A seven-year-old Texas boy has died after his father's girlfriend allegedly opened fire as the man drove away with his son and two other children, police said.

Investors searching for the next big thing are increasingly being drawn to the US commercial marijuana business.

The last ferry left for the mainland and residents took shelter as Hurricane Earl closed in on North Carolina’s dangerously exposed Outer Banks today with 105mph winds.

An arrest warrant for Dennis Rodman has been issued by a judge in Breckenridge, Colorodo, after the basketball star missed a court appearance on two alleged traffic violations.

Even before sunrise, believers and nonbelievers alike poured into cinemas across the US on Ash Wednesday for the opening of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ.