$1bn NFL concussion payouts approved
Craig TaylorA judge approves a plan worth $ 1bn (£664.6m) to compensate former American football players with head injuries. BBC News – US & Canada
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Bali suitcase murder: US pair jailed
An Indonesian court sentences a US man to 18 years in jail for killing the mother of his girlfriend and hiding her body in a suitcase. BBC News – US & Canada
In pictures: California wildfire
A selection of readers’ photos of the wildfire that threatened hundreds of homes in Southern California over the weekend. BBC News – US & Canada
Boston bomber ‘shouldn’t be executed’
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should spend life in prison without parole, write the parents of the youngest victim of Boston marathon attack BBC News – US & Canada
Man ‘planned to kill US soldiers’
An Ohio man who travelled to Syria to fight with al Nusrah Front has been charged over alleged plans to carry out a terror attack in the US. BBC News – US & Canada
Ex-NFL player guilty of murder
Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is found guilty of first-degree murder over the death of his friend. BBC News – US & Canada