Millions of Americans expecting to fly this month could have their plans grounded weeks ahead of the holiday travel season if the longest government shutdown in US history drags on.

Lawmakers in Peru formally declared Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum unwelcome, days after her administration granted asylum protections to a former prime minister who has been hiding out in a diplomatic residence in Lima.

A teacher shot in the hand and chest by a six-year-old pupil has been awarded $10m (£7.6m) in compensation. A jury sided with Abby Zwerner’s claim that an administrator had ignored repeated warnings that the child had a gun. The jury returned its decision...

State troopers assisted in a targeted crime crackdown in Cincinnati this week, resulting in the arrest of multiple suspects, including a 13-year-old caught driving a stolen car and a suspected impaired driver with a gun, but all were released from jail...

A Mexican National Guard unit in Juarez on Thursday located a suspicious underground structure leading to the banks of the Rio Grande.