A settlement being hammered out between BP and victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill finally provides a system for monitoring health concerns and compensating people with illnesses linked to the disaster.

A year ago, an electrical contractor named Rick Ruzzamenti walked into a California hospital and offered to donate a kidney, no strings attached.

Police in the US arrested a 21-year-old university student in connection with an online threat to shoot people on campus, officials said last night.

A baby born weighing less than 9oz and believed to be the smallest yet to survive has gone home after nearly six months in hospital.

A baby born weighing less than 9oz and believed to be the smallest yet to survive went home today after nearly six months in hospital in the US.