Adult film actress Stormy Daniels must pay more than $290,000 to reimburse President Donald Trump for legal fees he spent defending himself in a defamation lawsuit she brought against him over a tweet, a judge ruled on Tuesday.

A California man has filed a lawsuit against two US airlines after his pinky got stuck in his first-class seat armrest, forcing firefighters and a mechanic to intervene to free the finger.

A bomb threat prompts authorities to evacuate a building at the Silicon Valley headquarters of Facebook Inc near San Francisco, police says, but hours after a sweep of the structure began there was no word of explosives found.

The US on Monday imposed sanctions on three North Korean officials as it called the regime's human rights record among the world's

Jamal Khashoggi's final words were "I can't breathe," CNN said Sunday, citing a source who has read the transcript of an audio tape of the final moments before the journalist's murder.

Researchers have found "different patterns" in brain scans among children who record heavy smart device and video game use, according to initial data from a major ongoing US study.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced his chief of staff John Kelly will soon be leaving the administration, the latest key personnel move at a time of mounting pressure from the Russia election-meddling probe that comes amid increased focus on preparing for the 2020 elections.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday renewed his call to end a federal probe into Russian election meddling, describing the investigation as a "witch hunt" a day after US prosecutors detailed a previously unknown attempt by a Russian to help his 2016 presidential election campaign.

President Donald Trump says the polls have it all wrong, so on Thursday he calculated his own popularity rating: 75 percent.

President Donald Trump yesterday nominated State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert as US ambassador to the United Nations, reported AFP, tapping someone with no prior policy or political experience to deal with some of the world's thorniest issues.

CNN's New York offices are evacuated after a bomb threat, but no explosive is found and police later gave the all clear, the network says.

George HW Bush was to be laid to rest yesterday, concluding a four-day tribute to the 41st president that saw America briefly set aside its political divisions.

Two key US Republican senators said yesterday after a briefing by the CIA's director they have "zero" doubt Saudi Arabia's crown prince directed the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. CIA director Gina Haspel has agreed to brief a "small group" of US lawmakers about the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the

Washington's political elite paid tribute to former US President George HW Bush as his body lay in state in the Capitol on Monday, evoking a bygone era of bipartisan civility in American politics.

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that China had agreed to cut import tariffs on American-made cars, a potential boon for automakers including Tesla Inc and BMW who manufacture in the United States for export to China.

Former US president George HW Bush, who guided America through the end of the Cold War and launched the international campaign to drive Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein's forces from Kuwait, died yesterday at his home in Houston. He was 94.

Tributes have poured for former US president George H.W. Bush following his death on Friday at the age of 94.

US President Donald Trump yesterday reiterated his innocence in connection with a Moscow real estate deal that has reportedly been a focus of a probe into whether his 2016 presidential campaign conspired with Russian operatives.

President Donald Trump's intensifying attacks this week against the Russia collusion investigation underscore a growing nervousness

Three weeks after flames incinerates most of a Northern California town in the deadliest US wildfire in a century, the search for more human remains ends with at least 88 people confirmed dead and nearly 200 still missing.