Appalachian Trail: US hiker 'lost for 26 days before dying'

 

Paperwork relating to the disappearance of Geraldine Largay was released by authorities in Maine on Wednesday

A hiker who got lost on a remote part of the Appalachian Trail in the US sent text messages appealing for help and kept a journal for 26 days before she died, newly released papers show.

Google defeats Oracle in Java code copyright case

 

Google's uses Java in its Android smartphone operating system

Google has won a major US court battle with software firm Oracle after a jury ruled it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java programming language.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in marriage split

The couple met on the set of the 2011 film The Rum Diary



Film star Johnny Depp and his actress wife Amber Heard are to divorce, US court documents have revealed.

US nuclear force 'still uses floppy disks'

Eight-inch floppy disks date back to the early days of computer systems



The US nuclear weapons force still uses a 1970s-era computer system and floppy disks, a government report has revealed.

Eleven US states oppose transgender schools edict

 

The White House order affects schools and universities that receive federal funds

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US seeks death penalty over Charleston church shooting

 

Dylann Roof at court for an earlier hearing

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Oklahoma lawmakers pass bill to outlaw abortion

 
Activists hope to overturn Roe v Wade, the legal case that made abortion legal

Lawmakers in the US state of Oklahoma have passed a bill that would make the act of performing an abortion a crime.

Canadian wildfire crosses border into Saskatchewan

 

The fire has now spread into Saskatchewan after devastating sections of Fort McMurray

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San Francisco police chief quits amid racism row

Mr Suhr - a veteran officer - was appointed city police chief in 2011



San Francisco's Police Chief Greg Suhr has stepped down hours after a police officer shot and killed a young black woman driving a suspected stolen car.

Justin Trudeau accused of 'manhandling' Conservative MP

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Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau: "I completely apologise"

Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau has been accused of "manhandling" a Conservative MP as the House of Commons debated an assisted-dying bill.

American B-52 bomber crashes in Guam

 

 Local news site Kuam posted images showing the crashed plane burning on the runway 

 

A B-52 bomber has crashed shortly after take-off at a US base in Guam, the US Air Force says.

Gun that killed Trayvon Martin 'sold' in private auction

 

This is not the first attempt by Mr Zimmerman to sell the semi-automatic pistol used to kill the black teenager

The handgun used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012 has been sold in a private auction, according to the website that hosted the sale.

9/11 bill passes US Senate despite Saudi 'warning'

Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks



A bill that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi government has passed a key hurdle in the US Senate.

Canada fires cost oil sands production $763m

 

The blaze has meant 1.2 million barrels of oil has been lost over two weeks

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Canada's Fort McMurray wildfire 'to double in size'

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Media captionA surveillance camera shows fire ripping through a home in Fort McMurray

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N Carolina law 'violates civil rights' says US

 

 Major businesses and celebrities have protested the law 

 

The US Justice Department has told North Carolina that its law limiting protections for LGBT people violates national civil rights laws and must not be implemented.

John Kasich, last Republican Trump rival, quits race

 

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Canada wildfire: Alberta declares emergency

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One resident of Fort McMurray said she had lost everything

A state of emergency has been declared in Canada's Alberta province, after a wildfire forced all 88,000 residents of Fort McMurray to flee their city.

Canada wildfire forces mass evacuation in Fort McMurray

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The fire swept through forests around the town

A huge wildfire has forced the evacuation of about 60,000 people from Fort McMurray - the entire population of the Canadian city.

Celebrities go metallic at Met Gala

Lady Gaga turned up in fishnet stockings, a silvery bodysuit and jacket, and towering platform shoes



Celebrities at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art have gone metallic as this year's Met Ball celebrates the convergence of man and machine.