Lawyers prosecuting a man who gunned down a controversial pro-abortion doctor had to get through the first day of evidence without mentioning the word “abortion” in front of jurors.

A clinic run by murdered late-term abortion doctor George Tiller will shut forever, his family said.

International flights were delayed and thousands of US commuters were unable to get to work today as torrential rain flooded New York’s subways and rail lines.

Two children were removed from a home where shocked police found 68 pit bull terriers.

Matt Sedensky, El Dorado

The serial killer known as BTK today pleaded guilty to 10 counts of murder, admitting in a chillingly matter-of-fact voice to a series of slayings that terrorised a US city for years.

More than 30 years after the first killings that began a reign of terror in a US city, the man accused of being the so-called “BTK strangler” is expected to plead not guilty this week.

An American missionary held hostage by Muslim extremists for 377 days has returned to the Philippines under tight security to testify against her abductors.

A SERIAL killer who terrified a US city in the 1970s appears to have resurfaced and laid claim to an eighth victim.

The American plane maker Boeing’s unconventional deal to supply air refuelling tankers for the US Air Force has been postponed by the Pentagon while a probe is carried out into the company’s conduct.

A woman gave in the US has given birth to sextuplets and doctors say the three boys and three girls are doing well.

George W Bush has assured the Philippines that the US will help pursue a militant Muslim group holding two Americans hostage.

A Muslim extremist rebel leader has threatened to behead an American couple before the Philippine president’s visit to the United States next month, if the army does not halt its offensive on the group.

A Muslim separatist group in the Philippines today said it believed an American hostage was alive despite claims of another rebel group that they beheaded him.

As the Philippines Government stepped up its battle with Muslim rebel hostage-takers today, the military said it found two bodies in guerrilla territory, but neither belonged to the American captive the insurgents claim to have beheaded.

Authorities were today anxiously awaiting contact with Muslim extremists as the rebels’ threatened to behead three American captives.

Authorities were today anxiously awaiting contact with Muslim extremists as the rebels’ threatened to behead three American captives.

Americans travelling in the Philippines are being urged to review their security arrangements and check with the US Embassy for the latest information following a kidnapping incident.