ENGLAND:

An elderly man accused of killing three people outside Jewish sites in Kansas has been identified as a former Ku Klux Klan chief.

Nine people were killed when violent thunderstorms ripped through three states overnight, US officials said today.

US president Barack Obama said today he was shocked and outraged at the murder of a top doctor who performed late-term abortions.

US authorities responding to a report of a foul smell found malnourished three-week-old twins under a bed in an apartment containing their mother’s decomposing remains.