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A settlement sought by the manufacturers of OxyContin opioids has been rejected by the US Supreme Court, removing a potential legal shelter for members of the Sackler family.

The US Supreme Court has handed down a temporary win for abortion rights supporters in Idaho that will allow women to receive emergency abortions despite the state's near-total ban.

Bryson DeChambeau is feeling positive vibes and his golf game is backing those up, in the US Open.

Former FBI director turned crime writer James Comey speaks out about making tough moral decisions in office and being fired by Donald Trump. Audio

The milestone will remind US voters that the two major-party candidates running for US president this year are the oldest ever to seek the office.

New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox has done just enough to make the cut for the final two rounds of the US Open as Swedish sensation Ludvig Aberg holds the outright lead at Pinehurst Resort in North…

A judge has ordered the liquidation of Alex Jones′ personal assets as the media figure owes $US1.5 billion for false claims the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

Composer Richard M Sherman, who wrote songs for Disney film classics such as Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has died aged 95 in Beverly Hills.

Hamas issues a proof-of-life video of US-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was abducted on 7 October last year.

On Monday, hundreds of New Yorkers from across the island of Manhattan will find themselves facing a historic prospect: sitting on the jury of the first criminal trial of a former president.

Every night since August 2022, a small crowd has gathered outside the Washington DC Central Jail, through frigid winter nights and under spring rain, to protest against the US justice system.

US President Joe Biden took an aerial tour of the collapsed Baltimore bridge that is blocking a key East Coast shipping lane, and he pledged federal help in rebuilding the span.

Salvage crews worked to lift the first piece of Baltimore's collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the water on Saturday to allow barges and tugboats to access the disaster site, US officials say.

NZ "actively looking" for ways to participate in the controversial AUKUS pact, where work is underway on putting AI into submarine-hunting planes and radar into deep space for military targeting, a… Audio

Donald Trump appears to be scrambling for funds to pay a $464m fraud fine. Could the stock market ride to his rescue?

Donald Trump says he feels "sharper now than I did 20 years ago," reacting to recent attacks on his age and verbal gaffes by Republican presidential rival Nikki Haley.

Donald Trump has muscled past his rivals to capture the first 2024 Republican presidential contest in Iowa, according to Edison Research projections.

US regulators have ordered the temporary grounding of 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 jetliners for safety checks following a cabin panel blowout late Friday that forced an emergency landing.

Bayer has been ordered to pay nearly $3.5 million by a Philadelphia jury that found the company's Roundup weedkiller caused a woman's cancer, the company says.

US President Joe Biden has met Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the first time in a year for talks aimed at easing friction between the two superpowers.