Canadian Minister Justin Trudeau says residential schools were part of a larger colonial policy designed to erase language and culture, and to assimilate Indigenous communities so that they no longer existed as distinct peoples
It comes less than four weeks after a ransom attack on the country’s largest pipeline led to panic buying
Legislators have brought guns into the Oregon State Capitol for personal protection
LACFD confirms ‘tragic shooting’ took place at one of its stations 45 minutes north of Los Angeles
Memorial Day usually gifts Americans a long weekend of sun, but this year the storm clouds had other ideas – at least it gave us Brits a chance to talk about the weather
No arrests have been made at this time
Senior police officer says arrests are ‘significant step forward’ in investigation
Gay rights activist spent life battling for LBGT+ equality
Conservationists are calling for a curb in global temperatures, Joe Middleton writes
Couples need £26,000 a year for a comfortable retirement, while single people need £19,000, research from Which? suggests.
Shop prices fell by 0.6% year-on-year in May, a slower decline than April’s decrease of 1.3%, according to the BRC-NielsenIQ Shop Price Index.
Malcolm Bidali is a Kenyan security guard working in Qatar who catalogued the working conditions in the nation set to host the men’s football World Cup next year, writes David Harding
Unions accuse Treasury of not properly funding proposals while Labour says they ‘make a mockery’ of promises
Texas Republicans are pressing ahead with their push for tougher election laws after Democrats' defiant weekend walkout stopped one of the nation's most restrictive voting measures
Socialite and former estate agent is accused of manslaughter after father-of-five was found dead in the water next to a dock in the Central American country, writes Alice Hutton
Editorial: Politicians must be straight with the public about the way the balance of probabilities is changing
The new name will go into effect on 1 November
As the first president in last century to commemorate racist massacre, Biden urges Americans to confront nation’s deeply embedded racism to begin to heal: ‘In silence, wounds deepen’
A California university and a Florida senior community are teaming up to see whether virtual reality can help the emotional well-being of older people
Two protesters have been killed in the Colombian city of Cali as they guarded one of several roadblocks set up by demonstrators to show their discontent with growing poverty and inequality during the pandemic
Two rides temporarily break down in quick succession at popular amusement park
The South Carolina Supreme Court has issued an execution date for a death row inmate suing the state over a new law forcing inmates to choose between a firing squad or the electric chair
Officials say an alarm linked to a motion sensor inside a warehouse in Atlanta where ballots from last year’s election are stored went off over the weekend but the ballots remained secure
Suarez Navarro was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma last September and was given the all-clear in April.
First minister outlines ‘slight slowing down’ for restrictions in other areas of Scotland’s central belt