US news
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Trump awards Purple Heart to soldier in first visit to military hospitalPresident visits Walter Reed National Medical Center and awards medal to Sgt 1st Class Alvaro Barrientos, who lost his right leg from a March attack in Afghanistan -
Trump administration removes Obama surgeon general pick Vivek MurthyA spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services said Murthy was asked to resign after ‘assisting in a smooth transition’ -
Ten of the best March for Science signs – in picturesHundreds of thousands of people rallied in marches around the world in an attempt to bolster scientists’ increasingly precarious status with politicians
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Unicorn Frappuccino mania: Starbucks aims at InstagramCoffee chain enhances profile with selfie-friendly Unicorn Frappuccino. It tastes awful, say some – but looks great on social media
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Sports Direct's £78m move into US retail stuns analystsTroubled chain’s purchase of 50 stores from Eastern Outfitters draws fire from pundits who say foray is badly timed distraction from domestic woes
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Russell Westbrook scores another triple-double while injury ends Griffin's seasonWestbrook scores 32 points as Oklahoma City cut series deficit to 2-1, but Blake Griffin will miss the rest of the Clippers’ postseason with a toe injury
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'She will be stronger': How Serena Williams can make the mother of all comebacksThe world’s best female tennis player, who revealed this week she is four months pregnant, would not be first top athlete to return to full power after giving birth
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Moneyball: was the book that changed baseball built on a false premise?Scarcely a week goes by without some franchise being credited with successful use of Moneyball statistics – but is Michael Lewis’s book all it’s cracked up to be?
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LeBron James scores 41 to lead Cavaliers to record-breaking comeback winCavs overcome 25-point half-time deficit to beat Indiana 119-114 – the greatest second-half comeback in playoff history
opinion & analysis
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Science's role in society is threatened. Protest is the right responseSome say that the March for Science risks making science political. But it already is – and not addressing that is a problem
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Why March for Science? Because when it is attacked, only the elite benefitWhen politicians smear science, real people get hurt. I’m marching because we must fight for communities who are harmed by bad science policy
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video & pictures
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New York City after the second world war - in picturesTodd Webb’s photos of postwar New York depict the warmth and diversity of the city. The Museum of the City of New York is hosting a retrospective of his work
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American Airlines employee clashes with passenger – videoA video posted on Facebook on Friday shows a woman in tears and a flight attendant in a confrontation with a passenger after an argument over a pushchair
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US attorney general Jeff Sessions on WikiLeaks: 'We'll seek to put people in jail' – videoThe arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is now a ‘priority’ for the US, attorney general Jeff Sessions has said
Rare parchment manuscript of US Declaration of Independence found in England