A teenage fugitive from Texas known for using an “affluenza” defence is to be returned to the US, along with his mother, after a mobile phone used to order a pizza gave away their location in Mexico.

At least 11 people died and dozens were injured in tornadoes that swept through the Dallas area and caused substantial damage while six people have died in flooding in the US mid-west.

Tornadoes have swept through the Dallas area in Texas, leaving substantial damage and at least eight people dead, in the latest in a succession of freakish winter weather events across the US.

Leon Bridges isn’t quite sure how he got here.

Eddie Ray Routh has begun a life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole after a Texas jury found him guilty of murdering Chris Kyle, the former US Navy SEAL whose autobiography was turned into the hit movie American Sniper.

A man who stabbed and injured two people on a US tour bus has been shot dead by police.

US health officials are alerting airline passengers who were on the same flight as a Texas nurse who was diagnosed with Ebola the following day.

A patient in a hospital in Dallas, Texas, has been confirmed to have the deadly ebola virus, a local news outlet reported last night.

A woman whose relatives were killed in a 1966 sniper rampage at the University of Texas that left 16 people dead says she is horrified that the high-powered rifle used by the gunman is being sold in an online auction.

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Adam Scott edged Jason Dufner in a play-off to win the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth today, comfortably retaining the world number one spot in the process.

Rory McIlroy has left himself plenty of work to do at the midway point of the Shell Houston Open.

A brain-dead pregnant Texas woman’s body was removed from life-support, as the hospital keeping her on machines against her family’s wishes acceded to a judge’s ruling.

Schools in Texas have cancelled classes and shoppers have stocked up on milk, pet food and other supplies to prepare for the wintry blast which has brought freezing temperatures, ice and snow to much of the nation.

As mourners filed past the coffin of the slain John F Kennedy in the US capital, 140 miles away the Washington Redskins kicked off against the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Washington massacre gunman had serious mental problems and suffered fits of rage, but was still able to hold an official security clearance for the complex where he killed 12 people.

Aaron Alexis seems a study in contradictions: a former Navy reservist, a Defence Department contractor, a convert to Buddhism who was taking an online course in aeronautics. But he also had a temper that led to run-ins with police over shootings.

The defence contractor who fatally shot 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard was carrying three weapons during the rampage.

Peter Mayhew, who portrayed Chewbacca in the Star Wars films, has had double knee-replacement surgery at a Texas hospital.

The US federal government and six states have taken legal action aimed at blocking a gigantic merger between American Airlines and US Airways.

World’s biggest bagpipe festival ready to tune up

A tornado outbreak has devastated parts of Texas, killing at least six people, injuring dozens more and destroying or damaging scores of homes.

Suspicion in the murders of a Texas district attorney and his wife has shifted to a violent white supremacist prison gang.

An Iraq War veteran charged with murdering former US Navy SEAL sniper-turned author Chris Kyle and a friend turned a gun on the pair while they were at a Texas shooting range, authorities said.

Chris Kyle, who was responsible for 160 killings during his career as US Navy Seal sniper, was shot and killed alongside another man at a gun range by a former marine.

Best-selling author and former US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle has been shot dead along with another man on a gun range, police in Texas said.

Gun enthusiasts thronged to shows around the United States over the weekend to buy assault weapons they fear will soon be outlawed after a massacre of school children in Connecticut prompted calls for tighter controls on firearms.

Dallas is now a modern, shiny city with a skyline of skyscrapers of various colours, shapes and sizes. The Reunion Tower is one of the most noticeable — it looks like a tower with a golf ball on top.

You’d be forgiven for thinking you were in Dublin, Ohio; Dublin, Georgia; or Dublin, California — as long as you ignored the weather.

A North Texas man has been freed more than two decades after he was wrongly convicted of raping a 14-year-old Fort Worth girl.

Seven people believed to be related were gunned down as they cleared up after opening their Christmas gifts at a Texas apartment.

Even if his leg is getting better, things are about to get a whole lot worse for Tiger Woods as far as his world ranking goes.

LEE HARVEY OSWALD’S brother is taking legal action after the presidential assassin’s original coffin was sold at an auction.

ZACH JOHNSON’S record-breaking performance denied England’s Brian Davis victory at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Fort Worth on Sunday.

Zach Johnson's record-breaking performance denied England's Brian Davis victory at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Fort Worth.

World number two Phil Mickelson crashed out of the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas after a three-over-par second round 73.

YOU get used to certain things in golf. Ian Poulter’s clothes, Rory McIlroy’s hair, Monty’s mood swings, Sergio Garcia’s missed putts and Phil Mickelson being behind Tiger Woods in the world rankings.

JASON DAY fought through a rocky final round for a 2-over 72 that was good enough to give the 22-year-old Australian the Byron Nelson Championship title for his first win of his PGA Tour career.

The family of a Texas man who died while imprisoned for a rape he did not commit gathered at his graveside with a framed copy of the state’s first posthumous pardon – a document that finally proves his innocence.

TWO RAF Typhoon fighter aircraft were scrambled yesterday after reports a disruptive passenger on board a Heathrow-bound transatlantic flight tried to force her way into the cockpit.

THE Charles Manson follower convicted of attempting to assassinate US president Gerald Ford will be released from a Texas prison later this month after serving more than 30 years behind bars.

Phil Mickelson, who announced an "indefinite" break from golf after his wife Amy was diagnosed with breast cancer last month, is set to return in Memphis next week.

Tim Clark holed a birdie on the final hole of his third round to take a two-stroke advantage into the final day of the Crowne Plaza Invitational.

Steve Stricker completed a two-round course record at the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Texas today but it was only good enough to secure the American a one-stroke lead at the top of the leaderboard.