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British-born celebrity hairdresser Vidal Sassoon has died at his home in Los Angeles, aged 84.

A drinking culture among assembly members is denied by the Presiding Officer, after a Labour politician apologises for behaviour at a five-star hotel in the early hours of the morning.

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- The number of international adoptions has plummeted to its lowest point in 15 years, a steep decline attributed largely to crackdowns against baby-selling, a sputtering world economy and efforts by countries to place more children with domestic families....

Detectives say the death of a woman whose body was found at a disused factory in Glasgow is being treated as suspicious.

Jurors will resume deliberations at 10 a.m. ET Thursday in the trial of a man accused of killing the mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew of entertainer Jennifer Hudson.

The BBC learns that the Western Health trust is to carry out a formal review of the treatment and care of a baby who died from pseudomonas.

At least 55 people are killed in a double suicide car bombing near an intelligence complex in the Syrian capital, Damascus, officials say.

Thousands of civil service workers in Northern Ireland taking part in a 24-hour UK-wide day of strike action are told that their existing pensions are "affordable".

Scientists have flown through the heart of a turbulent weather system in a bid to understand the causes of heavy rainfall.

A Birmingham-based composer who was left needing a wheelchair wins his negligence case against a West Midlands hospital.

CIDAHU, Indonesia (AP) -- A helicopter spotted the shattered wreckage of a Russian-made passenger plane Thursday that crashed into a steep cliff on a long-dormant Indonesian volcano during a demonstration flight to potential buyers and journalists. There was no sign of survivors among the 47 people on board....

Scientists have flown through the heart of a turbulent weather system in a bid to understand the causes of heavy rainfall.

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Greek Socialist Evangelos Venizelos, the third political leader to try to form a coalition amid a deepening crisis, says he has made progress.

Narcotics officers executing two search warrants at a motel were justified in detaining those around the scene for officer safety. “The record in this case fully supports the determination that the initial detention of Thompson was a valid investigatory stop. The officers were engaged in executing narcotics search warrants, "... the kind of transaction that may give rise to sudden violence or frantic efforts to conceal or destroy evidence." Summers, 452 U.S. at 702, 101 S.Ct. at 2594. Moreover, Agent Parker's testimony that guns are frequently used in narcotic trafficking is a factor which increases the possibility of danger to the officers.” State v. Thompson, 2012 La. LEXIS 1321 (May 8, 2012), revg 58 So.3d 994 (La. App. 2 Cir. February 23, 2011).

An officer at a sobriety checkpoint observed a vehicle abruptly pull into a parking lot of closed businesses. He went to investigate, and defendant’s vehicle pulled in, too. The police car blocked the exit. This was a stop without reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing, and it was not consensual. Jones v. State, 2012 Ga. LEXIS 435 (May 7, 2012).*

The search warrant for defendant’s cell phone was based on probable cause, and the nine months between transactions did not make it stale here. The good faith exception also applies. United States v. Sinclair, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63864 (N.D. Cal. May 3, 2012).*

Most travel agencies in China are suspending tours to the Philippines amid tension over a stand-off in the South China Sea, Chinese state media say.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Frustrated by what they said are stalled efforts to free a U.S. soldier taken prisoner three years ago in Afghanistan, the man's parents have gone public with previously secret U.S. attempts to trade him for Taliban prisoners in U.S. hands....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Frustrated by what they said are stalled efforts to free a U.S. soldier taken prisoner three years ago in Afghanistan, the man's parents have gone public with previously secret U.S. attempts to trade him for Taliban prisoners in U.S. hands....

Rescuers find a number of bodies at the wreckage of a Russian Sukhoi Superjet plane that crashed into mountains in Indonesia.

Is letting cameras into court a good idea?