Americans have been urged to stand up to the gun lobby, as a visibly shaken Joe Biden addressed the nation after a gunman killed 21 at a Texas primary school.
A mass shooting at a primary school in the US state of Texas has left at least 18 children and three adults dead, with the teenage suspect also losing his life.
A white teenager who killed 10 people in a racist attack at a western New York grocery store in a black neighbourhood had been taken into custody last year and given a mental health evaluation after making a threat at his high school, authorities say.
An 18-year-old gunman has fatally shot 10 people and wounded three others at a grocery store in a black neighbourhood of Buffalo, New York, before surrendering.
Six Indian citizens who tried to enter the United States illegally and did not know how to swim have been rescued from a sinking boat in northern New York, federal court documents state.
The US Senate has confirmed Caroline Kennedy, a former ambassador to Japan and daughter of late president John F Kennedy, as US ambassador to Australia, an important ally to the US.
A man has been charged after allegedly storming the stage with a replica handgun and tackling US comic Dave Chappelle during a live show in Los Angeles.
Protesters on both sides of the US abortion debate have faced off with chants, prayers and signs outside the Supreme Court, hours after the leak of a draft opinion that would overturn the court's landmark 1973 Roe v Wade decision.
The stars have come out for the fashion world's iconic Met Gala, which has returned to its traditional early-May slot after two years of pandemic disruption.
A prominent US senator has pledged a vigorous review into the origins of the coronavirus if republicans retake the Senate and he lands a committee chairmanship.
White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell and the US State Department's top official for Asia will travel this week to the Solomon Islands amid concerns that the Pacific country is making a security pact with China.
Ten people have been shot and two others injured in a shooting at a shopping mall in South Carolina's capital that authorities do not believe was a random attack.
