The 15-year-old US girl whose marathon case of hiccups made international news earlier this year has been found safe by her mother about 14 hours after she was reported missing.

The 15-year-old girl whose marathon case of hiccups brought her worldwide attention earlier this year has apparently run away from home in St Petersburg, Florida, police said today.

A 15-year-old US girl who hiccuped her way through part of January and all of February is hiccuping once again.

A religious sect member and his wife slowly starved their infant son to death as he cried horrifically, a prosecutor said today as the man’s murder trial opened.