Aretha Franklin has died at her home in Detroit, according to her publicist.

The My Lai massacre — the worst American atrocity of the Vietnam War — took place 50 years ago next month on March 16, 1968, although US citizens did not become aware of it until 20 months later when freelance journalist Seymour Hersh provided the first substantial account.

Set against an entertainment-driven campaign, tonight’s US presidential debate offers a critical opportunity to ask some hard-hitting questions, writes Kathryn Cramer Brownell.

Long-hidden items and documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John Kennedy were revealed for the first time after spending nearly two decades locked inside a court safe.