Indiana could become the first US state to allow use of baby boxes on a broad scale to prevent dangerous abandonments of infants if a bill, which unanimously passed the House this week, clears the state senate.

Hollywood stars Jack Nicholson and Jane Fonda are to be inducted into the California Hall of Fame.

SPURRED by the kidnapping and murder of a nine-year-old girl, Florida Governor Jeb Bush signed legislation yesterday that will see child molesters who do not get life in jail wear satellite tracking devices for the rest of their lives.