Three women held against their will for a decade locked in Cleveland, Ohio, have posted a video on YouTube to offer thanks for the support they have received as they try to rebuild their lives.

A Cleveland man accused of holding three young women captive for a decade pleaded not guilty to hundreds of charges, including rape, kidnapping and murder for beating one pregnant captive until she miscarried.

A man accused of holding three women captive for a decade is facing 329 charges including kidnapping and rape.

The two brothers of the man accused of holding three women captive in the US for 10 years say they have no sympathy for him.

One of the three women who was held captive for 11 years suffered a gang-rape a year previous, and the baby was later taken from her, writes Kim Palmer, in Cleveland

A man has been charged with rape and kidnapping after three women missing for a decade were found alive at his Ohio home.

One of the men accused of holding three women captive in a suburban Cleveland home has been charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.

The three women held captive for about a decade at a run-down US house were apparently bound with ropes and chains, police said today, while charges were expected by the end of the day against the three brothers under arrest.

One of the suspects in the case of three women who were rescued this week, 10 years after they went missing, had been active in neighbourhood searches and vigils for the women, neighbours say.

As America began to ask how three women could be held captive in a suburban home for a decade, police revealed they had called to the house twice.

The discovery of three women who went missing separately 10 years ago in the US has given the parents of Madeleine McCann renewed hope that she will be found, they said today.

Three brothers have been arrested after women who went missing as girls in separate incidents 10 years ago were found alive and well after being held prisoner.

Three women who went missing around a decade ago had been tied up and held in a home in Cleveland, Ohio, before being found alive, police said.

Families carrying photos of lost loved ones streamed into a plaza near “ground zero” in New York today to observe the eighth anniversary of the World Trade Centre attack, wiping tears and raindrops from their faces under dreary skies.

Heavyweight rapper 50 Cent has been hit with a civil lawsuit from two female fans who claim he assaulted them during a Massachusetts concert in May 2004.