Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as US attorney general and the epicentre of several political storms during the Clinton administration, has died aged 78.

Modest Mouse’s first album after a baffling eight-year silence may be their best yet, writes Ed Power.

Police wore body armour, sported automatic weapons and were backed by an armoured personnel carrier for a raid on a West Texas polygamist retreat, photos and video show.

Two-year-old Kimberly Martin fell asleep on a chapel bench during a rambling sermon about the end of the world.