Parviz Sabeti denies allegations he led Savak intelligence agency under shah and directed torture of thousands

A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari...

These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign

Office of inspector general’s report says practice at Florida immigration jail is not aligned with ‘humane treatment’

Governor believes Florida would ‘welcome’ juror if under harassment after alleged domestic violence incident in 2021

Term-limited, hard-right governor instituted an ideological infiltration of universities by placing allies in powerful posts

Donkey named HeeHaw was shot and killed as authorities reportedly looked on property in search of a missing person

‘They call us extreme, they call us radical,’ the progressive Senate candidate said. ‘But I think people see through that’

Conservationists have created a ‘coastal corridor’ of ocean-based projects designed to preserve and nourish vulnerable marine life

Save Our Signs aims to document every sign in the more than 400 national parks and historic sites across the country before the Trump administration removes them

Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback calls failure to pay Briana Whatley money owed ‘an oversight’

Astronauts for America liken effort to instill trust and faith back in constitution’s principles and democratic institutions to ‘making a course correction’

In interview, billionaire says instead of running ‘Doge’ he should’ve ‘worked on my companies’ and shares extreme predictions

Changes inside the Florida international airport are hardly evident as state and county hold back funds for full remodel

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

The ruthless gutting and reforming of the Department of Homeland Security has traumatized both workers and the most vulnerable immigrants

The plane that French team used after match with Paraguay flew 44 deportation-related flights this year alone

Critics say the Trump administration is trying to rewrite and whitewash history by removing and altering scores of signs on public lands

Officials say 31-year-old woman’s arm was severed in attack at a river in Seminole county’s Little Big Econ forest

Local sheriff’s office appealed for citizens to keep their eye out for Gracie’s ‘rounded ears’ – to distinguish from any other missing giraffes

Administration had claimed algae at Lincoln Memorial pool would be cleared after the renovation, but it has proliferated amid warm weather

President steered no-bid contract for project that went from $1.8m to $14.2m to company that worked on his golf resort

Suspect, charged with driving while impaired, was eventually captured and arrested with injuries to his arms

Luca Parmitano to pilot all-male crew of four paving way for planned first human landing on Artemis IV in 2028

Detainees say they’re given ‘rotten’ water and denied meals for not signing papers in English that they don’t understand

Veteran journalist says executives pushed unverified claims and gave politicians a say in interviews

Exclusive: First shipwrecks found in Nassau harbour on New Providence, once the hideout of Blackbeard and Calico Jack

After the politically incisive late-night host said his final goodnight last week, Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed offered a grim look at where TV is heading

White House made lengthy post about gorilla shot dead at Cincinnati zoo after a toddler entered his enclosure in 2016

Charges filed in Miami against 94-year-old for allegedly shooting down exiles’ planes in 1996

The Guardian wanted to know who, exactly, was pulled into the mass-deportation dragnet of Trump’s second term

Two-month-old Elmer, painstakingly saved by canola oil baths, finds home with volunteer Leah Owens, 72

Michael Glantz, a senior talent agent, says he ‘wasn’t scared’ and ‘wanted to watch’ as chaos unfolded at the event

Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting an antelope species in Africa when the incident occured

Kirk Moore was injured as he tackled a former pupil who opened fire at Pauls Valley high school

Four astronauts landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Friday, concluding a historic 10-day mission around the moon

Follow the latest updates as astronauts prepare for fiery re-entry in Earth’s atmosphere after 10-day mission to fly around the moon

The four astronauts are set to touch down on Earth and conclude the 10-day mission after completing moon flyby

Nasa’s moon rocket Artemis II launched on Wednesday evening (US time), carrying astronauts to the moon for the first time in almost 54 years. The launch marks the first time since the Apollo 17 missio...

Astronaut Tim Peake and Guardian journalist Richard Luscombe talk through Artemis II, the first manned mission to the moon for 50 years

Cape Canaveral and Titusville, long ghost towns after 1969 moon landing, have witnessed space industry ‘renaissance’