Jacqueline Craig and her two teenage daughters were arrested and later released from a Texas jail after the incident, according to reports and online records

Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman appear with two young sons and urge US and Canadian governments to negotiate end to four-year ordeal

Critics say the president-elect’s picks represent ‘unprecedented’ influence from the fossil fuel industry. Their statements do little to dispel the notion

Malak al-Shehri’s tweet defying Saudi dress code caused backlash, with many people calling for her to be executed, but supporters comparing her to Rosa Parks

US attorney general spoke at Virginia mosque, acknowledging fears after Southern Poverty Law Center counted 867 hate incidents in days after election

Southern Poverty Law Center counts 867 hate incidents across US in 10 days since election, with many targeting immigrants, African Americans and Muslims

• Mayor: ‘We will use all the tools at our disposal to stand up for our people’
• Hate crimes have risen across country and New York since election

• Number of anti-Muslim hate crimes last year at its highest since 9/11
• Experts say rise is fueled by extremism and Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric

The Donald Trump clan is headed to the White House. Here’s what we know about each of them

Social media was rife with accounts of sometimes violent incidents of hate crimes targeted at Muslims, Latinos and African Americans after the election

The 34-year-old Muslim woman was elected to Minnesota’s state house of representatives, soon after Donald Trump said Somali immigrants are a ‘disaster’

Judge rejects Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposal to appoint civilian monitor in cases stemming from 2011 police targeting of Muslim communities

Each debate was mired with heated exchanges over controversies about each candidate, with discussions on their policies peppered in between

• Drudge Report link titled ‘Hijab for Hillary’ inspires threatening bigots
• American Muslim Women Pac was founded after recent party conventions

Protesters gather at the American Museum of Natural History to demand the removal of the statue and issue an urgent call to rename Columbus Day

Lebanese sheikh Mohamed El-Hajj Hassan – who attended a Michigan rally last week – was once a member of militant group Hezbollah

Victim in rush-hour train crash was a woman who was hit by debris while waiting at the terminal, when a NJ Transit train plowed through Hoboken station

Protest movement seeks to end Saudi Arabia law requiring women have permission of a male guardian to travel, marry or do other fundamental tasks

The Connecticut senator is calling on his colleagues to re-evaluate US support for Saudi Arabia after bill to block a $1.15bn weapons sale failed to advance

Local leaders in Elizabeth, New Jersey, assembled to express concerns and secure mosques amid rise in violence against Muslims: ‘People will hate us regardless’