Catch up on this morning's headlines...

Some 200 protesters gathered at US President Donald Trump's golf course near Los Angeles and spread out in the grass to form the word "RESIST!"

More than a dozen great white sharks have been spotted along the Southern California coast, sparking urgent warnings to paddle-boarders to get out of the water.

The White House has barred several media outlets from a press conference held by President Trump's Press Secretary, Sean Spicer.

A woman has been killed and five others, including a four-year-old girl, injured when a large eucalyptus tree crashed on to a wedding party.

Prosecutors say murder charges are possible after a warehouse fire killed at least 36 people in Oakland, California.

IF a man mansplains in the forest, do the trees roll their eyes? 

US riot officers arrested dozens of people in Louisiana’s capital Baton Rouge during protests over the killings of black people by police. 

A massive wildfire burning out of control in the foothills of central California has left at least 150 homes in ruins and damaged another 75, officials said, warning that more residents may be forced to flee the flames.

Gannett, the publisher of USA Today, raised its unsolicited offer for Tribune Publishing to $15 (€13.25) per share from $12.25, valuing the publisher of the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times at about $475m.

A gun that was registered to Sammy Davis Jr was among 791 pistols that were turned in during a buy-back programme, police in Los Angeles said.

Five people, including two young girls, have been pepper-sprayed during clashes between supporters and opponents of Donald Trump.

Prosecutors have alleged a Los Angeles man killed his son for being gay.

There have been more than 350 shootings this year, in which four or more people were wounded or killed in the US, according to the crowd-sourced website shootingtracker.com, which keeps a running tally of gun violence.

Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino has hit back at police groups threatening to boycott his upcoming film, saying he stood by his comments about police brutality.

Adele uses a flip phone in the video for her new single Hello. And everyone is wondering why. It turns out that the answer is quite straightforward.

Los Angeles city bosses rode roughshod over state and local laws by allowing a home where Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe briefly lived to be bulldozed to make way for a condominium, a court action claims.

Dean Jones, whose boyish good looks and all-American manner made him Disney's favourite actor for such lighthearted films as The Love Bug, has died aged 84.

Police investigating the death of a Los Angeles man uncovered an arsenal inside his home and garage — 1,200 guns and two tonnes of ammunition, authorities said.

Dreamland is the story of a town’s collapse in America’s mid west and its battle for recovery and redemption. Cormac O’Keeffe on the grip catastrophic drug addiction — legal and illegal — had on Portsmouth in Ohio.

Floyd Mayweather Sr remembers the moment he discovered his son had a feel for the family business.

B. B. King has been hospitalised.

USA: A Utah man got a surprise when he stopped to pull a large orange bag off the road, fearing it would become a traffic hazard.

Police officers in Los Angeles have reportedly shot and killed a homeless man in a struggle over an officer's weapon, according to the Los Angeles Times newspaper.

White men dominate the Oscar nominations, despite the success of 12 Years A Slave last year and Selma this year. Why are black people being ignored? asks Louise O’Neill.

AUSTRALIA: A long-running war of words between an Australian and the official Scrabble body has finally been declared a draw by a state court.

Drinking names

NORTH KOREA: In North Korea, there can be only one Kim Jong Un.

A man who says he suffered a serious heart condition after wearing a Donkey Kong ape costume at Los Angeles Zoo has sued game-maker Nintendo.

Joan Rivers was the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger zones for badly dressed celebrities.

Adam Sandler has won a legal dispute against his former nanny.

JUST THIS month TV3 held a seminar for advertisers — one that may well turn out to be a watershed in the history of broadcasting in this country.

Paging Alanis Morrisette - now THAT's what you call irony.

A man who was attacked by a great white shark off a southern California beach has described how quickly a routine swim turned into a nightmare.

Acclaimed American sportswriter Steve Rushin has been to the North and South Poles and most places in between. However, his love of the written word remains undimmed