One dead and 17 injured after car plows into crowd at Pennsylvania event
Crash happened at fund-raiser for victims of fire that killed 10 on 5 August as suspect then went on to kill his mother, police say
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GOP governors rebuke party members’ ‘outrageous rhetoric’ over Trump search
Larry Hogan describes comparisons of the FBI to Nazi Germany’s secret police, made by Florida senator Rick Scott, as dangerous
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Man fatally shoots himself after driving car into barricade near US Capitol
Police did not determine motive for the man’s actions, but no indication he was targeting Congress members, who are in recess
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Trump under investigation for potential violations of Espionage Act, warrant reveals
Details contained in explosive search warrant show US officials investigating whether three criminal statutes violated
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US House passes Democrats’ landmark healthcare and climate bill
Biden is expected to quickly sign the legislation, which delivers a much-needed political victory for the party ahead of the midterms
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Risk of catastrophic megafloods has doubled in California, study finds
Scientists concluded that a series of storms could dump enough rainfall to displace millions, causing over $1tn in losses
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Blood and terror: witnesses tell of attack on Salman Rushdie at literary festival
Arts event interrupted by screams as people rushed to render aid to the novelist and subdue his assailant
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‘Catastrophic failure’ kills 21,000 fish at California university
Chlorine exposure appears to be cause of death of animals at UC Davis research center
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US and Chinese officials discuss Biden-Xi meeting amid Taiwan friction
Two leaders raised possibility of in-person encounter when they last talked by phone in late July, US official confirms
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Salman Rushdie on ventilator after being stabbed on stage at New York state event
Author attacked at event in western New York as police identify the suspect in custody as Hadi Matar
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Wrongfully convicted New York man Richard Rosario freed after 20 years
Bronx man, who had 13 alibi witnesses, awarded $5m after conviction for fatal shooting of George Collazo in 1996 overturned
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FBI searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home for classified nuclear weapons documents – report
Suspected presence of such files could explain why US attorney general took step of ordering FBI agents into Trump home
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