As President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama hit the campaign trail for Republican and Democratic candidates, both parties are hoping their star power can boost turnout in a critical midterm election. The BBC's Sarah Smith attended rallies featuring both men to ask attendees which president they think can still get voters to the polls.
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The BBC's Madeline Halpert spoke to city tourists, residents and horse carriage workers about the industry and their opinion on the ban.
Videos from the Arizona capital show people sheltering inside a car as hail smashes the windscreen, while intense downpours covered neighbourhoods in ice.
Preliminary referendum results show that more than two-thirds of Alberta voters support remaining part of Canada, easing concerns over national unity.
Albertans are voting on whether to stay in Canada or pursue independence via a referendum, splitting even some close-knit families.
BBC News hears from users, dealers, prison and recovery workers as America battles with a deadly new drug epidemic.
A 16-year-old killed three children and a teacher at a primary school in Oregon before he was killed by a bystander, police say.
A series of calls, obtained by the Associated Press, reveal emergency services were delayed in reaching Pike.
Horticulture teacher Travis Gienger hauled his pumpkin from Minnesota to Half Moon Bay, California where he won the annual event.
The BBC's Ione Wells reports from outside the Minnesota representative's home as several immigration agents were seen carrying boxes from the house to a van.
Large waves from the post-tropical cyclone battered homes in Long Beach, and brought flooding to parts of Las Vegas near the famed Strip.
WATCH: The BBC's Nadine Yousif meets the separatists who want to quit the country - and the Canadians calling for unity in the face of threats from US President Trump.
The BBC's Nada Tawfik goes through new dramatic body cam footage that shows the tense moments when police arrive on scene.
Protests against sexual violence took place across more than 40 US states on 8 October.
Isaias will bring damaging winds, torrential rain and a storm surge with landfall expected late Friday.
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.
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.
Barack Obama awarded the Apollo 11 software engineer with the America's highest civilian honour in 2016.
Thomas Giuffra is representing a woman, known in legal documents as Jane Doe, who alleges she was raped at a frat house on campus in 2024.
The BBC's Madeline Gerber describes the conditions of the mansion where the children - some as young as two months old - were living.
The US death row inmate's legal team said at a press conference that she is now "conscious and speaking" after her failed execution.
