A Minnesota man who lives in a house with the decomposing bodies of his mother and twin brother for about a year says he could not bring himself to report their deaths to authorities.

Three police officers are shot dead and three others are injured in a shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with one suspect dead and two others possibly at large.

This image of a woman peacefully protesting in Baton Rouge while being seen to be aggressively fetched by police officers in riot gear stirs social media.

US pop star Prince, 57, was found unresponsive at his Minnesota home and was later declared dead, US media reports say.