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British billionaire Joe Lewis faces multiple counts of fraud in a Manhattan court room.

An ex-intelligence officer who says the US has alien spacecraft testifies at the House of Representatives.

The warming waters threaten marine life and ocean ecosystems including by bleaching coral reefs.

The man is one of four charged with selling Michael K Williams heroin laced with fentanyl.

The US Embassy in Ireland issues a security awareness alert after a tourist was assaulted last week.

A US soldier who crossed into North Korea is the subject of frantic diplomacy to secure his return.

Iain McAllister was listening to the BBC's Breaking the News podcast when he came across a bear.

Mohammad Omar is jailed after pleading guilty to three terror charges over the attack in Ontario.

After being freed last year in a prisoner exchange with Russia, Trevor Reed is injured in Ukraine.

Greg Casar's protest comes ahead of a rule change that will end some protection for outdoor workers.

The death toll from the floods in Nova Scotia rises to three, with one youth still missing.

The Republican presidential hopeful was on his way to a campaign event when the accident occurred.

The agreement raises starting pay for part-time staff to $21 (£16.31) an hour.

The Russian jet "deployed flares from a position directly overhead", says a Pentagon official

The two-time Grammy winner is being treated for blood clots near her vital organs, US media report.