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The BBC spoke to Americans and international tourists in Washington DC about their views on the death penalty following the botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee.

"We'll make sure that people are able to watch it," the US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday.

BBC Weather's Chris Fawkes says the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season could bring dangerous winds, storm surge and heavy rains to the Gulf Coast Friday.

An international visa program has for years allowed US tech companies to hire highly skilled workers from abroad.

More than 500 migrants have been expelled from the US to African countries, HRW says, citing US data.

The new accusations relate to the alleged torture of US citizens held in Venezuela while Maduro was in power.

Bernadette Greene-Placentia says her memory of the attack is spotty after being knocked unconscious.

The distinctive Manhattan skyescraper will undergo a major renovation and provide a new supply of offices.

Carson, 76, is celebrated for works that often cross boundaries between poetry, fiction and scholarship.

A lawyer says the murderer of Colleen Slemmer is moving around her hospital room after surviving two lethal injections.