A majority of Minneapolis City Council has pledged to dismantle the local police department, a significant move amid nationwide protests sparked by George Floyd's death last month. Nine of the 13 councillors said a \\\\\"new model of public ...
All four cops have now been charged over the death of George Floyd with the officer who knelt on him for eight minutes set to face second-degree murder charges. Minnesota’s Attorney General will escalate charges against Derek Chauvin and charge...
A lawyer for George Floyd has told a memorial service that a "pandemic of racism" led to his death. Those gathered at Thursday's tribute stood in silence for eight minutes, 46 seconds, the amount of time Floyd was alleged to be on ...
Police officers, pressing on George Floyd's neck and body, cut blood and air flow to the Minneapolis man's brain, causing him to die by mechanical asphyxia, pathologists hired by the family said....
Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated, mainly peacefully, across the United States for an eighth night following the death of African-American George Floyd in police custody. One of the biggest protests, joined by Floyd's relatives, ...
President Donald Trump has threatened to send in the military to quell growing civil unrest in the US over the death of a black man in police custody. He said if cities and states failed to control the protests and "defend their residen...
Violence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd. Curfews have been imposed in nearly 40 cities, but people have largely ignored them, leading...
There's only one rule laid down to journalists at the press launch of Mary Poppins Returns. "Don't ask any of the cast to spell Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." This point is made by the film's publicists twice over as we arri...
President George H.W. Bush laid to rest next to wife, daughter...
President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw the US from the World Trade Organization (WTO), claiming it treats the country unfairly. "If they don't shape up, I would withdraw from the WTO," Mr Trump said in an interview with Blo...
George Clooney released from the hospital after motorcycle accident, rep says...
A woman whose life was saved by a liver transplant has shown her appreciation for the NHS in a unique way. Ellie Lacey, 31, from Cardiff, ran 8.8 miles (14.2km) across Rhossili beach on Gower on Sunday to map the words "Thank You NHS&qu...
With a dazzling spectrum of designs used to advertise the capital's transport system, for more than a century women have been shaping the way London is perceived. Yet the identity of many of these female artists has been hidden. Often they w...
The wife of producer Harvey Weinstein says she is leaving him following allegations of sexual harassment against him from a string of actresses. Georgina Chapman, 41, said Weinstein's actions were "unforgivable". Angelina Jolie an...
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George and Amal Clooney may want to share pregnancy notes with Beyonce and Jay Z. The Clooneys are expecting twins in June, Julie Chen said Thursday on CBS' "The Talk." George Clooney told Chen in late January ...
The director of the US Office of Government Ethics has criticised Donald Trump's plan to hand control of his business empire to his sons before his inauguration on 20 January. The plan does not match the \\\\\"standards\\\\\" of US presidents over t...
On the 197th anniversary of his birth, BBC Culture readers share their favourite quotes from the greatest American poet. ...
Italian carmaker Lamborghini has finally announced plans for its SUV, vying for customers with a taste for a luxury utility. Automobili Lamborghini first introduced the Lamborghini Urus in 2012 at the Beijing auto show, but it announced Wed...
George Clooney is a “very cool dude,” at least in the eyes of Sandra Bullock’s son Louis, 3. “If there was a choice between me and George … my son will leave to go with George and the guys,” Bullock said today d...