Americas

Thousands more mountain residents were evacuated from the path of California's biggest wildfire on Friday as fatigued firefighters battled gusting winds driving one of the state's worst fire seasons in a decade.

Watch: The 18 Grammy Award winner died in her home in Detroit at age 76.

WATCH: The mural was made by the ancient Caral people, a civilisation which stretches back 5,000 years.

NBC's Gadi Schwartz talked to marchers in Washington D.C., and to American University Professor Jane Hall about the characteristics of effective protests.

Aretha Franklin has died at her home in Detroit aged 76.

The Chilean Navy has freed a whale after it became trapped in a fishing net in the waters off the country's coast.

A great white shark's hunt for a seal turned into a dramatic scene off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

300 priests have been accused of sexually abusing over 1,000 children in the US state of Pennsylvania.That's according to the findings of a two-year investigation into clergy sexual abuse. Roman Catholic priests, some of whom are dead, sexually abused child victims over a 70-year period and silence.

German pharma company fails to block US execution

WATCH: A herd of cows helped police to catch an escaping suspect in Florida. The helicopter crew was able to use the cows to direct the police on the ground of the suspects' whereabouts.

A year on from Charlottesville, a small group of about 20 white supremacists protested near the White House in Washington, DC on Sunday. They needed a police escort to keep them separate from the massive crowds of counter-protesters that showed up to drown them out.

Protestor was killed by a car driven into the demonstration she was participating in.

In an updated statement Saturday, the FBI announced it would lead the investigation of Friday night's unauthorised takeoff and crash of a Horizon aircraft.

This is the moment a passenger plane stolen from a US airport caused panic among onlookers as it was flown erratically before crashing.

NASA Parker Solar Probe launched this morning after it was shut down Saturday following a red flag alarm in the final moments before lift-off.

A plane has crashed in Seattle after what airport officials are calling an unauthorised take-off. Witnesses reported seeing a plane circling around the Seattle area and that it was later followed by fighter jets.

A court in San Francisco ordered chemical giant Monsanto to a man who claims the company's products caused his terminal cancer.

Police in Canada say two colleagues and two other people died in a shooting on Friday morning in the city of Fredericton in New Brunswick

The Oscars have caused upset throughout Hollywood with the addition of a new category: "Popular Film". The new addition will recognise films that perform well at the Box Office in an aim to boost at home audience viewing figures.

The White House has announced plans to extend US military dominance into space with the creation of a new, sixth branch of its armed forces, called the Space Force. The separate military department will bolster US defences and should be operational by 2020.

After the Argentine Senate rejected a bill that would have liberalised abortion, President Macri says the issue still has to be solved

Firefighters in California say they are making good progress battling a blaze that covers an area larger than the city of Los Angeles