The uncle of the slain Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has arrived in Massachusetts to arrange for his nephew’s burial, as the funeral director struggled to find a cemetery in the state willing to take the body.

Gun control activists have voiced fears that the world’s first firearm made entirely with 3D printer technology was successfully fired, and the blueprint used to make it was made available online to download for free.

For gun-toting, Republican-supporting and President-hating Americans, a 3D shooting target that looks like an undead Barack Obama could be the perfect gift. The controversial targets have, however, now been removed from sale at the National Rifle Association convention in Texas, at the request of organisers.

Brenda Heist, from Lititz, Pennsylvania, went missing in 2002 after dropping her children off at school

Diamond Joe Biden, Scranton's finest, strikes again. While our politicians struggle awkwardly with pop culture (think David Cameron hanging with One Direction or Gordon Brown "enjoying" the Arctic Monkeys), the US Vice-President shows us how it's done.

The Koch brothers back the Tea Party, oppose the green movement – and may soon have a new paper to promote their views

Special Report: Lawyers and human rights groups say it is just a matter of time before the detainees start to die

Four others were injured in the blaze, late last night

Club says Islamic militants are 'not healthy warriors'

According to a police report the attack on Ricardo Portillo happened on April 27 at a youth match at Eisenhower Junior High School in Taylorville

Sam Palladio is the latest in a string of actors to fool the US

Firefighters say it could take until Monday to contain the inferno

Reclusive author says Samuel Pinkus took advantage of her failing hearing and eyesight

A funeral home director was this weekend trying to find a cemetery that would bury a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.

The US Homeland Security Department ordered border agents to verify that every international student who arrives in the country has a valid student visa. The new procedure is the government's first security change directly related to the Boston Marathon bombings last month.