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The New York trial of Abu Hamza, one of Britain's most notorious hate preachers, began on April 14. Here is a recap of key moments in the case ...

A team of wingsuit-clad parachuters swoop over New York City skyscrapers at 120mph before landing on a barge in the Hudson River ...

Rare footage from 1937 shows President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was paralysed by polio, walking at a baseball game ...

Fridge magnets, stuffed animals, charm bracelets and toy fire engines on sale at September 11 museum feet from unidentified remains from World Trade Centre ...

Up to 400 US veterans who helped liberate France from Nazi Germany have accused Paris of reneging on promise to fly them to Normandy for D-Day 70th anniversary ...

Three US states to let terminally ill patients use medication before government approval ...

Personal attack on sacked editor Jill Abramson is latest twist in New York Times sexism row ...

Robert Sargent Shriver wants to turn Los Angeles around and his campaign is backed by Oprah, Spielberg and Warren Buffett ...

CCTV footage shows a woman being rescued after falling headfirst onto train tracks at a Boston metro station ...

Women are finding it increasingly hard to obtain abortions in the US - and those who do are accused of "baby murder". Now they are trying to fight back. ...

The Telegraph's Peter Foster travels to Houston, Texas to meet the anti-abortion activists battling to put an end to a woman's right to choose ...

John Turturro tells Gaby Wood about playing a gigolo in his new film - and casting Woody Allen as his pimp ...

John Turturro tells Gaby Wood about playing a gigolo in his new film - and casting Woody Allen as his pimp ...

Former president was noted for his absence at the opening dedication of the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York ...

Fishermen find corpse of Shirley Dermond, 87, six miles from family's home ...

?Man charged as thousands evacuated in California fires ...

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Dunham, who with his wife Sandra attempted suicide this week rather than face extradition to the US on fraud charges, tells Sarah Rainey why their death pact wasn't a bid for publicity but a desperate last resort ...

Newly discovered letters highlight the pain and passion of her life, says Hannah Betts ...

California cat that saved boy from dog attack in YouTube viral sensation to "throw" first pitch at baseball game ...

Pornography in America should be declared major public health crisis, panel of activists states ...