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US President Donald Trump says he did not make secret recordings of ex-FBI chief James Comey despite an earlier hint to the contrary.

Boys and black children were more likely to be among victims, researchers found.

Otto Warmbier's family blames "torturous mistreatment" by North Korea for the student's coma and death.

Sensitive personal details relating to almost 200 million US citizens have been accidentally exposed by a marketing firm contracted by the Republican National Committee.

A team of US doctors have found "no sign of botulism" in the American student freed by North Korea after more than 15 months in captivity.

A senior Republican is in a critical condition in hospital after a gunman opened fire during baseball practise in Virginia.

Four people are dead after a man believed to be an employee opened fire at a San Francisco parcel sorting facility, including the gunman.

The Trade Minister will be the first New Zealand minister to officially meet with a member of the Trump administration on Washington soil later this week.

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has denied having undisclosed meetings with Russian officials at a Washington DC hotel. Video

US comedian Bill Cosby's defence lawyers have rested their case after presenting a single, brief witness in his sexual assault trial.

The US territory of Puerto Rico has voted to ask Congress to make it America's 51st state.

A UK government spokesperson says the US president's state visit is still planned after reports he wanted to wait and avoid protests.

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he will appear before a Senate panel in response to James Comey's testimony.

The US President is expected to visit Miami as early as next Friday to announce a new Cuba policy that could tighten rules on trade and travel, eased by his predecessor Barack Obama.