The federal government reported on Friday that there have been 483 confirmed cases of measles across 20 US jurisdictions so far this year, with the largest outbreak in Texas, and 70 people across the nation needing to be hospitalized. That compares with 285 cases of measles in the US for the whole of 2024. The…
A second South Carolina death row prisoner has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets. Mikal Mahdi chose the firing squad on Friday. His execution is scheduled for 11 April. Mahdi was convicted for killing a police officer with a gun he stole…
Law firm Skadden strikes deal with Trump administration to avert an executive order Donald Trump announced that the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has agreed to provide at least $100m in pro bono legal services to the federal government during this administration. It is the latest example of legal firms caving in…
Sunshine and warmer weather will return to the UK in time for Mother’s Day and is forecast to last into next week. Temperatures are expected to steadily rise throughout the week, starting with highs of 17-19C on Monday and ending with highs of 20-23C on Thursday and Friday. South-east England is set to enjoy the…
Trevor Milton, the founder of electric vehicle start-up Nikola who was sentenced to prison last year, was pardoned by Donald Trump late on Thursday, the White House confirmed on Friday. The pardon of Milton, who was sentenced to four years in prison for exaggerating the potential of his technology, could wipe out hundreds of millions…
Donald Trump described a long-awaited call with the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, as “extremely productive” amid a trade war between the two nations launched by the US president. The Friday morning call, requested by the White House, marks the first time the two leaders have spoken since Carney became prime minister on 14 March.…
The University of Michigan has shuttered its flagship diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) program and closed its corresponding office, becoming the latest university to capitulate to Donald Trump’s anti-DEI demands. The school launched the program in 2016, at the beginning of Trump’s first administration, and it became a model for other DEI initiatives across the…
The Trump administration on Friday asked the US supreme court to intervene to allow the government to continue to deport immigrants using the obscure Alien Enemies Act. The request came one day after a federal appeals court upheld a Washington DC federal judge’s temporary block on immigrant expulsions via a wartime act that allows the…
The life-preserving cancer drugs that Dame Esther Rantzen was placed on last year are no longer working, her daughter has said. The health of the terminally ill Childline founder and journalist had deteriorated to the extent that she was no longer well enough to travel to a Swiss clinic, meaning that Dignitas was “out of…
The head of the government’s controversial counter-terrorism programme Prevent is leaving his position after a damning inquiry revealed the strategy’s failures in relation to the Southport attack. Michael Stewart had spearheaded the programme – which aims to to stop people from becoming involved in or supporting terrorism – since September 2020. He was in charge…
