The US presidential race is tied going into the major parties’ national conventions and Democrat Hillary Clinton has been damaged by the FBI investigation into her email use while secretary of state, a new opinion poll showed.

Chrysler’s five weeks of breakneck-speed bankruptcy proceedings came to a screeching – but possibly temporary – halt when a Supreme Court judge delayed the sale of assets to Italian carmaker Fiat.

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the US Supreme Court and a key swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, said today she is retiring.