Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a second man in the death of Tasia Fortune and have issued an arrest warrant for a third suspect.

Security service says academics should stop taking grants from and working with firm backed by China’s intelligence service * UK politics live – latest updates China’s intelligence service used a front company to pay grants to British universities and steal crucial research about technology projects, MI5 said on Wednesday in a rare public espionage warning. Britain’s domestic security service said researchers and academics should cease work with the China General Technology Research Institute (CGTRI), sometimes also known as the China Academy of General Technology (CAGT). MI5 believes it poses a “significant threat”. Continue reading...

Swaths of the Plains and Rockies have a Level 3 out of 4 risk for excessive rainfall that could lead to flash floods on Wednesday.

Many products aimed at women over 45 lack meaningful quantities of key nutrients, consumer watchdog Which? found

The African nation refused to make an agreement with the Trump administration, which has sought to slash foreign assistance and impose new terms on recipients.

Leaders hope UK will agree to targeted discussions around reparatory justice, but could consider legal options if Britain resists Caribbean nations are drawing up a multi-pronged “action plan” with legal options to push the UK into negotiating a decades-long slavery reparations deal, officials at a reparations conference have said. Leaders in the region are hoping the UK would agree to targeted and constructive negotiation talks at upcoming Commonwealth and UN summits, but they are ready to take the matter to international courts if Britain continues to resist diplomatic options. Continue reading...

The American Century often draws a crowd when the ship pulls into the Port of Duluth-Superior to load Minnesota iron ore. Kids cheer when the captain blasts the fog horn. A voice on the loudspeaker retells the story of how the 1,000-foot-long bulk carrier has sailed the Great Lakes for nearly a half century.

Temporary summer policies loosened liquor laws and extended last calls. Some lawmakers want to make them permanent.

President Donald Trump said he would name an artificial intelligence czar as he continued to push tech companies to race ahead with development despite growing fears safety.

Victory for the democratic socialist marks a significant political shift in the nation's capital, a deep-blue city where the Democratic primary is the most consequential contest.

Roman Lavrynovych and Stanislav Carpiuc imprisoned for seven years and two years respectively Roman Lavrynovych and Stanislav Carpiuc have been jailed at the Old Bailey for seven years and two years respectively for arson attacks on property connected to Keir Starmer. Lavrynovych, 22, from Ukraine, and Carpiuc, 27, from Romania were found guilty on Monday of conspiring to commit arson on a car and two properties linked to the prime minister. Continue reading...

After missing the 2022 World Cup, Chris Richards sped back from an ankle injury to lead the American back line this summer.

Lawmakers are proposing raising the excise tax on stock buybacks from 1 percent to 4 percent.

Grim predictions add to the problems of a president already facing a sharp rise in inflation.

As OpenAI courts investors and chases enterprise customers, Forrester says today's AI leader could become tomorrow's cautionary tale

Sabine Nkusi, who fled Kigali during the genocide, leads initiative aimed at challenging stigma of sexual violence

Vance Boelter is facing both federal and state charges related to the fatal shootings of state Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband, Mark, and in an attack on state Sen. John A. Hoffman (D) and hi...

New Delhi calls for ‘de-escalation’ in Gulf but appears to have little appetite for diplomatic confrontation with Washington

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In June 1966, James Meredith began his March Against Fear, defying racism in Mississippi and seeking to galvanize Black voter registration.

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A growing cohort are using Instagram and TikTok to share unmoderated coverage of the beleaguered island.

Donald Trump has launched a new operation to try and open the strait of Hormuz, but could it spark a re-escalation of the war? Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s senior international correspondent, Julian Borger