Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as US attorney general and the epicentre of several political storms during the Clinton administration, has died aged 78.

Oklahoma City is marking the 12th anniversary of the bombing that killed 168 people by reaching out to victims of the Virginia Tech shootings and victims of violence everywhere.

Convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols has been spared the death penalty by jurors who convicted him of 161 counts of murder but remained deadlocked over his sentence.

A NIGHTCLUB erupted in a raging fire during a pyrotechnics display at a rock concert, killing at least 95 people and injuring more than 160 others as frantic mobs rushed to escape.

Timothy McVeigh considered assassinating former US Attorney General Janet Reno, instead of carrying out the Oklahoma City bombing.