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The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USJordan turned up at work on Sunday morning expecting a normal shift as a Tesla test driver.But instead at the office they were told they couldn’t drive — their job was to train the electric carmaker’s self-driving software by riding along with it as it navigated real city streets — and asked to wait around on standby until the issue was resolved. “Don’t worry about it,” a manager told them.So Jordan waited for eight hours, and…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USChinese state-sponsored hackers have conducted widespread cyberattacks on critical American infrastructure in recent years, intending to give the country the ability to cause “a devastating blow” against the US, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray.“The fact is, the PRC [People’s Republic of China] targeting of our critical infrastructure is both broad and unrelenting,” he told a security conference in Nashville on Thursday, describing China’s hacking programme as growing in strength. “It’s using that mass, those numbers,…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterSo close, but not this time for West Ham United. As the Hammers’ jovial pre-match anthem goes: then like my dreams they fade and die. Belted out in harmony at the start, so it came to pass at the end. West Ham won this occasion, frankly, with their best performance of the season on this cool April evening, but Bayer Leverkusen won the war.Xabi Alonso’s team remain unbeaten in all competitions this season – it is now 44-0 – courtesy of Jeremie…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe 12 Manhattan residents who will ultimately decide the fate of former president Donald Trump in his New York criminal trial were selected on Thursday.After three days of jury selection, in which hundreds of Manhattan residents were called to the New York Criminal Court, sworn in and asked personal questions – the majority of jury selection has finished.A panel of four women and eight men were sworn-in during the afternoon after several hours of questioning.The 12 individuals have…

Losing to Atalanta at Anfield a ‘low point’ for Liverpool, Klopps saysLiverpool require one more European comeback under Jurgen Klopp as the Reds travel to Atalanta looking to keep their Europa League hopes alive.Klopp’s side were favourites to reach the Dublin final on May 22 and provide a fitting farewell for the German manager, but Atalanta ripped up the script as they stunned Anfield with a 3-0 victory in last week’s quarter-final first leg.Liverpool have overturned a 3-0 defeat under Klopp before, famously against Barcelona and Lionel Messi in the Champions League in 2019, but that was at Anfield. But…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the US A coalition backed by retailers like Walmart and Target announced Thursday it has collected enough signatures to put a ballot measure before California voters this November to enhance criminal penalties for shoplifting and drug dealing.Californians for Safer Communities, a bipartisan group made up of law enforcement, elected officials and businesses, said it has collected more than 900,000 signatures in support of the measure to roll back parts of Proposition 47. The progressive ballot measure approved…

Prince William spotted with Prince George at Aston Villa matchSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterAston Villa travel to Lille with a one-goal advantage after their narrow win at Villa Park in the Europa Conference League quarter-final first leg.Unai Emery’s side won 2-1 thanks to goals from Ollie Watkins and John McGinn and will head to France buoyed by their impressive weekend display in the Premier League which saw them upset title contenders Arsenal 2-0 at the Emirates.Lille, meanwhile, did not play at the weekend but have been…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsTwo girls have been stabbed near their school in France with a suspect subsequently arrested over the attack.Two French children were knifed on Thursday close to a school in the town of Souffelweyersheim in eastern France near Strasbourg, the local authority said.It added that they were taken to a hospital emergency ward.AFP reported the victims were two schoolgirls, aged six and 11, and that they were left slightly injured.A suspect has now been arrested in…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterThe EFL will seek compensation for its clubs over the “frustrating and disappointing” decision to scrap all FA Cup replays from next season.League sources say it was sidelined from the decision, which was announced by the Football Association on Thursday.EFL chief executive Trevor Birch said: “Whilst the league had previously been involved in discussions over the future of the calendar, these were predicated on the agreement of a new financial deal with the Premier League for EFL clubs which has not progressed.“This…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe US is powering ahead of its European allies in the economic recovery after the pandemic. Murder rates plummeted last year. But if you ask Americans about the economy and crime, you’re unlikely to hear any of that.A Quinnipiac poll of Michigan voters found in March that just 35 per cent believe the economy is either “excellent” (6 per cent) or “good” (29 per cent), while 65 per cent said the economy is “not so good” (28 per…