Lost in plain sight

Nick O'Malley Louwana Miller never stopped fighting for her daughter, Amanda Berry, who disappeared in Cleveland in April 2003, the day before her 17th birthday.

Parents pull the trigger on failing schools

Nick O'Malley, US Correspondent Doreen Diaz says the worst thing about the Desert Trails Elementary School in Adelanto, California, a desert city 150-kilometres or so from Los Angeles, was not that it failed to teach her children,...

Carr alarmed over chemical weapons claim but all talk is of Gillard

Nick O'Malley When Bob Carr took his seat at the table during the United Nations Security Council Meeting in New York earlier today, it was the first time an Australian Foreign Minister had done so since 1986 - ...

US shootings continue, along with gun debate

Nick O'Malley It has been a bloody few days in America. There is no evidence that it has been any bloodier than usual, but some of the crimes committed have been unusual enough to have added even more fuel to the...

Death turns spotlight on America's murder capital

Nick O'Malley JANUARY was a big month for Hadiya Pendleton. The 15-year-old drum majorette travelled to Washington to march in Barack Obama's inauguration parade, before returning home to Chicago for her finals.

'How can standing by watching that go on not be committing a crime?'

Nick O'Malley A small US town's football culture comes under the microscope over a callous teen rape.

Activists unite on US gun controls

Nick O'Malley A month after the killings in Newtown, Connecticut, the White House and a loose coalition of activists are hoping to harness the public disgust to force Congress to pass its first significant gun...

Obama's push on guns creates a ripple effect

Nick O'Malley WASHINGTON: A month after the killings in Sandy Hook, the White House and a loose coalition of activists are hoping to harness the public disgust to force Congress to pass its first significant gun...

'No more Mr Nice President'

Nick O'Malley There is a photograph of Barack Obama taken almost four years ago. He is in a tiny, wood-lined lift in the White House heading up to the residence for the first time.

Obama glances back before the battles ahead

Nick O'Malley BARACK OBAMA'S second presidential term began in a quiet ceremony in the White House's Blue Room at midday on Sunday in Washington, with the President swearing the oath of office on Michelle Obama's...

Uproar as US newspaper publishes gun owner details online

Nick O'Malley A New York newspaper has sparked an acrimonious debate over gun rights and privacy by publishing the names and addresses of thousands of handgun owners in an interactive map.

Outrage after paper names gun owners

Nick O'Malley WASHINGTON: A New York newspaper has sparked an acrimonious debate over gun rights and privacy by publishing the names and addresses of thousands of handgun owners in an interactive map.

Clinton suffers blood clot amid growing fears for her health

Nick O'Malley THE US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has been admitted to a New York hospital following the discovery of a blood clot, in the wake of her treatment for a concussion earlier last month.

Playing chicken on edge of a fiscal cliff

Nick O'Malley WASHINGTON: American pundits were reduced to car crash metaphors this week as the fiscal cliff loomed larger.

Hillary Clinton in hospital with blood clot

Nick O'Malley The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has been admitted to a New York hospital for treatment for a blood clot, in the wake of her treatment for a concussion earlier this month.

Clinton has blood clot between brain and skull

Nick O'Malley US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a blood clot in a vein between her brain and skull, discovered during a follow-up examination after she suffered a concussion earlier this month.

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Obama's pick for Treasury is offside with Republicans

Nick O'Malley WASHINGTON: Barack Obama's latest reported cabinet nomination - Jack Lew, the White House chief of staff, to replace Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary - shows the President is in no mood to...

Shot ex-congresswoman leads charge as anti-gun lobby fires back

Nick O'Malley US gun control advocates, led by shot former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, have launched a coordinated attack on the powerful gun rights lobby, as they seek to continue the national debate on...

Obama to pick budget warrior for Treasury head

Nick O'Malley Barack Obama's latest reported cabinet nomination - White House chief of staff Jack Lew to replace Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary - shows the President is in no mood to compromise with...