Category: BBC US & Canada

He coordinated with Trump supporters during the Capitol riot – but new video suggests it was part of a ploy.

Source: BBC US & Canada, The Capitol Police officer in a MAGA hat. What’s the real story?

Small groups – some armed – gather in US cities, amid tight security before Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Biden inauguration: Fortified US statehouses see scattered protests

Spector transformed pop music with his “wall of sound”, but in 2009 was jailed for killing actress Lana Clarkson.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Phil Spector: Pop producer jailed for murder dies at 81

The new president will repeal Trump travel bans and re-join the Paris climate accord after being sworn in.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Biden inauguration: Executive orders to reverse Trump policies

In a tweet, fellow rapper Ice-T said he had spoken to Dr Dre, who was “safe and looking good”.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Dr Dre: Rap legend returns home after brain aneurysm

After the storming of the US Capitol, Donald Trump is facing “a very different set of calculations”.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Will the Trump corporate backlash make a difference?

Avenue Beat scored a breakout hit with the pandemic anthem F2020. So what do they do next?

Source: BBC US & Canada, Avenue Beat: How do the F2020 singers avoid becoming a one-hit wonder?

In 1898 a white mob stormed Wilmington, North Carolina and forced locally elected leaders to resign.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a US government

National Guard troops from across the country descend on Washington DC amid tightened security.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Biden inauguration: All 50 US states on alert for armed protests

The four main engines for Nasa’s new “megarocket” are to be fired in unison for the first time.

Source: BBC US & Canada, SLS: Nasa’s ‘megarocket’ set to fire up engines in crucial test

The execution of Dustin Higgs, 48, is the 13th federal death sentence carried out since July.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Dustin Higgs: Final execution of Trump presidency is carried out

Health officials warn the highly contagious UK Covid variant could become the dominant strain by March.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Covid: UK variant could drive ‘rapid growth’ in US cases, CDC warns

Members of the extreme right are searching for new online homes, amid paranoia that they are being ‘set up’ by the authorities.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Capitol riots: What are far-right Trump supporters saying?

We speak to reporters in six global regions about hopes and expectations for the new US administration.

Source: BBC US & Canada, US Election 2020: What do countries around the world want from Joe Biden?

New documentary highlights extent of the FBI surveillance of the US civil rights leader.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Martin Luther King Jr: New documentary on FBI surveillance

California’s poor residents are among those hardest hit by the pandemic.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Covid in California: The state is struggling to contain the virus

Christian supporters of President Trump were among the thousands who descended on Washington.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Trump’s Christian supporters and the march on the Capitol

Police held back a crowd of thousands for hours in a “barbaric” battle in the halls of US democracy.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Capitol riots: Police describe a ‘medieval battle’

The decision forms a guide that can be used against civil rights activists, warns Alan Dershowitz.

Source: BBC US & Canada, ‘Trump impeachment sets precedent against free speech’

The guitarist, who was an influence on the Sex Pistols and Guns N’ Roses, had been battling cancer.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Sylvain Sylvain: New York Dolls guitarist dies aged 69

Five people died when their helicopter crashed in the Arizona tourist attraction in February 2018.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Grand Canyon fatal helicopter crash ‘probably caused by wind’

Several people are hurt as a bus plunges from an overpass in the Bronx on to an access road below.

Source: BBC US & Canada, NYC bendy bus left dangling from overpass in Bronx

Salvador Cienfuegos’s arrest by US investigators last year caused a rift between the two countries.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Salvador Cienfuegos: Mexico clears ex-defence minister over US drugs link claims

With just days left, the US president continues crackdown on Chinese firms with more sanctions and bans.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Trump takes final swipe at China’s biggest companies

The plan would help communities the US president-elect says have been hit hardest by the pandemic.

Source: BBC US & Canada, Biden unveils .9tn US economic relief package