Kurt Suzuki was the man in Washington as his three-run homer capped a seven-run ninth inning and ensured his Nationals beat the New York Mets 11-10.

Pittsburgh is a city transformed and on the rise. Yet it still finds time to reflect on its fascinating history, writes Joe Leogue.

It was never a secret in my house that I was conceived with the help of an anonymous sperm donor.

Sometime in the next couple weeks, either the Toronto Raptors or Golden State Warriors will proclaim themselves to be world champions.

You know, because of course you know, that I now write a regular feature in the paper on Fridays about hurlers’ hands — injuries and idiosyncrasies, skill sets and skinned knuckles.

But a San Francisco law professor said it is likely a trial judge or appellate court will significantly reduce the punitive damages award.

Not that long ago, but before TV3 let alone Sky Sports started covering the qualifiers and before the GAA was routinely accused of selling its soul, a team that had contested the previous year’s All-Ireland final was drawn away to a Leinster team with one of the worst and smallest stadiums in the country, just like Mayo were to Kildare last Monday morning.

The only statline James’s critics were interested in was that he was now three from eight in the NBA finals, in contrast to Michael Jordan’s flawless six for six record.

Relatives of four people killed in a car accident while in Ireland for a funeral have said their deaths have united family and friends across the Atlantic.

A fifth day of desperate firefighting in California wine country brought a glimmer of hope yesterday as crews battling the flames reported their first progress toward containing the massive blazes.

Two university employees wanted over the stabbing death of a Chicago man have surrendered peacefully in California and will be returned to Chicago for interrogation, authorities said.

A US professor and a University of Oxford employee wanted over the fatal stabbing of a Chicago man have been detained in California, police said.

As a fresh NBA champions cap sat a tad off-kilter on his head, Kevin Durant embraced mother Wanda. Then he moved across the podium and hugged Stephen Curry before accepting his shiny MVP trophy, holding out his arms and hoisting it for everyone to see.

The governors of California and New York have said they will push ahead with aggressive climate change policies despite President Donald Trump's executive order that seeks to boost the coal industry.

Sometime in the not distant future, they will become the Las Vegas Raiders. Until then, likely in 2020, Mark Davis’ team belongs to Oakland. Well, sort of.

Las Vegas will be home to an NFL franchise after the league's 32 owners approved the relocation of the Oakland Raiders.

Gatwick Airport insists it remains a "credible and deliverable option" for runway expansion after recording almost double-digit growth in passenger numbers last month.

Google Play Music today launched its debut original podcast on the music streaming service, as revealed by Google in a trailer for the new offering.

The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman has been charged with helping her husband in the months leading up to the massacre that left 49 people dead.

A warehouse fire in California that killed 36 people does not appear to have been started intentionally and may have been caused by a refrigerator or other electrical appliance, investigators have said.

Heartbreaking reports have emerged of the last moments of some of the victims of the Oakland warehouse fire.

Prosecutors say murder charges are possible after a warehouse fire killed at least 36 people in Oakland, California.

At least nine people have been killed - and dozens still missing - in a blaze that broke out during a party in a converted warehouse.

It’s the two-time reigning MVP who is trying to finish off a record setting season with a second straight title, against a two-time champion who is tantalisingly close to finally ending Cleveland’s 52-year title drought.

Stephen Curry scored 36 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 96-88 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder and into an NBA title rematch with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Preliminary civil legal proceedings following the Berkeley balcony collapse are due to commence in Oakland, California, on Monday.

USA: Felimina Rotundo works 11 hours a day, six days a week at a Buffalo laundry and says she has no plans to quit working even though she turned 100 two months ago.

John Vahey shows us around his 1910 Model T Tourabout at the start of the Irish Veteran and Vintage Car Club Brass Brigade Run at Dungarvan Park Hotel, Co Waterford.

A gunman opened fire last night at a community college in Oregon, killing 13 people and wounding 20, in the latest mass killing to rock a US college, officials and media said.

Britain: A man who opened a parcel addressed to his new home was horrified to discover a large and potentially aggressive tarantula inside.

Even after gunning down a TV news reporter and cameraman during a live interview, Vester Lee Flanagan II continued to rage.

Sixty years ago today, if Swede Hans Jeppson wanted to toast the appearance of his name in the first Guinness Book of Records using the most expensive bottle of wine commercially available, he would have had to spend a staggering £8 on a 1949 Feinste Trockenbeeren Auslese, a white wine from the Rhine Valley.

Clodagh Cogley, one of the survivors of the Berkeley balcony collapse, has received an outpouring of public support following her inspiring words about the tragedy which killed six students, injured seven, and left her unable to walk.

The Berkeley balcony collapse was one in an “alarming” series of similar incidents in the San Francisco area, a lawyer who has represented victims in other cases has said.

A balcony that collapsed, killing six students, was only added to the side of an apartment block to make the building look nicer, it emerged in documents released by the city of Berkeley.

10-year-old Isiah Francis has been hailed a hero after saving two small children from a burning mobile home in Florida.

Some 80% of around 800 Irish J1 students were among those that gathered at a park for a candlelit vigil to remember those who died in this week’s Berkeley balcony tragedy.

Images of rotting wood left exposed by the deadly collapse of a balcony in Berkeley are “incredibly similar” to pictures used in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the construction company that built the complex where six students died, it was claimed last night.

They came in groups, pairs, wearing county colours, leaving cards, candles, flowers, pictures, a half pint of beer, even a wheel hub.

Safety officials in Berkeley are inspecting the apartment complex where six Irish students were killed after a balcony collapsed.

Lying 15km across the bay to the north-east of San Francisco, Berkeley is a popular west coast draw for Irish college students on their J1 trip to the US.

We take a look at some of the quirkier stories from around the world.

Homelessness is such a big problem that many of us don’t know what to do about it when faced with the scale of it.

SPRING, Skye Gyngell’s restaurant was one of the most anticipated restaurant openings in London for several years.

Fifteen people protesting against a decision not to indict the police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown have been arrested outside the Ferguson police department.