All news by author: Vassia Barba

Chinese leaders have assured President Joe Biden that China will not interfere in the 2024 US presidential election, amid ongoing concerns about cyber capabilities and aggressive influence efforts

February's celestial lineup promises a stargazing extravaganza with a new moon's dark enchantment, a cosmic trio of moon, Jupiter, and Orion, and a captivating 'Micromoon'

As tensions in the Middle East escalate to levels not seen in years, Joe Biden has said that further escalation is unnecessary. It comes after three US troops were killed over the weekend

Amid a broader trend of layoffs in major corporations, the delivery giant UPS has announced during an earnings conference call it will lay off 12,000 employees worldwide

The three charged men used an encrypted messaging app to communicate about payment for the ''job'' to be carried out on US soil.

Sergeant William Jerome Rivers, 46, and Specialists Breonna Moffett, 23, and Kennedy Sanders, 24, were the three Army Reserve soldiers killed in the Jordan drone strike

An outage on both Apple Music and the iTunes Store lasted around 27 minutes from 1:20pm until 1:47pm EST, according to Apple's system status page

Rodrigo De Leon, 79, allegedly shot and killed his wife, Arabella De Leon, 80 and two children, Merceditas De Leon, 49, and Rodrigo De Leon, 53, before turning the gun on himself in their home in Granada Hills, Los Angeles

Former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn, who leaked tax records of Donald Trump and billionaires to media outlets, was sentenced to five years in federal prison

A family celebrated the one-year anniversary of separating conjoined twins Jamie and Amie Finley, who are now thriving toddlers after the surgery at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas

Alabama's Attorney General, Steve Marshall, issued a live-streamed statement in addition to the written statement after outrage was sparked over the 'shocking' execution of Kenneth Smith

Smith was said to have consumed his final meal at 10am on Thursday morning, before being denied any further solid food before his death and only clear liquids

Kenneth Smith uttered his final words before he was executed by a never-before-used method, with administration of nitrogen gas through a mask

Alabama plans to put death row prisoner Kenneth Smith to death today using an untested and very controversial execution method that has erupted a wave of harrowing warnings from experts and human rights advocates

Alabama is set to execute Kenneth Smith today, 35 years after the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett. His accomplice, John Forrest Parker was also executed in 2010

Police had been on the lookout for 23-year-old Romeo Nance who was "armed and dangerous" but the suspect shot himself after a stand-off with police in Natalia, Texas

A 46-year-old man was taken into custody after allegedly fatally stabbing a 75-year-old man, Jacob Sperber and his 75-year-old wife, Rachel Sperber in Brooklyn, New York

Ashley Overfield and Jakob Haddix are urgently seeking a double lung transplant for their 2-month-old daughter, Kylie, diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening lung disorder

Siggi's yoghurt company is offering a $10,000 (£7,800) cash prize to participants willing to endure a month without smartphones as part of their "Digital Detox Program"

Miss Donalsonville, Trinity Madison Poague, 18, faces murder charges related to the death of an 18-month-old child in Georgia. She was also a contestant in the National Peanut Festival Pageant

Linda Pouliot of Bedford, Texas, booked a birthday trip with her sister to Canada last year with United Airlines, although the flight would be operated by Air Canada

Unusual frost quakes, characterised by loud popping sounds and small earthquake-like tremors, rattled Chicago during a recent polar vortex as at least 40 people died across the US due to the extreme weather

A longstanding feud over snoring between Hatboro, Pennsylvania neighbours escalated tragically when Christopher Casey allegedly stabbed Robert Wallace

During the funeral of Melania's mother, Amalija Knav, Melania and Donald Trump were observed to maintain a deliberate physical distance, and got into separate cars to depart the event

Christopher Roma tragically lost his life in New Hampshire's White Mountains after making a distress call due to extreme cold, with rescue efforts hampered by severe winter conditions