Minette Walters

Six coroners, three times the typical weekend staff, worked in shifts to identify the nine victims of a mass killing in California.

A man suspected of murdering nine members of his family was apparently involved in polygamy and incest, fathering two of the victims with his own daughters, police said.

Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in operations in the Gaza Strip, as the Palestinian leadership crisis intensified, scuttling peace efforts and endangering a donors conference.