Three people have been fatally shot at a Walmart in the US state of Oklahoma, according to the Highway Patrol.

An Italian designer, who claimed €75,000 damages for repairs to a wall, turned out to be “merely a tenant” and not the owner of property she alleged had been damaged by tree roots, a judge said today.

BP is accusing Halliburton of destroying damaging evidence about the quality of its cement that went into the Deepwater Horizon well that exploded, killing 11 people and causing America’s worst offshore oil spill.

A crack at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe will be “seriously considered” for Snow Fairy if the ground is suitable at Longchamp on October 2.

Selected tips from courses in the UK and Ireland.

YOUR older readers will recall how during the 1950s and ’60s, Irish people travelling to Britain would arrive to family and friends bearing gifts of rashers and sausages hidden in their suitcases.

Authorities took one man into custody on suspicion of arson and were searching for another after a wildfire in south-western Oklahoma destroyed at least 30 homes and forced the evacuation of two schools, a nursing home and businesses.