Texas officials are evacuating thousands of inmates from three prisons in Brazoria County south of Houston as nearby Brazos River rises from Hurricane Harvey's heavy rain.

THE Republican party has sidelined plans to specifically target young voters at its convention, preferring to focus on presidential candidate John McCain’s maverick history.

Murder suspect John Karr will appear in a Colorado court on Monday over the killing of the child beauty queen.

AN inquest in the Isle of Man has heard how a young Irishman died while motorcycling on the runway of an airfield on the island last June.