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South Carolina has brought back the firing squad as a method of execution, making it one of the few US states where it is lawful to carry out a death sentence in that manner. According to the state Department of Corrections, it will be possible for inmates on death row to choose to be shot

Goldman Sachs, the powerful Wall Street investment bank, has stormed into the £3bn auction of Chelsea Football Club as an adviser to one of the leading bidders. Sky News has learnt that Goldman has been signed up to advise the consortium being led by Todd Boehly, one of the owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers

A California-based investment firm has joined one of the frontrunners to buy Chelsea Football Club as a multitude of parties conduct frenzied negotiations to finalise their offers hours before the deadline for bids. Sky News has learnt that Clearlake Capital, which has roughly $60bn of assets under management, has signed up to a consortium headed

A thirteen-year-old child driving a pickup truck was among nine people who died in a crash with a van in Texas. Six members of a university golf team and a coach were also among those who lost their lives in the head-on collision. Two others were injured in the crash on Tuesday. The pickup truck

Kanye West has had his Instagram account locked for 24 hours for violating the social media platform’s bullying policies. The rapper – who is known as Ye – will not be able to post, comment or send direct messages for 24 hours. Instagram took action after he made a number of online attacks on Saturday

Jussie Smollett has been released from jail in Chicago pending an appeal against his conviction for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he had staged on himself. A jury found the former Empire star guilty of five counts of felony disorderly conduct in December – and a Cook County judge last

The Ukrainian president has asked the US Congress in Washington to “remember” Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 attacks, when “innocent people” were attacked from the air, as he called for more support. Volodymyr Zelenskyy was greeted with a standing ovation ahead of his powerful remarks, which he made through a video link from Ukraine. Echoing

The White House has mocked Russian sanctions imposed on senior US individuals, quipping that nobody was planning a holiday to Moscow and suggesting Vladimir Putin’s regime had targeted the wrong Joe Biden. President Biden was banned from entering Russia in response to the sanctions imposed against the country after the invasion of Ukraine. Also put

A murdered girl known for decades as “Little Miss Nobody” has finally been identified. Her burned remains were found nearly 62 years ago in the Arizona desert and her killers have never been caught. Authorities have now revealed she was four-year-old Sharon Lee Gallegos of New Mexico. She was abducted from her grandmother’s yard on

Police in the US have arrested a man suspected of killing two homeless men and wounding three others over the last fortnight. The suspect was arrested in Washington DC, where some of the attacks took place, with others occurring in New York City. One of the victims was found on fire in a tent in

Police have warned a gunman who’s stalked and killed at least two homeless people and wounded three others: “We’re coming for you”. It comes as a new close-up picture of the suspect at a cash machine was released that clearly shows his face. The attacks have happened in less than a fortnight in New York

A three-year-old boy has shot his mother dead in a supermarket car park south of Chicago. The pair were in a vehicle outside a Food 4 Less store in the village of Dolton when the child somehow found the gun and fired it, police said. His mum was pronounced dead at hospital. His father is

A man is being sought by officials in New York and Washington DC, in connection with the murders of two homeless people. The man is thought to have attacked several people sleeping on the streets, killing two and injuring three others, police said. District of Columbia police said on Sunday they are working with the

An award-winning American photographer and film-maker has been killed in Ukraine, the New York Times has said. Brent Renaud was shot dead in Irpin, near Kyiv, on Sunday, Kyiv’s police chief Andriy Nebytov said. Cliff Levy, deputy managing editor at the New York Times said the newspaper was “deeply saddened” by his death but confirmed

Gabby Petito’s parents are suing Brian Laundrie’s parents, claiming he told them he had killed their daughter. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday in Sarasota County, Florida, with the Petito family alleging Laundrie told his parents on 28 August last year that he had killed his fiancee, Ms Petito. The 22-year-old was travelling across the

Sesame Street has paid tribute to “beloved” actor Emilio Delgado, known by the show’s fans as Fix-it Shop owner Luis Rodriguez, following his death at the age of 81. Delgado played the role for 45 years, joining the children’s series as Luis in its third season in 1971. His wife, Carol Delgado, told the Associated

Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he had staged on himself. The actor – who was best known for starring in Empire – loudly shouted after the sentencing: “I am innocent. I could have said I am guilty a long

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler was detained after being mistaken for a bank robber while trying to withdraw money from his own account, US police video footage shows. The 35-year-old was briefly held by police after he went to make a transaction at a Bank of America branch in Atlanta on 7 January. Mr Coogler

Russia could be laying the groundwork for the use of chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, the White House has warned. Press secretary Jen Psaki made the remarks in response to Russia’s claim Ukraine was running chemical and biological weapons labs with US support. Ms Psaki called the claim “preposterous” and said it could be

Elon Musk has gone to court to ask a judge to free him from the constraints of a deal he made with US regulators that force him to have his tweets about Tesla pre-approved by a lawyer. Mr Musk was forced to sign the agreement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2018