The sponsors of Proposition 8, which outlawed gay unions in California, asked the California Supreme Court yesterday to nullify the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who exchanged vows before voters approved the ballot initiative.

A court commissioner has awarded sole custody of Britney Spears’ two young sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline and suspended the troubled US pop star’s visitation rights.

A WILDFIRE driven by powerful winds threatened a university and forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes in the Malibu Hills yesterday, authorities said.