SportUS sex abuse suspect held in Brazil

Police in Brazil arrest an American man suspected of sexually assaulting young women while running a religious group in the US state of Minnesota.



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SportA Welsh enclave in America

How St David's Day is marked in one community far from Wales



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SportVIDEO: Congressman pays 'Downton' decor costs

An American congressman has to pay back $40,000 of public money after re-decorating his office in the style of the period television drama Downton Abbey



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SportVIDEO: The lost art of subway reading

The disappearing books of the New York city subway



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SportVIDEO: Missing Oscars dress 'found'

Police in California say they have found a dress which could be the one worn by actress Lupita Nyong'o at the Oscars.



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SportObama leads Leonard Nimoy tributes

President Obama is among those paying tribute to Leonard Nimoy, the Star Trek actor who has died aged 83, saying: "I loved Spock."



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SportNyong'o stolen dress 'recovered'

A dress "resembling" the $150,000 (£97,000) outfit worn by Lupita Nyong'o at this year's Oscars has been found, Los Angeles police say.



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SportHyperloop gets California test track

A section of test track for the Hyperloop high-speed passenger transportation system will be built in central California next year.



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SportVIDEO: Fans pay tribute at Nimoy's star

Alistair Leithead in Los Angeles reports on reaction to the death of "Star Trek" actor Leonard Nimoy.



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SportJeb Bush survives grassroots gauntlet

Jeb Bush survives a brush with conservative activists



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SportCampaignspotting: BBC's 2016 blog

Duck Dynasty star keeps Jeb Bush waiting



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SportUS state considers 'baby boxes'

Indiana could be the first US state to introduce baby boxes - anonymous drop-off points designed to prevent the deaths of abandoned infants.



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SportSecond Cuba-US talks under way

American and Cuban diplomats are meeting in Washington in a new round of negotiations that seek to restore full relations between the two countries.



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SportDuelling bills as US shutdown looms

The Senate has passed full funding for homeland security shortly after the House passed its own short-term version as a shutdown deadline looms.



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SportStar Trek's Leonard Nimoy dies at 83

Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr Spock in Star Trek, has died at the age of 83, his family says.



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SportVIDEO: Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy dies

Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Mr Spock in the US science fiction series Star Trek, has died at the age of 83.



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SportHolder: Change civil rights criteria

Attorney General Eric Holder says he will try to change the standard needed to bring federal civil rights cases in his last few weeks in the job.



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SportVIDEO: Boat trip on frozen Hudson river

Footage shows a 20-minute journey by boat, speeded up to just under one minute, on the frozen Hudson river in New York.



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