BBC News – US & Canada

The adaptation is to be the first live-action TV superhero series with an openly gay lead character. […]

The US president was in the dark about why he faced a backlash - but can changing one word fix that? […]

An undocumented Mexican student shares the impact that checkpoints in Texas have on her daily life. […]

The US president now says he accepts the view that Russia meddled in the 2016 election. […]

Jonathan Jarry's video about a fake cancer-curing moss has been viewed over nine million times. […]

The current look of Air Force One dates back to the Kennedy era, representing half a century of American history. […]

The first black US president gives a rare speech to mark 100 years since Nelson Mandela's birth. […]

A Las Vegas police officer started shooting through his windscreen at suspects during a car chase. […]

New Jersey medics had to use a bolt cutter to remove the metal parasol from the 67-year-old's limb. […]

Newly released footage shows the woman going through barriers before the incident in Wisconsin. […]

Ex-US President Barack Obama delivered the line in a speech to commemorate Nelson Mandela's birth. […]

The employee's car broke down before his first day of work, so he walked through the night. […]

The convicted criminal cut off his ankle bracelet before beginning the murder "rampage", police say. […]

David Solomon, who is to take over from Lloyd Blankfein, is also known as DJ D-Sol. […]

The lawsuit is an attempt to avoid liability for a 2017 mass gun attack that killed 58 people. […]

"I'm 28 years old and I don't have a nose anymore," the victim tells her husband. […]

The Amazon founder is now richer than Bill Gates has ever been. […]

Who is America? is described as "urgently resonant" by one reviewer and "toothless" by another. […]

A lava "bomb" from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano hits a tour boat, injuring 23 people. […]

Mara Martin appears with her five-month-old daughter at a swimsuit show in Miami. […]

A passenger broke a leg while others suffered burns after an explosion from the Kilauea volcano. […]

Pro-Kremlin media are delighted with Vladimir Putin's US summit performance, says Steven Rosenberg. […]

Jim Chilton carries a gun and has to watch out for cartels moving drugs and people through his land. […]

From collusion and meddling to wanting US-Russia relations reset, the leaders were on the same page. […]

'See ya later, suckas!' - terminally-ill Garrett, five, says goodbye before a 'celebration of his life'. […]

The US and Russian presidents will hold their first summit and the world will be closely watching. […]

Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi had never met before they teamed up to launch cloud storage giant Dropbox. […]

A Chinook helicopter pilot landed two wheels on Mount Hood in Oregon to rescue a stranded climber. […]

"An absurd answer to an absurd problem", says the host of a game show that offers to pay off loans. […]

Global heat records have fallen this month, and not just where it's summer. So what's happening? […]

Toothless in Virginia: Pain relief for the uninsured of America […]

Eleven years ago, Serena Williams never dreamed she would one day be contending for her 24th Grand Slam title. […]

The two towers were used to assemble rockets for missions to Mars from 1957 until 2011. […]

Scientists declassify films showing atmospheric nuclear tests conducted during the Cold War. […]

The BBC spoke to female business owners about Kylie Jenner and their personal tips for success. […]

It's the US president’s first visit to Britain since winning the election in 2016. […]

Beijing describes Washington's latest tariff threat on $200bn of imports as "totally unacceptable". […]

China files a WTO complaint and Russia imposes tariffs in retaliation for US measures. […]

The US economy created 213,000 jobs last month, with the manufacturing sector helping to drive the gains. […]