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Too few Coastguard staff, rescuers going to the wrong boat and poor coordination with the French all contributed to deaths of at least 27 people

Hollywood actors have been on strike since July

Will Haley take centre stage again? Will Christie continue to go after Trump? And with the former president’s massive lead, do the debates matter at all? Gustaf Kilander canvasses for some early clues

Waffle House workers say they exist on poverty wages and face violence in the work place. They are demanding the company make changes, Richard Hall reports.

‘I can only wonder what kinds of guests had stayed at the apartment before us,’ says baffled holidaymaker

Abortion rights were on the ballot in Ohio and Virginia during the US’s off-year elections on Tuesday. Pro-choice campaigners tell Maya Oppenheim that the ‘wins are positive overtures that we can take heart from’

‘What is this life? Where is the world?’ Anxious Jenin locals speak to Maryam Zakir-Hussain as Israeli raids ramp up in the occupied Palestinian territory

Dense super fog in Louisiana caused one massive multi-car pile-up and dozens of other crashes on Monday

“She asks and she shall receive.”

Exclusive: ‘In Egypt, we’ve definitely seen quite a lot of cancellations over the last two to three weeks’ – Darrell Wade, co-founder, Intrepid

For decades an anti-abortion stance was the standard for GOP presidential nominees but since the fall of Roe v Wade, candidates have had to balance remaining loyal to the party without isolating a majority of voters. How will their stance affect their campaigns? Ariana Baio reports