Investigators believe the blaze, the deadliest residential fire to hit New York City in at least 25 years, was caused by a child playing with a stove, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

At least 12 people, including a one-year-old baby, have died after a fire broke out in an apartment block in the Bronx area of New York.

Two window cleaners who were stranded 69 storeys above street level when their cradle partially collapsed have been rescued.

The man whose foot Lindsay Lohan drove over as she left a party in pursuit of a former assistant is threatening to sue the actress.

A lawyer for two men who say they were unwilling passengers on actress Lindsay Lohan’s wild ride through Santa Monica says he hopes to resolve the case without hauling the actress into court.