US Supreme Court strikes down Florida death penalty sentences as unconstitutional
System had judges determine final penalty meaning convicts were denied constitutional right to a jury trial.
US: 'Making a Murderer' killer Steven Avery appeals conviction over claims of juror bias
He also argues that the evidence search was illegal as cops sought evidence in death of Teresa Halbach.
Jean-Marie Le Pen sues over 'harmful' snoozing selfie by Madonna ex Brahim Zaibat
He blames unflattering shot as contributing to National Front defeat in France.
Oregon under attack: Judge vows to charge militia up to $75,000 a day for costs
'Broke county' is sending militant leader the bill, Steven Grasty tells community meeting
US election 2016: Bernie Sanders sails past Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire and edges ahead in Iowa
It's not going to be a cakewalk for Clinton as Sanders pulls off turnaround just before primaries.
North Korea: Pyongyang 'faked' submarine-launched missile says California think tank
Pyongyang officials spliced video together to hide 'catastrophic fail,' says analyst.
US: Toddler, three, fatally shoots himself after finding gun in father's store
'I looked and, oh my God, my son is on the floor,' said Manal Abdelziz.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to retire all elephants by May
Cast of 11 will join the rest of the 29-animal herd in May at a Florida elephant refuge run by the circus
Mick Jagger's ex Jerry Hall, 59, to wed Rupert Murdoch, 84, after whirlwind romance
The announcement was made in Murdoch's Times newspaper.
Sweden: Investigation launched into mass sexual assaults amid police cover-up allegations
Officials face claims that they hid news of 'co-ordinated' migrant involvement in attacks at music festival.
Climate change is turning Pacific Ocean coastal waters acidic, scientists warn
Warming and lower oxygen levels mean bad news for marine life, researchers say.
Fracking earthquake: Scientists confirm biggest hydraulic fracturing tremor yet in British Columbia
Latest finding fuels fears that natural gas extraction is rattling the Earth.
US election 2016: White nationalist Political Action Committee robocalling for Trump
Jared Taylor, spokesman for group that inspired black church shooting, says candidate knows US needs 'white people.'
Mohammed cartoons censored at Charlie Hebdo massacre anniversary exhibit in Israel
The message remains 'that the pencil has not beaten out the Kalashnikov,' says Israeli cartoonist Roy Friedler.
Oregon under attack: Armed militia sends out call for 'French vanilla creamer' in long siege
Will marshals allow supporters to deliver 80 'wish list' items to millitant occupiers at Malheur Wildlife Refuge?
Cologne sex attacks: Criminal complaints soar to 516 with 40% linked to sexual assault
Angela Merkel cancels trip to Davos World Economic Forum as reports continue to fuel anti-immigrant furor.
Sean Penn blasted over Rolling Stone interview with El Chapo
Bad-boy actor skewered for granting El Chapo article approval rights.
CES 2016: Chinese hoverboard booth raided by US marshals over patent complaint
Changzhou First International Trade Company was raided and stopped from selling the overboard.
Mysterious giant space balls rain down on Vietnam
They are identified as specialised compressed air tanks, but where did they come from?
Oregon under attack: Native American tribe tells militia to 'get the hell out' of ancestral lands
Burns Paiute Indian tribe says land was there long before these cowboys came.
White House officials to meet with Silicon Valley leaders to combat terrorism
Tech companies are under increasing pressure to respond to militants' manipulation of social networks.
What a trip: Yale medical school professors set up psychedelic study group
Researchers will explore whether drugs like LSD and psilocybin can effectively treat mental problems.
California governor Jerry Brown declares emergency over methane gas leak in Los Angeles
Jerry Brown demands stepped up regulations, mitigation for shocking pollution
US: Donald Trump's solution to North Korea is to let China handle it
Trump proposes to 'start charging them tax or start cutting them off' if China does not respond.
US: Alabama justice defies Supreme Court and orders judges to enforce same-sex marriage ban
Judges have a 'ministerial duty' not to issue any same-sex marriage licences, state chief justice Roy Moore said.
Oregon under attack: Leader of the armed militia collected $530,000 from the government
Governments are supposed to 'help people,' said Ammon Bundy.
Missing pioneering pilot Amy Johnson was chopped up by Royal Navy ship, says historian
Johnson was sucked into the propellers after she bailed from her plane, Dr Alex Gill said.
Germany: Scuffles break out in Cologne street protests over sex attacks
Rival groups clash over immigration in wake of mass harassment, assaults on women.
Twitter mulling 10,000 character limit for tweets
Twitter testing new version known as 'Beyond 140' ahead of launch.
Islamic clerics issue fatwa against poachers in Malaysia
Muslims 'have a duty to maintain the ecological balance,' says spokesman