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Joe Biden has reneged on his promise not to pardon his son over federal gun felonies and tax crimes. His eleventh-hour decision isn't the first controversial use of presidential clemency powers in US history.  

As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, Elon Musk and Tesla look likely to benefit from influential ties to both the US president and the Chinese government.

The giant stegosaurus fossil, dubbed "Apex", is 3.3 metres tall and 8.2 metres nose to tail and is one of the most complete fossils of this type of dinosaur in existence.

The group, which was named RBG PAC, spent nearly all of the donated money on advertising — ads that claimed RGB was of the same opinion as Donald Trump on the issue of abortion.

The death of Brian Thompson has sparked a manhunt across New York City and put a spotlight on health coverage in the United States.

Now two days into the manhunt for the suspect behind the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, questions swirl over how he could disappear in the city of surveillance.

Already serving three life sentences, Lori Vallow Daybell will now also face trial for the murders of her estranged husband and another man.

Boeing's guilty plea is blocked under a deferred prosecution agreement in the case which dates back to two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.

There are reports the words 'deny', 'defend' and 'depose' were inscribed on the bullet casings used to kill the senior executive of a US health insurance company.

About 5 million residents of California and Oregon were under a tsunami warning, which has now been lifted, after the quake struck.

It's a wild ride for crypto prices, with volatility for Bitcoin after it surpassed $US100,000. The local share market slid at the close, while Woolworths attempted to end strike action affecting its supply chain. The day's events and insights as they happened.

A tsunami warning impacting nearly 5 million people after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake on the United States west coast has been lifted.

Thousands of people with food allergies experience high levels of anxiety when flying, and don't report reactions that happen mid-journey, according to a global survey.

Multiple US media organisations, citing unnamed investigators, say the ammunition used to shoot the UnitedHealth chief executive had the words "deny," "defend" and "depose" written on them.

The search for a grandmother who is believed to have fallen into a sinkhole in Pennsylvania is now a recovery effort after two days of digging through mud and rock.

An international investigation exposes an alleged Russian billion-dollar money laundering network whose reach is said to have spanned more than 30 countries.

On Spotify Wrapped day, we share the music we loved. But sometimes the data just doesn't seem to match up with our expectations.

Cryptocurrency Bitcoin breaks through the $US100,000 barrier for the first time, after a surge in value this year on the increasing promise of a Donald Trump presidency and a recent spike on its realisation.

Conservative US Supreme Court justices signal their willingness to uphold a Republican-backed ban in Tennessee on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.

A large number of Americans' data has been stolen in a telecoms attack allegedly carried out by a Chinese hacking group dubbed "Salt Typhoon," and according to one senator, the extent and depth of the hack is "absolutely mind-boggling".