US climate impacts ‘far reaching’
Craig TaylorClimate change is having significant financial, ecological and human health impacts across the US, according to a new report. BBC News – US & Canada
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US acrobats injured in circus fall
Eleven people have been injured, one critically, after female acrobats fell from an aerial platform at a circus in the US state of Rhode Island. BBC News – US & Canada
Samsung ordered to pay Apple $119.6m
Samsung is ordered to pay $ 119.6m (£71m) to Apple by a US court for infringing two of its patents, in the latest lawsuit involving the two tech giants. BBC News – US & Canada
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford enters rehab
Rob Ford is starting a 30-day treatment course, as police investigate a new video that allegedly shows the mayor smoking crack cocaine. BBC News – US & Canada
Two dead in Vancouver mill shooting
Two people have died and two are injured after a former employee opened fire at a Vancouver-area lumber mill. BBC News – US & Canada
Severe weather threatens eastern US
Severe weather threatens as many as 73 million Americans, after two days of powerful storms and tornadoes killed up to 28 people. BBC News – US & Canada