About 60 people have been injured, five critically, after a head-on, rush-hour collision between two commuter trains near New York, officials say.

A university student dies after being fatally shot as a masked gunman bursts into her home in an apparent attempted robbery in New York state.

OJ Simpson's former lawyer rebuts claims by his former client he botched his defence in an armed robbery case.

Dozens of people have been injured after two trains collided in the US state of Connecticut.

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The mayor of the Canadian city of Toronto, Rob Ford, denies allegations that he has been caught on video smoking crack cocaine.

Senior US tax officials deny the extra scrutiny given to conservative political groups ahead of the 2012 election was motivated by partisan bias.

President Obama is coming under pressure to intervene in Syria by members of Congress

Burma's President Thein Sein heads to the US to meet President Obama - in the first US state visit by Burmese leader since 1966.

Alleged terrorists on witness protection could board flights because their new names were not updated on the US no-fly list, a watchdog finds.

US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is made an honorary member of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters.

A US hitchhiker whose descriptions of using a hatchet to stop an attacker became an internet sensation is charged with murder.

X Factor boyband One Direction have announced a 2014 worldwide stadium tour.

White House turns to investigation to handle Benghazi fallout

Kentucky woman catches a killer, helped by a BBC reporter

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The US condemns recent remarks by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto justifying Japan's war-time use of sex slaves as "outrageous and offensive".

President Obama calls for beefed-up embassy security and names a new head of the federal tax agency, as he seeks to steady an administration buffeted by recent political storms.

New York officials say they have busted a multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling ring, alleging three of the 16 accused had links to terrorists.