Dolly Parton would say songwriting was her therapy. “There are pieces of me, of course, in everything I write.”

Canada has said it will impose new tariffs on US imports as a trade war between the neighbours heats up.

Ghislaine Maxwell has lost a bid to overturn her conviction for helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse girls.

A Canadian politician has threatened to cut off electricity and mineral supplies to the US after President Trump said tariffs would rise to 50% on some goods.

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.