Felicity Spector

Lawyers representing George Zimmerman, the man who shot unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, say they are dropping him – as a new announcement on the case is imminent.

Want to know what your boss earns? Or your future husband? In Sweden, Norway and Finland everyone’s income and tax details are published online, for anyone to see.

It’s all over for the Republican hopeful Rick Santorum – who has announced the end of his campaign, after phoning the front runner Mitt Romney to admit defeat.

Israel has declared the Nobel Prize winning poet Günter Grass persona non grata – after he published a work accusing Israel of posing a threat to world peace.

Two men have been charged with murder after a shooting spree in a predominantly black district of Tulsa – which left three people dead and two others badly wounded.

America’s jobs market slowed down last month, as companies stopped taking on new workers, revealing more uncertainty about the prospects for economic growth.

The arguments are over; the rhetoric is done. Now America’s deeply divided Supreme Court must decide whether President Obama’s signature achievement should stand, fall, or be largely struck down.

On the streets, and online: thousands of people across America are demanding justice for the black teenager shot dead in Florida, while the hoodie has become an unlikely symbol of protest.

In the biggest case for more than 40 years, nine justices must decide whether the president’s sweeping healthcare reforms should be declared unconstitutional. Will the law, or politics prevail?

Another clean sweep for Mitt Romney, with a resounding win in Puerto Rico’s primary. But though he’s narrowly tipped to win the crucial Illinois race – how come his rival has all the momentum?

It’s the unofficial kick-off of Obama’s re-election campaign: a slick, 17 minute documentary about his presidency, narrated by Tom Hanks. The aim? To make it an online sensation.

He is the horse who defined a golden era of racing: and this afternoon Kauto Star was forced to pull up half way through the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

It was the politics of their style as much as the style of their politics, as President Obama and David Cameron lavished mutual praise at last night’s celebrity-packed White House dinner.

“We did it again”, a giddy Rick Santorum told supporters after suprising the pundits with two more primary wins. Bad news for Mitt Romney and for a Republican party facing a long, bitter fight ahead.

Britain’s special relationship with America has been celebrated – then declared dead. As President Obama welcomes David Cameron with a 19 gun salute, is the transatlantic friendship back on course?