US authorities have launched a probe into possible phone hacking of September 11, 2001 victims by News Corp journalists, victims’ relatives have been told, according to a Justice Department official.

Hundreds of gay couples recited vows in emotion-choked voices and triumphantly hoisted their long-awaited marriage certificates as New York became the sixth and largest state to recognise same-sex weddings.

US fans of 'The Twilight Saga' who camped out for days to swoon over the films’ stars were invited to watch the new instalment, Eclipse, alongside its cast, they revealed today.

The search for six miners missing deep underground in the US was abruptly halted after a second cave-in killed three rescue workers and injured at least six others trying to tunnel through rubble to reach them.

The voices of US fire-fighters who went to rescue people from the burning World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001 hold clues about what happened after planes struck the towers – but until now, many went unheard.

LIZA MINELLI made an appearance in a New York divorce court, where her lawyer complained that the entertainer’s husband, David Gest, was avoiding pre-trial examination by hiding in Hawaii.

The divorce battle between Liza Minnelli and David Gest is becoming increasingly bitter, with the couple trading insults through their lawyers.

Liza Minnelli has made an appearance in a New York divorce court, where her lawyer complained that the entertainer’s husband, David Gest, was avoiding pre-trial examination by hiding in Hawaii.

The head of the group that claims to have cloned humans testified under oath today that the first clone, a baby girl known as Eve, is in Israel.

An executive with the company that claims to have produced a human clone has been subpoenaed to appear in court, and the company ordered to disclose the whereabouts of the baby girl and her mother.

THE parents of a ba