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Sheryl Crow has confirmed the master tapes of her hit albums Tuesday Night Music Club and The Globe Sessions were among those destroyed in a fire 11 years ago. The US singer-songwriter said the loss “absolutely grieves me”, adding “it feels a little apocalyptic” following the blaze that reportedly wiped …

By Chris Robertson, news reporter Special Counsel Robert Mueller has confirmed that he will testify in an open session, before house judiciary committees on July 17. It follows a subpoena jointly-issued by the house judiciary and house permanent select committee on intelligence. A joint statement from committee chairmen Rep Jerrold …

By Chris Robertson, news reporter Harrowing images of a father and daughter from El Salvador, who drowned whilst trying to get to the US, have been released, showing them face down in the Rio Grande. The father and daughter are part of a recent spate of deaths on the US-Mexico …

By Chris Robertson, news reporter Harrowing images of a father and daughter from El Salvador, who drowned whilst trying to get to the US, have been released, showing them face down in the Rio Grande. It comes amid a recent spate of deaths on the US-Mexico border, as migrants succumb …

San Francisco is to ban the sale of e-cigarettes because of increasing use of the nicotine devices by teenagers. The ban on sale and distribution will begin next year and remain in place until e-cigarettes are approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). While other cities and states …

Police in Georgia have released heart-stopping bodycam video showing the rescue of an abandoned newborn baby. The infant – still with its umbilical cord – was alive inside a plastic bag found in woods on 6 June in the city of Cumming, 35 miles (56km) north of Atlanta. Officers have …

By Tania Snuggs, news reporter A pilot who died after his helicopter crashed into the roof of a New York City skyscraper in rain and fog “did not know where he was”, according to a preliminary report into what happened. Just before Tim McCormack lifted off from a Manhattan heliport …

By David Mercer, news reporter She has a record of defending scandal-hit politicians and is a close confidante of US first lady Melania Trump. Stephanie Grisham has been named as Donald Trump’s new press secretary – the third person to take on the role during his time as US president. …

The body of a popular YouTube personality has been found almost a week after he went missing. Police in New York first appealed for information about the whereabouts of Desmond Amofah, known online as Etika, last Thursday, with the 29-year-old having uploaded an eight-minute clip to his secondary video channel …

Iran’s president has mocked Donald Trump by claiming the White House is “afflicted by mental retardation”. Hassan Rouhani made the remarks after the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his associates. Mr Rouhani described the move as “outrageous and idiotic”. Iran’s president, speaking in a …