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The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USA California man has won a lawsuit against a city police department whose officers interrogated him for 17 hours, threatened to kill his dog, and pressured him to confess to murdering his own father, who was still alive.The city of Fontana, some 50 miles east of Los Angeles, was ordered to pay Thomas Perez Jr $898,000 in damages, following the incident in 2018. A judge said that questioning from officers had appeared to be a form…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Erik ten Hag has insisted he has no concerns about his future and has said he will go on a hard-earned holiday on Sunday – after already holding talks with Manchester United’s owners to review what he admitted was a “horrible” season.The Dutchman has shrugged off questions if Saturday’s FA Cup final will be his final game in charge by revealing he has sat down with the new hierarchy at Old Trafford to discuss what went wrong…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe Trump campaign stirred up controversy this week when it posted a video about the former president with an old-fashioned newsreel style.On a mock-up newspaper, with the headline, “What’s next for America?,” text could be seen reading, “Industrial strength significantly increased drive by the creation of a unified Reich.”The former president, it seemed, was openly invoking the history of Nazi Germany as part of his campaign, and he was swiftly condemned by the White House.The Trump campaign, for…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Bologna face an anxious wait to discover where they will finish in the Serie A table after defeat by Genoa in their final game left them looking over their shoulder.Goals from Ruslan Malinovskyi and Vitinha handed the hosts a 2-0 win at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium.That means Bologna, who started the day in third place, remain level on 68 points with Juventus, who host Monza on Saturday, and just two ahead of Europa League winners Atalanta, who…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington email Federal prosecutors on Friday asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution.The request to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon follows a false claim by Trump earlier this week that the FBI agents who searched his home in August 2022 were “authorized to shoot me” and were “locked & loaded ready…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Erik ten Hag looked ahead to next season and insisted assurances about his future were “not necessary” before a report emerged on the eve of the FA Cup final that Manchester United will sack him.After winning the Carabao Cup, finishing third in the Premier League and reaching the FA Cup final during a promising first season, things have gone awry under the Dutchman this term.United are preparing to face Manchester City in a second straight FA Cup…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USA law enforcement agent testified that Karen Read sent him “flirty” text messages before she allegedly killed her boyfriend.Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent Brian Higgins told the jury that Ms Read sent him a message in January 2022 in which she told him “You’re hot.”“Are you serious or messing with me?” Mr Higgins replied. “No I’m serious,” Ms Read said in her message.Ms Read is accused of hitting and killing her Boston police…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Former England captain Wayne Rooney is close to returning to management with Sky Bet Championship Plymouth, the PA news agency understands.The 38-year-old and the club are understood to have agreed terms and he is expected to sign a three-year deal over the weekend.Argyle director of football Neil Dewsnip knows Rooney from his time as boss of Everton’s Academy, from which the striker emerged as a teenager.The former Manchester United star has been out of work since being…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USA New Mexico judge has rejected Alec Baldwin’s attempt to have the Rust fatal shooting case against him dismissed.Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter case, which is connected to the 2021 death of the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, was upheld by Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer on Friday.Lawyers for the Hollywood star had accused prosecutors of misconduct during the grand jury process and wanted the case thrown out.The decision means that Baldwin’s trial is set to go ahead in July.Baldwin,…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Pep Guardiola insists Manchester City’s “obvious” recent superiority over arch-rivals Manchester United will count for nothing in the FA Cup final.City, fresh from celebrating their historic fourth successive Premier League title, face a United side sore from finishing way back in eighth place at Wembley on Saturday.Chasing back-to-back domestic doubles and a repeat victory over United after last season’s success, City are overwhelming favourites.Yet Guardiola is taking nothing for granted.The City manager said: “People think it’s going…