9 h. ago New Man City photos show major North Stand update ahead of opening

Manchester City executives celebrated on Wednesday as they continue to make progress with the redevelopment of the ground

Culture

9 h. ago Hannah Darling tees up exciting finish to her US college career

Consistent Scot helps in-form South Carolina win NCAA Regional Championship

Politics

14 h. ago Justice Sonia Sotomayor says lawyers should stand up and fight amid turmoil in nation's legal system

Justice Sonia Sotomayor says lawyers should stand up and fight in battles faced by the nation's legal system

Society

17 h. ago Entire US firing squad 'botches' execution leaving death row inmate to die slowly

An autopsy has revealed that South Carolina death row inmate Mikal Mahdi 'suffered' longer than the 10-15 second window he was supposed to after being shot in the heart by a firing squad

Events

20 h. ago Federal officials set timeline for Helene aid to farmers as Georgia enacts tax breaks

Georgia’s governor has signed a law to exempt federal crop insurance and disaster payments following Hurricane Helene damage from Georgia state income taxes

Politics

27 h. ago Revealed: Autopsy suggests South Carolina botched firing squad execution

Records obtained by the Guardian indicate shooters did not hit Mikal Mahdi according to protocol, which lawyers say caused prolonged sufferingA South Carolina firing squad botched the execution of Mikal Mahdi last month, with shooters missing the target area on the man’s heart, causing him to suffer a prolonged death, according to autopsy records and his attorneys.Mahdi, 42, was shot dead by corrections employees last month in the second firing squad execution this year in South Carolina. The state has aggressively revived capital punishment over the last seven months and brought back the controversial firearm method that has rarely been used in the modern death penalty era. Continue reading...

Politics

27 h. ago Lawyers for man executed by firing squad in South Carolina say bullets mostly missed his heart

A pathologist hired by attorneys for death row inmates says a South Carolina man executed by firing squad was conscious and likely in extreme pain for as long as a minute

Politics

63 h. ago Inside the VERY extravagant wedding of son of disgraced legal heir Alex Murdaugh... as he asks for cash to renovate his new house

Buster Murdaugh, 32, married his long-term girlfriend Brooklynn White, 29, in a lavish ceremony in the heart of the Lowcountry.

Society

3 d. ago Taylor Swift fan and aspiring teacher is shot dead while visiting friends and police say suspect was on crime spree

Logan Federico, 22, died from a fatal gunshot wound to the chest, police said.

Events

4 d. ago Judge cautions prosecutors in healthcare exec murder trial to refrain from public comments

Comments from legal team and Trump administration officials could prevent Luigi Mangione from getting a fair trialDuring a 25 April proceeding in Luigi Mangione’s Manhattan federal court case for allegedly murdering UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson last year, the judge implored prosecutors to watch what they say – including top honchos of Donald Trump’s justice department.Judge Margaret M Garnett pointed prosecutors to a district court policy barring lawyers on both sides from making “public commentary that could impede Mr Mangione’s right to a fair trial”. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago World's biggest investor managing $1.8TRILLION reveals his strategy for dealing with Trump's tariffs

Nicolai Tangen, the chief executive of Norges Bank Investment Management - Norway's $1.8 trillion sovereign-wealth fund - revealed how he is grappling with Trump-imposed tariffs.

Economics

6 d. ago Female South Carolina high school dance teacher is suspended over 'inappropriate relationship' with student

Victoria Montgomery, who has taught dance at Hilton Head Island High School since 2021, has been suspended and charged following allegations of an 'inappropriate relationship' with a student.

Society

7 d. ago Driver ‘intentionally’ ran over a woman and two kids outside a church preschool, cops say

An hours-long manhunt was launched for South Carolina man Justin Collin Adams

Politics

7 d. ago Dozens of homeless people living in national forest evicted by US Forest Service

Service closing area in Oregon for wildfire prevention plan months after Trump order to increase timber productionDozens of homeless people who have been living in a national forest in central Oregon for years were being evicted on Thursday by the US Forest Service, as it closed the area for a wildfire prevention project that will involve removing smaller trees, clearing debris and setting controlled burns over thousands of acres.The project has been on the books for years, and the decision to remove the encampment in the Deschutes national forest comes two months after the Trump administration issued an executive order directing federal agencies to increase timber production and forest management projects aimed at reducing wildfire risk. It wasn’t immediately clear if the evictions were a result of that order, but homeless advocates seized on the timing on Thursday, as US Forest Service officers blocked the access road. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Mississippi sets an execution date for a man who's been on death row since 1976

The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the state's longest-serving death row inmate for June 25

Events

7 d. ago Did a police officer's Taser pose a threat against him? Murder trial centers on weapon

A Michigan jury is considering whether a former police officer was justified in fatally shooting a Black man who had taken the officer's Taser and was facedown in a struggle

Events

9 d. ago Salford council's new chief executive confirmed after 'turbulent' period

Stephen Young has been appointed to take on the gig.

Politics

9 d. ago Iran executes man accused of helping Israel kill Revolutionary Guards colonel

Mohsen Langarneshin is accused of being ‘senior spy’ for Mossad, but human rights groups say he was innocentIran has executed a 36-year-old man it accused of helping the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, kill a senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in Tehran in 2022. Iranian state media said Mohsen Langarneshin was hanged, the usual method of execution in Iran, at Ghezel Hesar prison early on Wednesday morning.Langarneshin’s family and human rights groups insisted the former IT consultant was innocent of the charges against him and that any reported confessions were obtained by torture or blackmail. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Man Utd transfer target tipped to shine in Premier League as Red Devils eye hotshot

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim is desperate to add more firepower to his squad this summer, with Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen one of the names on his radar

Politics

9 d. ago The chance discovery of a mass grave opens up old wounds in Greece

As many as 400 Yedi Kule prisoners were executed

Politics