America

Alvin Bragg made history in 2021 as the first black man elected New York County district attorney. His spotlight is about to grow a lot brighter. Mr Bragg, 49, could become the first prosecutor – at the federal, state or local level – to bring criminal charges against a former …

An unamed Ghanaian traveller was briefly detained by border officials in the United States of America after banned giant African snails were discovered in his luggage. The man had arrived at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport’s Customs and Border Protection desk, whereupon an inspection by officers revealed his consignment. An Associated …

Donald Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday and has urged his supporters to launch mass protests. However his lawyer said there had been no communication from law enforcement and the former president’s post was based on media reports. Prosecutors have been looking at a possible indictment of …

YouTube has lifted restrictions on Donald Trump’s channel, becoming the latest social media network to fully restore the former United States president’s account more than two years after his supporters violently stormed the US Capitol. The decision on Friday comes as the race for the Republican nomination in the 2024 …

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An Ohio-based man who claims to be a Ghanaian Prince has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fraud .     The convict presented himself as a Ghanaian Prince according to an CNN report and swindled a dozen victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to …

US regulators have shut down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and taken control of its customer deposits in the largest failure of a US bank since 2008. The moves came as the firm, a key tech lender, was scrambling to raise money to plug a loss from the sale of assets …

Christian Jouret had all but given up hope that his grandfather, Jerry, the man who raised him, was still alive. It had been nearly a week since the 81-year-old left his mountain home in Big Pine, California, to drive back to his wife in Nevada, but he hadn’t arrived. Finally, …

US President Joe Biden had a cancerous skin lesion removed last month during a routine health screening, the White House has said. All cancerous tissue was removed and no further treatment is required, Mr Biden’s doctor said. Mr Biden will continue dermatologic surveillance as part of his ongoing healthcare, the …

New York City has agreed to pay $21,500 (£17,900) each to over 300 people who were allegedly boxed in and beaten during racial justice protests in 2020. If approved, the multimillion dollar deal will become one of the largest amounts ever awarded per person in a mass arrest case. The …