The football with which Diego Maradona scored his “Hand of God” goal against England in 1986 has been sold at auction for £2.5m.

A man has been charged with manslaughter after allegedly crushing his co-workers head with a mechanical grapple.

A former policeman whose fatal shooting of a black woman in the US sparked a national outcry has died in prison while serving a 20-year sentence.

A fast-moving wildfire has destroyed a number of homes in northwest Reno, Nevada, as authorities urged some 90,000 people to evacuate.

A convicted murderer’s request for a retrial over the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old fellow athlete has been denied by a Texas judge.

The United States has imposed a 50% tariff on $20bn (£14.6bn) worth of goods from Canada, which has vowed to retaliate against its historic ally.

The US Supreme Court has allowed Donald Trump’s administration to continue construction on his $400m (£293m) White House ballroom project for now, temporarily pausing a judicial order that was set to halt much of the building work.

TikTok has reached a $400m (£293.2m) settlement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ), ending a 2024 lawsuit alleging the company violated federal children’s privacy laws.

A hunt has been launched for a man who chased a woman while wearing a “Chucky-style Halloween mask” in Philadelphia.

The livestreamed trial of Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of murdering her three children, has attracted intense public interest around the world and sparked a debate about maternal mental health.