Nineteen people are shot and injured during a Mother's Day parade in the US city of New Orleans, police say.

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Prince Harry has started the first event of the Warrior Games for injured service personnel, being held in Colorado, US.

Prince Harry starts the first event of the Warrior Games for injured service personnel, being held in Colorado.

Nineteen people have been wounded in a shooting at a Mother's Day parade in the US city of New Orleans, police say.

Canadian commander Chris Hadfield has shared with the world his cover version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, which he recorded on the International Space Station.

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US police discover two bodies after ending a 37-hour stand-off with a man who held three people captive in a house in New Jersey.

Several homes have been destroyed and many damaged in the Canadian province of Manitoba after ice from a nearby lake was pushed up onto land by the wind.

String winds in Minnesota have pushed sheets of ice on to the shores of Lake Mille Lacs in Minnesota.

Prince Harry has said he hopes to bring America's Warrior Games for injured servicemen and women to the UK.

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Prince Harry on week-long tour of the United States

Prince Harry has said he hopes to bring America's Warrior Games for injured servicemen and women to the UK.

Two US astronauts replace a pump on an emergency spacewalk aimed at fixing a leak of ammonia from the International Space Station's cooling system.