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US President Joe Biden didn’t hold back as he started his speech blasting the Russian leader Vladimir Putin over its…

A Florida highway was blocked on Wednesday after a crash with five semi-trailers led to thousands of beet cans being spilt onto the road.

Reuters: New York State Attorney General Letitia James is suing Donald Trump and the Trump Organization for engaging in “numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation” in preparing annual financial statements between 2011 and 2021, Reuters reports.

Trump news: NY AG teases ‘major announcement’ as special master demands proof of ‘declassified’ docs

The Metro says The subject of a popular true crime podcast was released from prison on Monday after a judge overturned his sentence.

The Independent says California has legalised a burial process known as “human composting,” which advocates say will help cut down on the carboon footprint of funerals.

The Independent says The judge overseeing the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz refused to step down Monday, rejecting a motion by his attorneys who accused her of being biased against their client and prejudicing the jurors who will decide if he should die for murdering 17 people four years ago.

US president Joe Biden has declared the pandemic is over in America, despite the number of Americans who have died from Covid continuing to rise.

The Guardian says A federal judge has named Raymond Dearie, a senior US district judge with experience handling US national security matters, as an independent arbiter to vet records seized by the FBI from Donald Trump’s Florida estate in an ongoing criminal investigation.

Yvon Chouinard, the billionaire founder of the outdoor fashion retailer Patagonia says he has given away his company to a charitable trust.

Russia spent more than $300m to influence politicians in more than 24 countries since 2014, according to the US.

The Metro says Former President Donald Trump vowed he would never leave the White House after losing the 2020 election, it has been claimed.

The Metro says Three young children who were found dead on the beach at Brooklyn’s famed Coney Island boardwalk early Monday morning may have been drowned by their mother, according to New York City police.

The Guardian says The FBI recovered a document describing a foreign government’s nuclear capabilities during its search of Mar-a-Lago, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

Police have confirmed the body found on Monday is that of missing heiress Eliza Fletcher.
Fletcher, 34, was a teacher in the area and the granddaughter of a local billionaire.
The Tennessee mother-of-two was abducted while jogging on Friday morning near the University of Memphis campus.

A redacted version of the court papers that allowed the FBI to raid Donald Trump’s Florida home will be released to the public.

Pete Arrendondo, a police chief, who was accused of botching the response to the fatal shooting of 19 school kids and two teachers in Uvalade, Texas, has been fired.

The police killing of Rayshard Brooks, 27 – who was shot about three weeks after the killing of George Floyd.

Charlie Crist will take on Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis in the US midterm elections.

Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter’s Jack Dorsey ahead of court battle Telsa boss Elon Musk has launched legal action to summon…

The Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, in Massachusetts later said it understands its “handling of the situation came across as insensitive.” 

Iran has denied any link with the Salman Rushdie stabbing and the attacker – and instead blames the writer himself. 

China condemns Pelosi visit, calling it “manic, irresponsible and irrational.” 

American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones admits Sandy Hook school shooting was 100% real and has acknowledged it was irresponsible of him to say the school massacre was a hoax.

The US approves Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership, backing the expansion of the transatlantic alliance in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.