US bank JP Morgan Chase increases its planned job cuts to 19,000 by the end of next year in its mortgage and community banking businesses.

Facebook "streamlines" its complaint procedures to tackle concerns raised about tribute pages created after the Sandy Hook school shootings.

Apple is to offer US parents compensation for purchases in app games made by their children without permission.

Retired US basketball player Dennis Rodman, known for his flamboyant "bad boy" image, arrives in North Korea to film a TV programme.

The next edition of Batman Incorporated comic will feature the death of the superhero's sidekick.

This year's Academy Awards attracted an audience of 40.3 million in the US, the highest figure for three years, according to Nielsen ratings data.

The danger in texting tip-offs about police checkpoints in Jamaica

The estranged wife of a New York City policeman tells a court about her discovery of his alleged plans to kill her and cannibalise women.

President Barack Obama urges US governors to lobby their congressional delegation to pass legislation averting deep budget cuts set to hit on Friday.

A dead sparrow preserved by taxidermy and brought back to life by robotics faced a hostile reaction from its species

The International Herald Tribune is to be renamed the International New York Times, as it adopts its parent newspaper's brand.

On his first trip abroad as US Secretary of State, John Kerry urges Syria's opposition to attend an international meeting in Rome on Thursday.

BP has been accused of putting profits before safety on the first day of a civil trial in New Orleans over liability for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Leonard Riggio, founder of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain, offers to buy back its retail operations, but not the Nook e-reader.

Police extend their search for an ex-convict suspected of a pre-dawn Las Vegas shooting and multiple car crash that left three people dead.

Residents in a Houston street had a shock on Sunday when a car, driven by a motorist police said was speeding, ended up lodged in roof of a house.

On the first day of a US trial to decide who should pay for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, BP is accused of having put profits before safety.

Four family members, including two children, are missing after reporting they were abandoning a sinking sailboat in the Pacific near San Francisco.

Daniel Day-Lewis becomes the first person to win the best actor Oscar three times, while Ben Affleck's thriller Argo is crowned best film.

John Kerry has told a press conference that he got lost in London Zoo on a childhood visit to London