US authorities could soon be snooping on social media posts from would-be immigrants in a new effort to close security gaps in the country’s visa system.

US authorities could soon be snooping on social media posts from would-be immigrants in a new effort to close security gaps in the country's visa system.

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Nancy Birtwhistle rose to the occasion tonight to be crowned champion of this year’s Great British Bake Off – with a surprise win over hot favourite Richard Burr.

Your recent article ‘Jobs plan a community service sentence’ demanded an immediate re-check to see where this was to happen, maybe North Korea or some other such off-the-wall dictatorship.

New details have emerged about how the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects may have been swayed by a radical, anti-American strain of Islam.

A US Marine wanted by the Army for absconding from his unit and who killed himself after crossing the border into Canada, had served two terms in Iraq, officials said today.

Legal experts expect a judge will grant Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh’s request for an execution delay, but say he will have a hard time proving the government intentionally withheld evidence that could have helped him at trial.

Timothy McVeigh will seek a delay of his June 11 execution for the Oklahoma City bombing, his lawyer said today.