Twitter Inc adds a 'manipulated media' label on a video posted on US President Donald Trump's Twitter feed that showed a doctored news clip with a misspelled banner flashing "Terrified todler runs from racist baby."

Over 2,000 people were evacuated from three large wildfires in Arizona on Thursday as dry conditions and gusty winds whipped blazes across the US Southwest.

In a withering behind-the-scenes portrayal, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton accuses him of sweeping misdeeds that includes explicitly seeking Chinese President Xi Jinping's help to win re-election.

The report of a powerful treatment for the new coronavirus brings skepticism along with optimism among US doctors, who say the recent withdrawal of an influential Covid-19 study left them wanting to see more data.

The US Supreme Court delivers a watershed victory for LGBT rights and a defeat for President Donald Trump's administration by ruling that a longstanding federal law barring workplace discrimination protects gay and transgender employees.

Facebook Inc fires an employee who criticised Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's decision not to take action against inflammatory posts by US President Donald Trump, citing his tweet challenging a colleague's silence on the issue.

US President Donald Trump says in an interview that it would be a good thing if police use of choke holds was ended in most instances, although he suggested their use would be understandable in situations where an officer was in danger.

The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the United States tops two million, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

President Donald Trump rules out a change to US military bases named after Civil War Confederate leaders, pushing back on pressure to rid public places of monuments honoring the once pro-slavery South.

A statue of Christopher Columbus in Boston has been beheaded, police say, as calls to remove sculptures commemorating colonisers and slavers sweep America on the back of anti-racism protests.

The US Senate confirms General Charles Brown as Air Force chief of staff, the first African American to ever lead one of the Pentagon's six-armed services.

Bail for the white former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering African American George Floyd, whose death ignited two weeks of protests, is raised by $250,000 to $1.25 million at a hearing.

After online fury and intense criticism from many New York Times staffers, the paper's editorial page head resigns over publishing an op-ed by a US senator who urged military force against protestors nationwide.

The council of the US city of Minneapolis voted late Sunday to dismantle and rebuild the police department, after the death in custody of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests about racism in law enforcement, pushing the issue onto the national political agenda.

President Donald Trump lobs barbs at protesters who kneel during the national anthem, after NFL quarterback Drew Brees apologised for remarks he made about the practice.

Twitter Inc disables US President Donald Trump's campaign tribute video to George Floyd on its platform, citing a copyright complaint.

A full autopsy of George Floyd, the handcuffed black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police, is released and provides several clinical details, including that Floyd previously tested positive for Covid-19.

Tens of thousands of people take to the streets of US cities for an eighth consecutive night of protests over the death of a black man in police custody, clashing with police and looting stores in New York City.

President Donald Trump vows to order a military crackdown on once-in-a-generation violent protests gripping the United States, saying he was sending thousands of troops onto the streets of the capital and threatening to deploy soldiers to states unable to regain control.

Several thousand people march in New Zealand’s largest city to protest the killing of George Floyd in the US as well as to stand up against police violence and racism in their own country.