Charles Schepens, a wartime French Resistance hero who later became a pioneer in retina surgery, has died at the age of 94 after suffering a stroke.

Comedian Richard Pryor and actor Matthew Perry are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the drowning of a dog.

North-eastern Americans climbed through snowdrifts and navigated icy streets and pavements as they dug out from a weekend storm that dumped more than two feet of snow in some places.