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Kentucky's attorney general says a hotline has been set up for people to report violations of state election laws.Attorney General Andy Beshear says his…

mentally incompetent to stand trial for murder. Du Pont, an heir to his family's chemical fortune, is charged with killing a former Olympic gold medal wrestler. He has been transferred to a state psychiatric hospital for compulsory treatment.

who has been given permission by the European Commission on Human Rights to challenge a 1933 British law that permits caning. Britons are weary of Europeans telling them how to discipline their children.

this weekend to have his appendix removed. But this latest diagnosis of the Pontiff's condition has left many in the medical community more than a little sceptical about the state of his overall health.

Major's conservative party suffered big losses in local elections yesterday, for the second year in a row. Analysts agree that while the election results weaken the Prime Minister's hold on power, they don't necessarily mean he'll be forced to resign.

early yesterday morning of Bill Cosby's only son, Ennis William Cosby, while he was vacationing in Los Angeles. His body was found at a freeway exit ramp. The younger Cosby was a PHD student at Columbia University in New York.

agreement with three states over allegations that its life insurance agents defrauded customers. California is still blocking the agreement. State officials say the original $35-million fine against the insurance company is not severe enough.

. Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel features commentaries, interviews and 10-minute news updates throughout the day. But in the competitive T.V. news market, Fox might have difficulty luring viewers away from CNN and MSNBC.

in municipal government. The country has a new law that says 20-percent of candidates for local office have to be women. Such candidates say they are fighting against a long tradition of male domination in Brazilian politics.

to relax limits on intelligence gathering by the Department's anti-terrorist division. The ATD had been operating under harsh restrictions imposed in 1984, following a court battle with the ACLU. The city council was expected to pass the new plan, with little opposition.