A boy of two has died after being accidentally shot by his three-year-old sister.

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama turned his attention to the troubled US economy today after he surged to his largest ever lead over his Republican rival John McCain following his high-profile overseas tour.

Filmmaker Michael Moore has vowed to protect the Ground Zero workers he brought to Cuba for medical treatment from U.S. authorities.

Troubled actor Tom Sizemore has been arrested on suspicion of using crystal methamphetamine in a car outside a hotel in Bakersfield, California.

United States and Argentine authorities were investigating how a stick of dynamite in a college student’s checked luggage ended up on a Houston-bound flight, one of seven security incidents that disrupted US flights in a day.

AN American man was seriously injured yesterday in a mock bullfight following the first day of the running of the bulls in Spain’s San Fermin festival.

A man from New York was left partially paralysed during a mock bullfight following the first running of the bulls in Pamplona on today, and seven other people were sent to the hospital after being gored or trampled by the massive beasts.

The number of people indicted in a scheme that defrauded the Red Cross of thousands of pounds designated for Hurricane Katrina victims has risen to 49, federal authorities in California said.

Retired country superstar Garth Brooks plans to return to the limelight after his oldest daughter turns 18 in a decade.

THE deputy head of a California elementary school has been released by police who said they did not have enough evidence to charge him with the murder of his estranged wife, mother-in-law and three children.

A junior school vice-principal wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of his estranged wife, mother-in-law and three young children turned himself in to police in North Carolina.

Record-setting temperatures were today scorching California and the West sparking fears of power failures and more wildfires.