Two buses have crashed into each other in the heart of New Jersey's largest city, killing one of the drivers and injuring 18 people, seven critically.

Four young people were lined up against a wall and shot in the head at close range in a US school car park, authorities said.

THE producers of hit TV show The Sopranos were denied a permit to film in Bloomfield, New Jersey, because the mayor and some city council members say the series negatively depicts Italian-Americans.