Utah state child welfare officials are reviewing a ruling by a juvenile court judge who ordered a baby to be taken from lesbian foster parents because “children do better in heterosexual homes”.

A disastrous cave-in killed three US rescue workers and injured at least six others who were trying to tunnel through rubble to reach six trapped miners in Utah, authorities said.

A judge declared a mistrial in the case of one of two men charged with the murder of the half-sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.