A five-year-old has been killed and 19 people injured as twin tornadoes swept through the Nebraska town of Pilger.
A man has shot and killed his ex-wife and her new lover at a high school reunion, in front of 100 former classmates and friends.
A pensioners has died after the first floor of her house collapsed under the weight of the heavy clutter she had been collecting in Connecticut, US.
Two gunmen have shot and killed two police officers, before killing a third person and then committing suicide in Las Vegas, US.
An actor who played a dancing hamster in popular television adverts for Kia cars in the US has been charged with benefits fraud in California.