People who knew Pretti describe him as ‘generous with his time’ and denounce the Trump administration’s assessment of him

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

The US president vowed to ‘end childhood cancer’. But his administration is dismantling the search for a cure and sending families scrambling for treatment

Agents searched Hannah Natanson’s Virginia home and seized devices in inquiry tied to a classified materials case

City targeted by Trump has seen swarm of immigration agents on the streets – and residents say the tension is palpable

Mayor says that ICE claims that incident was self-defense are not true and tells ICE to ‘get the fuck out of Minneapolis’

New leadership claims former allies are trying to repurpose $160m in NRA Foundation donations for personal gain

After losing a year to havoc and job-slashing at Nasa, the pressure is on billionaire administrator Jared Isaacman

Big Cypress fox squirrels released as a pair to reduce stress and support natural behaviors during return to the wild

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

Charles Stanish surmised indentations were rudimentary market place and later adapted as accounting and storage system

The US president made jokes at the annual turkey pardoning ceremony. It went as well as you would expect

What the Tesla tycoon wants his billions can’t buy: being able to get a true laugh

Families say the housing contractor’s strict timing rules dampen holiday spirit on the base

Nasa chief Sean Duffy confirms 1969 landing was indeed real after US celebrity on TV show says ‘I think it was fake’

The king is reduced to a blustering CEO, Prince William to his head of HR. This de-princing could leave the entire House of Windsor facing redundancy, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Times thought they were interviewing ex-NYC mayor Bill de Blasio. They were actually talking to a wine importer

From a red-throated loon touching down on water, to good and bad hair days, and an airborne squirrel, here is a selection of the finalists in this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards

Combination of seven new roles, including six in the US, spanning sports and business coverage, visuals, video and more

Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceship In a lifetime studying the behavior of chimpanzees, Jane Goodall became something of an authority on the aggressiveness of alpha male adults. Now, in an interview released just days after her death, the famed primatologist reveals what she would do with Donald Trump, Elon Musk and other human beings she saw as showing similar traits: launch them on a one-way trip into space. The insight into Goodall’s thinking comes in the Netflix documentary Famous Last Words, recorded in March and kept under wraps until her death last week at the age of 91. Continue reading...

Barbara Lagoa’s husband, Paul Huck, is an attorney whose law firm has business with the Florida government

The latest find is likely from the 16th century and could have originated as far away as the Caribbean

Bride finally tracks down awkward-looking stranger she and husband noticed only when looking through photos