FORMER US vice president Al Gore welcomes a decision by police in Portland to reopen an investigation into a massage therapist’s allegations that he groped her at a hotel four years ago, according to a spokeswoman for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Former US vice president Al Gore welcomes a decision by police in Portland to reopen an investigation into a massage therapist's allegations that he groped her at a hotel four years ago, according to a spokeswoman for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

A Portland massage therapist accused former US Vice President Al Gore of "unwanted sexual contact" at a hotel during an October 2006 visit, but no charges were filed due to lack of evidence, law officials said yesterday.

A gunman opened fire outside an under-21 nightclub, killing two girls and wounding seven others before shooting himself in what US police believe could be a random act of violence.