At least 10 people were killed - 8 officers and 2 prisoners - when a bus carrying state prisoners skidded off an icy highway overpass in Texas, slid down an embankment and collided with a passing train.

A police helicopter flying low on a night-time search for a missing nine-year-old child has crashed near a major Atlanta intersection, killing the two officers aboard on impact.

Rush Hour star Chris Tucker was arrested and jailed on Sunday morning, after Georgia police caught him speeding.

A bus carrying a children's church group has crashed on Texas' Interstate 20 about 50 miles east of Dallas, killing six children and injuring up to 35 others.