Police in Texas investigating the murder of a teacher and beauty queen in 1960 have arrested the former priest who apparently heard her final confession.

A man faked his own kidnap in front of his terrified wife to go out partying with his friends.

As Hurricane Ike charged into the Gulf of Mexico and toward the Texas coast, officials prepared today to evacuate the first of a million residents who could be in the way of the storm’s path.

A 2-year-old US boy who died with a fractured skull may have been accidentally crushed by a morbidly obese relative, authorities say.