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Pedestrians hurry away from the scene of a shooting in Times Square (FDNY via AP)

Times Square shooting suspect arrested in Florida

12/05/2021

Four bank employees were released as a stand-off between an alleged hostage-taker and police continued in Minnesota (Dave Schwarz/St Cloud Times/AP)

Four hostages released as stand-off continues at Minnesota bank

07/05/2021

The turtle probably got knocked into the air by another vehicle (Yui Mok/PA)

Flying turtle smashes through car’s windscreen in Florida

22/04/2021

An ESA astronaut is set for launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (SpaceX/PA)

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ESA astronaut set for launch on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

21/04/2021

The old Piney Point phosphate mine pond is leaking water (Tiffany Tompkins/The Bradenton Herald via AP)

US emergency crews seek to prevent ‘catastrophic flood’ at wastewater reservoir

04/04/2021

Donald Trump Jr with his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle (John Bazemore/AP)

Donald Trump Jr buys mansion 20 miles from Mar-a-Lago

01/04/2021

Florida’s Miami Beach has declared a state of emergency after more than 1,000 arrests during an unruly spring break the city fears is a serious threat to public safety (Pedro Portal/Miami Herald/AP)

Miami Beach declares state of emergency due to spring break partying

22/03/2021

The state system prioritises people aged 65 and older (Virginia Mayo/AP)

Women disguised as elderly adults caught trying to get Covid-19 vaccination

20/02/2021

US election: Everything you missed overnight

04/11/2020

US Election 2020: Voting neck and neck for first of the swing states likely to be announced

04/11/2020

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Readers’ Letters: Hols issue

29/06/2020

Remotely-Operated Vehicle retrieves one of the instrumentation modules at the seafloor (DELOS Consortium/PA)

Deep-sea fish seasonal migration discovered by scientists

26/03/2020

A pre-trial hearing has been set in the assault case involving Sir Rod Stewart and his son, Sean (Jeff Holmes/PA)

Pre-trial hearing set in Sir Rod Stewart’s assault case

18/02/2020

Taylor Swift, whose father recently tackled a burglar at his Florida home (Isabel Infantes/PA)

Taylor Swift’s father ‘fights burglar at Florida penthouse’

18/02/2020

Ariana Grande has revealed the reason she was forced to postpone two concerts through illness was because of a tomato allergy (Dave Hogan for One Love Manchest/PA)

Ariana Grande says postponed tour dates were due to tomato allergy

29/05/2019

Ariana Grande said she is ‘beyond devastated’ after having to cancel a concert due to illness (Ian West/PA)

Ariana Grande ‘beyond devastated’ after cancelling concerts due to illness

28/05/2019

The SpaceX Dragon streaks across the sky. Picture by Steven Shanks

North-east stargazer snaps SpaceX Dragon streaking across sky

04/03/2019

Sir Elton John cancelled a sold-out US concert on his farewell tour due to an ear infection (Isabel Infantes/PA)

Sir Elton John cancels US concert on his farewell tour with an ear infection

28/11/2018

Sam Smith paid an emotional visit to Pulse nightclub in Orlando (Ben Birchall/PA)

Sam Smith in ‘deeply emotional’ visit to scene of Pulse nightclub terror attack

13/07/2018

XXXTentacion’s mother has shared a picture of the rapper’s tomb (Miami- Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Department via AP)

XXXTentacion’s mother shares a picture of the rapper’s tomb

01/07/2018

Lil Uzi Vert revealed he has been speaking to the family of XXXTentacion, who was shot dead in Florida (AP)

Lil Uzi Vert calls for celebrities to help in setting up anti-gun violence fund

27/06/2018

Authorities say rapper-singer XXXTentacion has been fatally shot in Florida (Miami- Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department via AP)

Rapper XXXTentacion, 20, has died after being shot in Florida, police confirm

19/06/2018

Alan Corsie who almost died when he was struck by a vehicle on a trans American cycle is back on a bike

Aberdeen cyclist back in the saddle after cheating death

22/05/2018

Minions helping solo Dec out ahead of Takeaway’s Florida finale

05/04/2018

US stars give backing to Florida shooting survivors’ gun control march

19/02/2018

Jimmy Kimmel attacks Donald Trump over response to ‘senseless’ Florida shooting

16/02/2018

Derek and Linda Mutch were travelling aboard the MS Harmony of Seas.

North-east couple stranded as cruise turns into nightmare

19/01/2018

A bunch of fake Twitter accounts posing as the $450m jackpot winner are promising cash for retweets

17/01/2018

Alan Corsie at home

Aberdeen man takes first steps after Florida bike crash horror

29/12/2017

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Westhill boy with rare heart defect selected for dream holiday to Florida

08/12/2017