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  • Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa<br>FILE - Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in March, is led into a courtroom for a hearing Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. FILE - A Colorado judge ruled Friday that Alissa, accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in a 2021 rampage, is mentally competent to stand trial. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski/Pool, File)

    Colorado man accused of killing 10 in 2021 attack ruled competent for trial

    Suspect in Boulder attack was previously deemed to be mentally incompetent to stand trial and suffering from schizophrenia
  • Migrants stay in a makeshift shelter at O'Hare international airport in Chicago.

    Chicago’s plan to hire controversial firm to house migrants alarms critics

  • Biden with the crown prince in Jeddah last summer. Analysts said ‘realpolitik’ had driven Washington to deepen ties with the Saudis.

    Biden accused of betrayal of Khashoggi over push to deepen Saudi ties

  • Migrants gather near the border wall after crossing the Rio Bravo river, as seen from Ciudad Juarez.

    Border walls and deportations: Biden’s migrant plans prompt outrage

  • Hakeem Jeffries<br>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., departs after speaking at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

    Democratic unity strikes contrast to Republican chaos as McCarthy exits

  • Several rows of dead birds.

    At least 1,000 birds died from colliding with one Chicago building in one day

Opinion

  • Writers Matthew Weiner, left, and Semi Chellas carry signs on the picket line outside Netflix on 27 Sept. 2023, Los Angeles.

    Screenwriters won a historic victory against AI. The rest of us should follow

    Hamilton Nolan
  • construction workers building a mental wall

    Why is Joe Biden campaigning for Donald Trump?

    Moustafa Bayoumi
    The US president is helping to build Donald Trump’s southern border wall. What is he thinking?
  • ‘The 36,000 primary voters who cast a ballot for Gaetz seven years ago wouldn’t get to call the shots for all 300 million of us.’

    Why do eight radicals hold power over the entire US House of Representatives?

    David Daley
    There are hundreds of Congresspeople representing millions of Americans – yet undemocratic rules give people like Matt Gaetz outsized sway

  • Britain’s pheasant shooting season has begun. And a year-round massacre makes it possible

    George Monbiot

  • The trials of SBF and DJT: Trump isn’t clean on crypto but he did warn us about it

    Lloyd Green

  • Climate crisis – Fiona Katauskas cartoon
    What’s worse than ‘gobsmackingly bananas’? You really don’t want to know

    Fiona Katauskas

US sports

  • The Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor

    The world’s largest stadiums – in pictures

  • Simone Biles competes on the balance beam in the women's individual all-around final.

    World gymnastics championships: women’s individual all-around final – in pictures

  • Simone Biles on the uneven bars

    Simone Biles crowned all-around world champion for a record sixth time

  • Billy Sharp: ‘To be honest where I live is not what I see of Los Angeles on TV’.

    ‘I’m doing the best job in the world’: Billy Sharp finds a new dawn in LA

US politics

  • Nancy Marks leaves court in Central Islip, New York on Thursday.

    Former aide to Republican fabulist George Santos pleads guilty to fraud

  • Jim Jordan surrounded by reporters

    Donald Trump backs hard-right loyalist Jim Jordan for House speaker

  • Donald Trump in court.

    Trump lawyers urge dismissal of 2020 election indictment, arguing immunity while in office

  • Grand Jury Meeting In Florida Becomes Focus On Trump's Classified Documents Case<br>PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - JUNE 08: Former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen on June 08, 2023 in Palm Beach, Florida. Reports indicate that the Department of Justice is preparing to ask a grand jury to indict former president Donald Trump for violating the Espionage Act and for obstruction of justice after documents, with some marked Top Secret, were seized when the FBI searched the estate. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

    Trump again requests delay in Mar-a-Lago documents trial until after 2024 election

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US business

  • Sam Bankman-Fried outside court in New York in August. His lawyers have done their best to portray him as a wayward boy genius in over his head.

    ‘Math nerd’ or crypto criminal? Question at heart of Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial

  • Gary Wang on Friday testified about the conversations between FTX’s inner circle in the exchange’s final days before its collapse.

    Sam Bankman-Fried was not surprised by $8bn FTX shortfall, key witness says

    • The New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street

      Bond yields rise after US jobs report smashes forecasts – as it happened

    • Bar chart of monthly change in US jobs

      US economy added 336,000 jobs in September surpassing expectations

    • A charcoal drawing of mostly browns and grays, of a man with black hair wearing a suit, and a bright blue, pink and white sign with the word "Bitcoin" on it.

      FTX co-founder testifies he committed crimes with Sam Bankman-Fried

Pictures & video

  • Moment police arrest suspected 1996 Tupac murderer – video

  • Ukrainian president insists US bipartisan support for Ukraine is not faltering

    1:23

    US has given '100% support' to Ukraine, says Volodymyr Zelenskiy – video

    Ukrainian president insists US bipartisan support for Ukraine is not faltering
  • Facing a likely roadblock from House Republicans, US president says he is worried the infighting in Congress could hurt Ukraine aid

    2:09

    Biden admits he is worried Republican infighting could hurt Ukraine aid – video

    Facing a likely roadblock from House Republicans, US president says he is worried the infighting in Congress could hurt Ukraine aid

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