The astronaut husband of wounded US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said that she wants to be at his shuttle launch next month.

A US Congresswoman seriously injured in a shooting spree wished her husband and brother-in-law a happy birthday – and also thanked the Houston hospital where she is undergoing intensive rehabilitation for a cake that featured the likeness of her astronaut husband.

Jackson Browne, Alice Cooper, David Crosby and Graham Nash are to perform in a concert in Tucson, Arizona, to raise funds for a charitable fund established after the shooting there which killed six people and wounded 13 others.

The astronaut husband of shot US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said she would embrace his decision to rocket into space in two months – and he expects her to be well enough to attend the launch.

The Houston hospital treating Representative Gabrielle Giffords said the US congresswoman’s condition has been upgraded from serious to good and she will be moved to a rehabilitation hospital today.

THE man accused of carrying out the mass shooting in Arizona has pleaded not guilty to charges he tried to kill politician Gabrielle Giffords and two of her aides.

Crowds cheered Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords as she left a Tucson hospital where she stunned doctors with her recovery two weeks after being shot in the head in an assassination bid.

The husband of shot politician Gabrielle Giffords said today he believed for about 20 minutes that his wife was dead after seeing a TV news report that said wrongly that his wife had been fatally wounded.

Doctors have successfully operated on shot US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ eye socket to remove bone fragments as she continued to show more signs of improvement.

The neurosurgeon treating Representative Gabrielle Giffords says doctors are “actually confident” she’s making progress in her recovery.

The youngest victim of the mass shooting in Arizona was remembered at her funeral for her love of baseball, animals and swimming with her brother.

President Barack Obama appealed for unity at a memorial service for those attacked in the Arizona shooting rampage and implored a divided America to honour them by becoming a better country.

The gunman who carried out the Tucson massacre in the US has refused to say anything to police since he was taken into custody.

The man accused of attempting to assassinate US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in a gun rampage that killed six people will appear in an Arizona court today.

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords remained heavily sedated and in a critical condition today as investigators sought to understand what motivated a gunman to carry out the assassination attempt in a rampage that left six people dead.

An assassination attempt has left a Democratic congresswoman in a critical condition, killed Arizona’s chief federal judge and five other people and forced Americans to question the toxic legacy of their divisive politics.

A US congresswoman was fighting for her life today after being shot in the head outside an Arizona supermarket as she met constituents.