Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court has died.
Five New York men are accused of kidnapping and killing a man and burying him in a New Hampshire forest.
A humpback whale visiting the waters off Seattle put on a dazzling display of breaches on Thursday.
The first-term Republican congressman was at grave risk of becoming just the sixth member of the House to be ousted by colleagues.
Sophia Gedgaudas had to learn to walk, talk and chew food again after the stroke she suffered at the age of 19.