The British computer expert who helped shut down a world-wide cyber attack that crippled the NHS was due to appear in a US court charged with creating software that harvested banking details.

The captain and crew of a London-bound British Airways plane have been praised for their “textbook” response to an engine fire at a Las Vegas airport.

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Stepping out of the sliding doors of McCarran International Airport into a July mid-afternoon on the fringe of the desert is not the most settling of experiences.

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A GERMAN traveller has been caught with more than 2lbs of cocaine encased in more than 80 plastic pellets in his digestive system while trying to board a flight to London.

A German traveller has been caught with more than 2lbs of cocaine encased in more than 80 plastic pellets in his digestive system while trying to board a flight to London.

A woman has died after botched buttock enhancement surgery in the back room of a US tile business.

A rare pre-winter storm brought the desert town of Las Vegas its heaviest snowfall in nearly 30 years today, closing the airport and main roads.

THE 12-year-old boy who claimed he was molested by Michael Jackson is a cancer patient whose "last wish" was to meet Jackson.

A jetliner bound for London was forced to make an emergency landing in Las Vegas when its pilot suffered a heart attack.