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Fans help apprehend suspected gunman after fatal shooting at Kansas City Super Bowl parade
Video shows two onlookers chase and tackle someone, holding that person down until two police officers arrive.
- by Heather Hollingsworth and Nick Ingrahm
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Russia reportedly developing space-based nuclear weapon
Representative Mike Turner has requested President Joe Biden declassify all information relating to this threat, which sources say is related to Russia and space.
- by Patricia Zengerle
World of photos, February 15, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Biden says Trump has ‘bowed down to a Russian dictator’ with NATO comments
Biden has sought to assure global allies the US remains a stable partner after Trump encouraged Russia to attack NATO countries that don’t spend enough on defence.
- by Farrah Tomazin
World of photos, February 14, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
‘Laser eyes’ Biden trolls conspiracy theorists with Super Bowl rigging joke
Taylor Swift has become the subject of recent conspiracy theories suggesting she is a “deep state” operative who will swing the election for the Democrats.
- by Benedict Smith
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US Votes 2024
Where does Biden’s latest gaffe rate among the biggest political slips?
Joe Biden’s not the first political leader to deliver a real-time blooper, but the US president’s timing could not have been worse.
- by Nick Bryant
World of photos, February 13, 2024
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Self-driving vehicle set ablaze by crowd in San Francisco
The incident was not the first time people have attacked self-driving cars, but its severity may illustrate growing public hostility to them.
- by Hyunjoo Jin and Abhirup Roy
‘I would encourage them’: Trump says he would allow Russia to attack US allies
The White House described the former president’s latest incendiary campaign speech as “unhinged”, while critics viewed it as startling – even by Trump’s often inflammatory standards.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘Joe Biden will not be the nominee’: Haley doubles down on age attacks
Haley has developed a standard set of attacks on Trump, 77, and Biden, 81, casting both men as belonging to the same bygone era of politics.
- by Jazmine Ulloa