Standoff comes in the wake of high-profile confrontations between anti-ICE protesters and police, National Guardsmen and US Marines in downtown LA

The arrest in Tennessee comes just days after the murders of a state lawmaker and her husband in Minnesota and the wounding of another and his wife.

Kim Leadbeater’s bill passed with a majority of 55 at the second reading, but David Maddox explains why there is still a good chance it could be voted down

This new show about a woman with cerebral palsy who turns to selling drugs is full of clever observational comedy that skewers attitudes to disability

The government has promised to make significant investment in hosting global sporting competitions over the next four years

• Argentine’s 68th free-kick goal secures three points for Miami

• Win is MLS’s first in expanded Club World Cup

• Palmeiras tops Al Ahly in other Group A match

Lionel Messi connected on a free kick in the 54th minute to propel Inter Miami to a 2-1 victory over FC Porto in a Group A match of the Fifa Club World Cup on Thursday afternoon.

After Porto struck first on Samu Aghehowa’s penalty kick in the eighth minute, Marcelo Weigandt assisted on Telasco Segovia’s game-tying goal in the 47th.

Lazette King‘s family allege Michael Ellis had pulled guns on her in the past

Just under 80 percent of US adults surveyed by the broadcaster in April – some two months before the latest escalations in the Middle East – agreed with the president

Juneteenth was named a federal holiday four years ago under then-President Joe Biden

Even more staggering than The Jinx, this riveting documentary shows the truly atrocious lengths the manager of a California crematorium went to undercut his rivals. Absolutely not for the faint-hearted

The smart thing about comparing something to The Jinx is that you’re essentially daring viewers to stick with you until the very end. After all, as good as The Jinx was, it didn’t reach legendary status until its final few moments, when notorious murder suspect Robert Durst paused an interview with his microphone still on, and muttered a confession while using the toilet.

The Mortician, it has to be said, is pound for pound more staggering than The Jinx. Joshua Rofé’s three-part documentary about California cremator David Sconce is a feat of construction, patiently doling out larger and larger transgressions until the whole thing becomes swamped in unimaginable horror. It’s the kind of documentary where, when the credits roll, you realise that you haven’t drawn breath for several minutes.

“If this president wants to completely ignore the intelligence community, we are playing in dangerous ground,” one senator warned