Duke of York returns early from skiing holiday in Switzerland as Buckingham Palace lawyers are said to be assessing legal position Buckingham Palace officials have scrambled to quell the growing crisis engulfing Prince Andrew after claims in an...

The number of hunger-striking Guantánamo detainees being force fed by military medical teams has jumped to 41 and now makes up a quarter of the camp’s prisoner population. The new figures reveal a continued deterioration of conditions at...

‘Stand up for Toronto’ demonstration draws hundreds upset by video allegedly showing city’s controversial mayor smoking crack Hundreds of protesters gathered in Toronto on Saturday to call for the resignation of embattled city...

Louisiana governor uses speech to Virginia Republicans to say Barack Obama ‘bears responsibility’ as scandals continue The governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, on Saturday called for any Inland Revenue Service officials who are found...

Documentary promising revelations about reclusive Catcher in the Rye author has been snapped up by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein JD Salinger, the elusive author of The Catcher in the Rye, was one of America’s most famous recluses and...

Lawyers for the only abortion clinic in North Dakota launched a legal bid on Wednesday to try and combat a new law that critics say is aimed at closing it down and leaving the state without any abortion providers. The law is one of a raft of...

Similar demonstrations aimed at raising fast-food workers’ wages took place earlier in the year in Chicago and New York A series of industrial protests hitting America’s gigantic fast food industry has spread to cities in the Midwest...

Justice Department suggests evidence used to help convict Manning was flawed as officials reportedly agree to further tests The fate of a death row prisoner in Mississippi remains in the balance just days ahead of Tuesday’s planned...

A former chief prosecutor for the controversial American prison camp at Guantánamo Bay has called for the prison to be closed, launching an online petition that has gathered some 60,000 signatures in less than 24 hours. Col Morris Davis served...

Connecticut’s Chris Murphy writes to Rupert Murdoch, citing gun control debate clash with agenda of Sprint Cup sponsor The Fox television network looks set to broadcast the NRA-sponsored Nascar Sprint Cup on Saturday, despite a plea from a...

Lawyers describe detainees’ dramatic weight loss as guards attempt to end the protest through force-feeding and isolation Lawyers representing hunger-striking detainees at America’s controversial Guantánamo Bay prison have warned...

NAACP opposition indicates sensitivity of Southern symbols as country continues to mark 150th anniversary of Civil War William Faulkner once noted that in regards to the American South’s awareness of its troubled history, “the past...

Migrants in the low-wage depths of the US economy tell the Guardian they’re being targeted for simply standing up for employees’ rights Luis Zavala knew something had gone wrong when he saw the gun pointed at him. The 45-year-old...

The Hollywood actor Ashley Judd disappointed legions of fans – and possibly Republican activists – by announcing on Wednesday that she will not be running for a Senate seat in Kentucky. The star of such hit films as Double Jeopardy and Kiss The...

Famously rambunctious New Jersey governor told a local radio station that he’ll spend all day with prince on Garden State tour Keeping Britain’s rambunctious Prince Harry in line is a tough job that the prince’s media handlers...