US prosecutors closed a two-year rape investigation involving magician David Copperfield today without filing any charges, and police said his accuser made a false sex assault claim against another man last month.

A SEATTLE woman has sued magician David Copperfield, contending he sexually assaulted and threatened her while she was a guest on his private island in the Bahamas.

A PREGNANT woman stabbed to death in Washington state at the weekend had her near full-term baby cut from her womb, police said.

A 13-MONTH global manhunt for a man accused of raping his daughter and posting video of the attack on the internet has ended with his arrest in Hong Kong after a struggle that reportedly injured four Chinese police officers.