http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/us_and_canada/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the US & Canada section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Sun, 27 May 2012 23:54:29 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/us_and_canada/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 The man held over the 1979 vanishing of six-year-old Etan Patz in New York is charged with one count of second-degree murder. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18210494#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18210494 Fri, 25 May 2012 23:14:56 GMT The first commercial cargo ship to visit the space station is attached to the orbiting laboratory by a robotic arm. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18195772#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18195772 Fri, 25 May 2012 16:04:29 GMT Quebec student groups and unions mount a legal challenge to the province's controversial protest law, saying it is unconstitutional. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18210503#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18210503 Fri, 25 May 2012 18:49:07 GMT Apple's boss, Tim Cook, turns down a payout worth about $75m (£48m) that he was due from the technology giant's upcoming dividend. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18215863#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18215863 Fri, 25 May 2012 21:07:08 GMT Sir Elton John has pulled out of three performances in Las Vegas after being taken to hospital with a respiratory infection. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18203718#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18203718 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:28:30 GMT Microsoft has asked Google to remove more than 500,000 links from its search index in the last month, figures show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18204411#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18204411 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:50:22 GMT There will be nine to 15 storms during this year's Atlantic hurricane season, a "near-normal" season, US weather officials forecast. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18198681#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18198681 Thu, 24 May 2012 21:26:36 GMT Nearly 700 people are held in two Quebec cities in the biggest single night of mass arrests since student protests over fees began in February. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18196331#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18196331 Thu, 24 May 2012 15:27:19 GMT Harvard graduate Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, publishes a note in an alumni directory for the 50-year reunion of his class. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18198679#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18198679 Thu, 24 May 2012 17:35:11 GMT A vial said to contain a sample of the late US President Ronald Reagan's blood is withdrawn from sale by an online auction house. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18196177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18196177 Thu, 24 May 2012 15:28:47 GMT The winner of this year's American Idol contest is announced, after a record 132 million votes are cast in the final showdown. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18185761#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18185761 Thu, 24 May 2012 04:40:25 GMT The family of an actress left brain-damaged following an accident on the set of Transformers 3 has been awarded an £11.7m ($18.5m) settlement. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18187144#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18187144 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:30:16 GMT A former nanny is suing the Basic Instinct star for harassment and unfair dismissal, but Stone calls the claims 'absurd'. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18187145#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18187145 Thu, 24 May 2012 11:15:38 GMT Jonathan Ive - the British designer behind Apple's iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad - is knighted at Buckingham Palace. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18171093#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18171093 Wed, 23 May 2012 14:47:19 GMT Google suffers its first patent defeat since taking over Motorola Mobility in a battle over how Android handles texts. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18206604#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18206604 Fri, 25 May 2012 11:44:27 GMT US manufacturing growth slowed in May, a survey indicates, while orders for long-lasting factory goods fall. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18194612#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18194612 Thu, 24 May 2012 14:05:15 GMT Provides an overview of Canada, including key events and facts about the world's second-largest country http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16841111#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16841111 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:21:27 GMT Provides and overview as well as facts and figures for this small dependency of the United States situated in the Caribbean http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17139243#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17139243 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:36:28 GMT Provides an overview of what remains of France's once-extensive possessions in North America http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17142538#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17142538 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:03:36 GMT Provides an overview of the United States, including key events and facts about this superpower http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16761057#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16761057 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:32:43 GMT The annual US report on human rights has been released and warns governments will be held accountable for human rights abuses. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18203231#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18203231 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:52:05 GMT A man has confessed to suffocating a six-year-old boy who went missing in New York in 1979, police say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18201850#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18201850 Fri, 25 May 2012 05:44:43 GMT Millions of Anne of Green Gables' fans have visited and more continue to come to Canada's Prince Edward Island to see where their favourite literary character was based. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/fast_track/9722594.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/fast_track/9722594.stm Thu, 24 May 2012 07:50:10 GMT At least six people are injured after a fire breaks out on a US nuclear submarine at a dockyard in the state of Maine. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18186688#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18186688 Thu, 24 May 2012 08:04:44 GMT Property prices in Toronto and Vancouver are soaring - but could Canada's housing market face a US-style crash? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18155405#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18155405 Wed, 23 May 2012 01:51:15 GMT Radio 5 live asked the director of the Reagan Foundation about the sale of a vial of blood taken from President Reagan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18175243#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18175243 Wed, 23 May 2012 11:03:50 GMT The Queen has met hundreds of leading cultural figures at one of the most glittering gatherings of actors, writers and artists the UK has seen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18183680#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18183680 Wed, 23 May 2012 22:22:19 GMT Inside the world of extreme unicyling http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18215674#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18215674 Sun, 27 May 2012 23:52:13 GMT Piers Morgan, Reagan's blood and SpaceX in 140 characters or fewer http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18185434#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18185434 Fri, 25 May 2012 21:03:06 GMT Roman Catholic hierarchy split on lawsuit against Obama http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18215371#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18215371 Fri, 25 May 2012 21:01:30 GMT Confronting the men who pay for sex http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18144333#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18144333 Tue, 22 May 2012 10:36:37 GMT Mobile technology harnessed in search for missing California girl http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18185433#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18185433 Thu, 24 May 2012 18:40:28 GMT Men In Black back with blast in the past http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18187422#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18187422 Fri, 25 May 2012 01:10:09 GMT Soul legend James Brown’s big secret http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18170237#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18170237 Thu, 24 May 2012 01:43:31 GMT