Tom Geoghegan

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A majority of senators vote to convict the former president but fall short of two-thirds total needed.

On a hot New York night 50 years ago, a police raid on a gay bar reshaped millions of American lives.

A lawsuit aims to resolve the loophole in the Seventeenth Amendment that allowed her appointment.

Leicester City’s Premier League win is one of the most astonishing sport stories in the UK for decades. But how to explain its importance to Americans?

The arrival in Cuba of an American president, after the restoration of diplomatic relations, has raised hopes the island could be on the verge of a new era. And a new emerging class of Cubans is ready to capitalise.

How did one of the world’s most successful sportsmen, an inspiration to millions, end up serving a prison sentence after killing his girlfriend?

After nearly 10 years as Canada’s leader, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, is packing his bags. Where did it go wrong?

The driver of the train that crashed in Philadelphia is known as an engineer in the US. Why?

Every few days in the US, there are reports of young children dying from heatstroke after being left in parked cars. Why so often?

Starbucks has modified its app so that US customers can add tips for baristas to their bill. Has tipping in coffee shops become the norm - and could it catch on beyond the US?

Nelson Mandela was often described as the “world’s elder statesman”, a paternal figure that the global community looked up to. So who could fill that role now?

Six days, hundreds of hours of broadcasting and a journey over many miles. So what were the key moments of Mandela’s funeral events?

Hardly a week goes by without a plane somewhere in the US making an emergency landing after hitting birds. As these incidents reach record levels, airports are coming up with increasingly imaginative ways of combating them.

Pressure is mounting on the Washington Redskins to change their name because of the offence it causes Native Americans. But will a club that is steeped in tradition ever buckle?

President Barack Obama is seeking authorisation from Congress to launch some kind of military strike against Syria. So how is he trying to convince them?

One hundred and fifty years after the Civil War, the Confederate flag can still be seen flying from homes and cars in the South. Why?

Detroit’s bankruptcy can in part be traced to the loss of more than a million residents and the problems that followed. But other American cities have survived losing large numbers of people.

He is often called the “worst US president”. But as a new book reignites the debate, does James Buchanan really deserve the title?

The 19 firefighters killed in Arizona were part of an elite firefighting crew known as “hotshots”. So what is it like being one?