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A murder inquiry is under way into a fatal house fire in Cornwall which is thought to have been caused by a firework.

The UK's oldest public museum, the Ashmolean, reopens after a £61m redevelopment.

The head of the body drafting new rules for MPs' expenses says he may not implement all the proposed reforms.

Leicester head coach Richard Cockerill pays tribute to the Tigers pack after a memorable victory over world champions South Africa.

Two government agencies are facing off over the right to regulate the popular online game World of Warcraft.

Police quiz Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas, who plays builder Jason Grimshaw, over a crash in Manchester city centre.

Eight years of war have left people in Afghanistan exhausted, impatient and increasingly unsure that the Taliban can be defeated.

A road in Belfast city centre has begun collapsing into a large hole which engineers believe could be up to 15 square metres wide.

It is quickly becoming commonplace for people to spend a few dollars to get ahead in an online game or to give a friend a gift on a social network.

The official jobless rate excludes millions of people who have given up looking for work and part-time workers who want to be working full time.

The closeness of the vote may jeopardize the quadrennial payouts — some as high as $400,000 — that the mayor has routinely showered on his campaign workers.

Joe Jackson asks for an allowance from the estate of his late son Michael, saying the star supported him before he died.

G20 finance ministers begin their meeting in Scotland, but are faced with divisions over stimulus packages and climate change.

Survivors of the shooting say that in a few seconds, everything changed.

The ICC's top prosecutor says perpetrators of Kenya's post-poll violence could face trial as early as next July.

Everton defender Phil Jagielka has a second knee operation and will be out of action until after Christmas.

Welsh Labour leadership contender Carwyn Jones wants all his party to have a say on an assembly powers referendum.

Officials were not prepared to say whether the attack was the act of a lone and troubled man or connected to terrorist groups, foreign or domestic.

Lebanon's Hezbollah says its opposition alliance has agreed to join a national unity government under PM-designate, Saad Hariri.

President Barack Obama praises the "valour" of those who responded to the deadly attacks at a US army base in Texas.

Two British tickets have each won a record-breaking jackpot of more than £45m in the EuroMillions lottery.

Members of the local mosque in Killeen, Tex., say they hope good relations will prevail in the wake of the Fort Hood shootings.

Hideki Matsui won't be there, but the House vote on health care reform is a World Series of sorts for fans of big-time politics.

Violent attackers receiving cautions

Two cities suffer blackouts as rationing is brought in following water shortages at an Ecuadorean hydro-electric plant.

The instructions were simple: Talk about your feelings on the morning after learning that an Army major in Texas was believed to have gunned down 13 people and wounded another 38 at Fort Hood.

The jump in the unemployment rate to 10.2 percent, reported Friday, suggests that the job market could take longer than expected to recover and deepens the pressure on President Obama to come up with more immediate solutions.

The first frantic 911 calls had come just four minutes earlier. Kimberly Munley, a civilian police officer for the Army, rounded the corner of a squat, one-story building at 1:27 p.m. Thursday and came face to face with Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan.

Investigators on Friday bore down on the possible motives of Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood gunman, to determine whether his actions were driven by stress related to his upcoming deployment to Afghanistan or to an Islamist political ideology.

Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan's anger was building. He felt stuck in the Army, and family members said the military wouldn't let him out. He disagreed with American policy in Iraq and Afghanistan, telling colleagues that the war against terror was a war against Muslims and that his religion came first...

The Queen is due to attend the Royal Festival of Remembrance to commemorate those who gave their lives for their country.

Towns should vote for police commissioners to hold local commanders and officers to account, a think tank says.

Is post-traumatic stress among caregivers a significant problem?

Residents' sense of shock after Fort Hood shootings

Miscarriages of justice are likely to result from proposals to reduce legal aid fees to barristers, the Bar Council's chairman warns.

Attention, fellow commuters: Keeping personal hygiene personal could make those subway rides so much more bearable.