Police have said four people found dead in a burned home in Florida were shot with a firearm registered to the father of the family that rented the home.

Secretary of State John Kerry says a US team is set to start work in Nigeria to help find some 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram militants.

A worker is electrocuted at a stadium in western Brazil, the eighth to die in an accident during the building of the 12 World Cup arenas.

Ephemeral messaging service Snapchat settles with US regulators over charges it deceived users when it promised their messages would disappear.

The US House of Representatives votes to create a panel to investigate the White House response to the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

South Sudan's president and main rebel leader are to meet for the first time since mass violence began in December, claiming thousands of lives.

Harvard University is going to introduce an "honour code" in which students will promise not to plagiarise or cheat in exams.

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling says he is not a racist in another, unverified tape recording, in which he also says he won't sell the basketball team.