Aaron Hernandez was serving life for killing a man but was acquitted of another double murder last week.

The authorities acted after some parties blanked out female faces on posters in a nod to conservatism.

The incumbent governor, a Christian on trial for blasphemy, faces his conservative Muslim rival.

A policeman is killed as gunmen attack a checkpoint near St Catherine's monastery in south Sinai.

The African American suspect was motivated by a hatred for white people, say police in California.

There has been a record-breaking achievement in distributing tablets to fight neglected tropical diseases, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says.

The Carl Vinson strike group sailed in the opposite direction despite US statements, it has emerged.

A fatal attack on a teenage surfer prompts discussion about ways "to put human life first".