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Kitty Dukakis, the wife of former Democratic US presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, has died at the age of 88 after lengthy personal battles.

A US photographer's creative twist on dog adoption social media posts have taken the world by storm and helped scores of pooches find new homes.

Chaos has erupted and at least three people have been killed in the US after two groups of people fought a gun battle at an unauthorised car show.

The temporary legal status of half a million migrants in the US will be revoked as Donald Trump continues his immigration crackdown.

After an incredible 286 consecutive days in space, the mental toll on NASA’s astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore may be more serious than their smiles and thumbs-up signals indicated.   

Police in the US have charged two teenagers with murder after they filmed themselves allegedly hitting and killing a cyclist while driving a stolen car.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ space odyssey is finally over after 286 days but the fallout from their grueling mission is only just beginning.

Local news outlets reported that the incident was sparked by a man pulling out a gun and pointing it at the intelligence agency’s Virginia headquarters.

A US jury has found Greenpeace liable for defamation, ordering it to pay just over $1 billion in damages to a Texas-based oil company.

The Trump administration has suspended around $US175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over a transgender swimmer who competed there.

The US has redacted large portions of documents related to a court battle over Prince Harry's visa application, saying it has a duty to protect his privacy.

SEE THE PICS: After spending nine months stuck in space, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on Earth, smiling, waving and cheering as they exited SpaceX Dragon.

Elon Musk has condemned the torching of Tesla cars in the US as terrorism after a group of the electric vehicles were firebombed in Las Vegas.

Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore’s time in space will soon be over as the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft departs the ISS.

Authorities have confirmed that the Oscar-winner’s wife Betsy Arakawa repeatedly called a medical centre for treatment on February 12 - a day later than she was originally thought to have died.