The man who held a US girl captive for 18 years is now under investigation for a string of unsolved murders.

Jaycee Lee Dugard was held captive in a backyard compound for 18 years.

The brother of slain former US president John F. Kennedy and Democrat leader Robert Kennedy dies of brain cancer, bringing to an end the Kennedy dynasty.

The Scottish Justice Secretary faced down a barrage of angry criticism from members of the Scottish Parliament yesterday amid mounting dismay over his decision to release the Lockerbie bomber.

A controversial new law decriminalising the possession of small amounts of heroin, marijuana, cocaine and other illicit substances has quietly slipped on to the statute books in Mexico.

Handguns, electric drills and mock executions were used by the CIA to elicit information from terrorist suspects, reports surface.

Wear anything, as long as it's your style, says Zoe Walker.

International storm erupts over Herald columnist Brian Rudman's call to "throw another pit bull on the barbie".