The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston on Sunday as rising water led thousands of people to seek higher ground and overwhelmed rescuers.

Eight people, five of them children, were killed at a house in Houston, Texas, and a suspect in the shooting surrendered to police after an hour-long standoff, law enforcement officials said yesterday

A US student is gaining an internet reputation as a "squirrel whisperer" for befriending, feeding and dressing up a furry little friend she has named Sneezy.

This is one to gulp at.

Federal agents spied on the widow of Martin Luther King for several years after his assassination in 1968, according to newly released documents that reveal the FBI worried about her following in the slain civil rights icon’s footsteps.