A WOMAN believed to have been kidnapped as a child in 1991 is to be reunited with her family 18 years later.

A man whose murder conviction was overturned after he spent 14 years in prison has filed a $50m (€39m) lawsuit against New York City, claiming authorities mishandled dozens of cases and failed to train and supervise prosecutors.

Christmas Day shootings in the United States left five people, including the gunman and his mother, dead, police said tonight.

A police officer was shot and killed early today while pursuing a driver who went through a red traffic light in Brooklyn.

About 5,000 police officers will be deployed in Paris tomorrow to ensure security for the national Bastille Day celebrations.

Officials closed a New York City bridge for about an hour today after police received a report of a suspicious package there.

Police have arrested two people for making purchases with money and account numbers found in the lost wallet of Hollywood star Tony Curtis.

In a chilling audio tape played for the jury, a soft-spoken Lee Malvo told police he pulled the trigger in all of the sniper attacks that terrified the Washington area.

Neighbours jolted from their beds as the Airbus crashed near their homes today ran outside with fire extinguishers and garden hoses, trying to fight fires left by debris from the crash.

Tears flowed and smoke billowed in the shadow of the collapsed World Trade Centre tonight as thousands of people gathered to remember those they lost in the terror attacks on September 11.