The US city of Baltimore declares a state of emergency amid violent protests over the death of a black man fatally injured in police custody.

Russian hackers who gained access to the White House computer system last year are able to read President Obama's unclassified emails, the New York Times has reported.

More than 1,000 protesters march in Baltimore over the death of a black man in police custody a week ago.

The family of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old killed in Ferguson last summer by a white police officer, will file a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, attorneys for the family.

Puerto Rico's top finance officials says the government of the US territory will likely shutdown in three months because of a looming liquidity crisis and warned of a devastating impact on the island's economy.

The parents of youngest victim in the Boston marathon bombing has called on federal authorities to drop the death penalty as a possible punishment for bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Deaths of African Americans in US in the hands of police has taken a sharp rise in recent months.

A temporary security lockdown at the US Capitol comes to an end after a man shot himself dead in front of the complex on Saturday, police said.

A US woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for making her five-year-old son sick and eventually killing him to gain online attention.

A power line breaks loose at an electrical substation near Washington, briefly dimming the White House, emptying museums and cutting electricity to government buildings and the US Capitol for hours.

An Alabama man is freed after spending nearly 30 years on death row.

The grandson of billionaire Getty oil founder J. Paul Getty is found dead at his home in Los Angeles, the family said in a statement.

Two bodies are found at the site of a massive gas explosion that flattened three buildings in New York on Thursday

Iran and major powers are close to agreement on a 2- or 3-page accord with specific numbers that would form the basis of a long-term settlement aimed at ending a 12-year standoff over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, officials said

At least 19 people are injured after an explosion caused two residential apartment buildings to collapse and engulf in flames in New York City's East Village neighborhood

A Detroit mother is arrested after officials found two of her children dead inside her freezer

The United States assures Afghanistan's leaders it will keep funding Afghan security forces at a targeted peak level of 352,000 personnel at least into 2017 to provide stability as foreign troops withdraw from the country

At least 36 people are dead and 70 injured after a bus drifted into the opposite lane and hit two buses and a truck in Peru

Senator Ted Cruz will declare on Monday that he will run for president in 2016, making him the first major hopeful to formally enter the race

The US defence department says it is investigating an online threat allegedly made by Islamic State to about 100 of its military personnel, and posted a list of the names and addresses on a website linked to the group alongside a call for them to be killed