The US Supreme Court has rejected appeals against the legalisation of gay marriage in Indiana, Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Two skydivers have died after they crashed into a building during a tandem jump on Cape Code, Massachusetts.
The White House has decided that the Islamic State is now a major threat to the region and will expand its troops on the ground to 1,700, as full-scale war becomes almost inevitable.
The US has negotiated support from ten Arab states to help them tackle the threat of the Islamic State (formerly ISIS) in Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere.
A woman has been rescued after being held captive in a cage for two months in Stewartsville, Indiana, with the help of a good Samaritan.