dead in the vehicle following the crash shortly before 10.30pm on Saturday, the US Secret Service said in a statement. They crashed into an outer perimeter gate of the White House complex while travelling

Tech giant Apple has recorded the biggest drop in iPhone sales since the early months of the COVID pandemic. Sales for January to March were down 10% on the same period last year – something not seen since the 2020 iPhone model was delayed due to lockdown factory closures. Overall, Apple earned $90.8bn (£72.4bn) in

President Joe Biden has spoken out for the first time following violence and arrests during demonstrations at multiple US universities, saying: “There is a right to protest but not a right to cause chaos.” Tension at universities across America have been building for days as demonstrators have refused to remove encampments and administrators have called

A potential running mate for Donald Trump in the US election has continued to defend shooting dead her family’s puppy after saying the animal was “extremely dangerous”. South Dakota governor Kristi Noem has told Fox News the 14-month-old wirehair pointer, who was named Cricket, was a “working dog” and “not a puppy”. She said in

US President Joe Biden has delivered an election-year roasting of his rival Donald Trump, criticising his immaturity. Speaking at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night, the 81-year-old responded to concerns that he is too old for a second presidential term. “Yes, age is an issue – I’m a grown man running

Joe Biden has said he would be open to debate his presumptive Republican opponent Donald Trump ahead of November’s presidential election. The US president was speaking to radio host Howard Stern on Sirius XM, who asked Mr Biden if he would debate Mr Trump, to which he said: “I am, somewhere. I don’t know when.

Every team in the NFL wants a Patrick Mahomes. The Chicago Bears hope they are about to get one of their own. Whether burden or blessing, Caleb Williams enters the 2024 NFL draft as the latest superstar college quarterback prospect and perhaps the first to draw legitimate comparisons to the three-time Super Bowl champion. Image:

The world’s biggest 3D printer has been unveiled in the US – and will be able to create new neighbourhoods of affordable housing to help tackle homelessness, officials have said. The machine, called the Factory Of The Future 1.0, has been built on the campus at the University of Maine and combines artificial intelligence with

Australia’s prime minister said Elon Musk is an “arrogant billionaire who thinks he is above the law” over his reluctance to remove footage of last week’s Church stabbing from X. In response, Elon Musk thanked him “for informing the public that this platform is the only truthful one”. The spat comes after a week of

As the first of Donald Trump’s four criminal trials begins this week, will it have any effect on his chances of re-election in November? The former president faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection to $130,000 paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. He is accused of falsifying internal business records as part of

Former US president Donald Trump has said it is a “very sad day in America” as he spoke before heading into court for his historic hush money trial. Trump said his trial is an example of “election interference”, describing it as “very unfair”. “People understand what’s going on,” he said, describing the trial as a

Joe Biden has suggested his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals after his plane was shot down during the Second World War – as he said Donald Trump was unworthy of serving as commander in chief again. The US president visited a war memorial near his Pennsylvania hometown to honour his late uncle Ambrose

The world’s oldest conjoined twins have died at the age of 62. Lori and George Schappell were born in 1961 in Pennsylvania with partially fused skulls and shared vital blood vessels and 30% of their brain, Guinness World Records reported. The pair died on 7 April, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, according

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has turned himself in to police in connection with his role in a car crash that left four people with minor injuries. The 23-year-old wide receiver was taken to a jail in south Dallas after handing himself in to Glenn Heights Police on Thursday, Sky News’ US partner

Newly released police bodycam footage shows the moment an officer shot a teenage boy who was holding a fake gun. Officer Ryan Westlake was called to reports of a person pointing a firearm at houses in Akron, Ohio, shortly after 7pm on 1 April. He found the person, later identified as 15-year-old Tavion Koonce-Williams, and

Arizona is to ban nearly all abortions after its supreme court ruled a law from the Civil War-era could be enforced. It means an 1864 law criminalising abortions except when a mother’s life is at risk – with no exceptions for pregnancies due to rape or incest – will become enforceable. Doctors who perform the

Donald Trump has said he believes abortion laws should be left to individual states to decide on. The former president, who is seeking a return to the White House in this November’s US election, declared his stance as he declined to endorse a national abortion ban. In the video, posted on his Truth Social site

Police are searching for a man who allegedly set Senator Bernie Sanders’ office on fire in Vermont. The unknown man entered the building and sprayed an accelerant on Sanders’ office door on Friday morning. He then set it on fire and fled, according to police. A “significant fire engulfed the door and part of the

The three-point announcement to ease aid flows into Gaza represents the most significant move by Israel since this conflict began six months ago. It follows a call between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It was a tense, challenging conversation I am told – but not one in which any direct ultimatums were

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has said he is taking “full responsibility” for his part in a car crash that left four people with minor injuries. On Saturday, two cars caused a chain-reaction crash that involved six vehicles along a Dallas highway. The 23-year-old American football player was leasing a Lamborghini SUV that