A Tunisian man who allegedly met one of the men suspected of plotting to bomb a Canadian train has been charged with visa fraud in New York, prosecutors say.

Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried at an undisclosed location outside the city of Worcester, Massachusetts police say.

Republicans demand more information about an attack on the US mission in Benghazi, as Secretary of State John Kerry vows to leave no stone unturned.

The former bus driver charged with the "deliberate, depraved" kidnap and abuse of three women in the US city of Cleveland appears in court.

Shares in the bookstore chain Barnes and Noble have shot up after reports Microsoft was planning to buy its Nook e-reader.

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The man suspected of imprisoning three women for several years in Cleveland, Ohio, has made his first court appearance since the discovery of his victims.

American soap actress Jeanne Cooper, who spent 40 years on The Young and the Restless, dies at the age of 84.

A teenager has told the BBC that his self-built Iron Man suit has led to offers from the US to create more.

A teenage girl is rapidly becoming a media star for code she developed at a male-dominated hackathon in the US.

The controversial 3D-printed gun has attracted 100,000 downloads since the blueprints went online this week.

A top US official tells Congress he was "stunned" by the Obama administration's explanation for the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi.

Surprising results of elevated levels of lead in US rice imports have been cast into doubt by follow-up studies and checks of the equipment initially used.

More than 5m people now hear a few words in Dothraki or Valyrian, the fabricated languages spoken in the television series Game of Thrones each week.

Ariel Castro is due to appear in court in Ohio charged with the kidnapping and rape of three women held captive for a decade at a house in Cleveland.

A top US official who was in Libya during a deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi has given the first public account of the event.

Prince Harry starts a seven-day visit to the US - his first trip to the country since being pictured naked in Las Vegas last year.

The owner of the Ohio house from which three women were rescued after about a decade in alleged captivity is charged with kidnapping and rape.

The former boss of scandal-hit Enron, Jeffrey Skilling, is set to have up to 10 years taken off his prison sentence.