Rich McKay
Hollywood apologises for booing and boycotting Native American Sacheen Littlefeather at 1973 Oscars
Half a century ago, actor and activist Sacheen Littlefeather took the stage in a traditional buckskin dress at the Academy Awards to...
‘The true Independence Day’: Parades, street festivals in vogue as US marks Juneteenth
With street parties, the trumpets and drums of marching bands, speeches and a few political rallies, people across the United States marked...
The Right Stuff and Escape from Alcatraz star Fred Ward dead at 79
Veteran US film and television actor Fred Ward, 79, best known for playing gruff tough-guy roles in movies such as Tremors, Escape...
Ahmaud Arbery’s killers convicted of hate crimes
The three white men convicted of chasing down and murdering a young black man, Ahmaud Arbery, as he was out jogging in...
Dozens of missing found after deadly US floods
Authorities have accounted for dozens of people who were previously listed as missing after the weekend’s deadly flooding in the US state...
Jeffrey Epstein found injured in cell
Jeffrey Epstein, the financier facing charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of underage girls, has been found unconscious in a Manhattan jail...
Heavy snow kills three, creates travel chaos in US
An intense storm has headed out to sea after dumping up to 60 centimetres of snow on parts of the south-eastern United...
Ten people shot at San Bernardino apartments in California
Ten people, including children, have been shot at an apartment complex in San Bernardino, California, police say, with three people in critical...
Chicago protests turn ugly after fatal police shooting
A violent clash has broken out in Chicago’s predominately black South Side neighbourhood after police shot and killed a man they suspected...