A medical clinic outside of Boston was quarantined and a patient has been isolated outside the hospital with a possible case of ebola, the Boston Globe reported last night.

A woman walking across a drawbridge was crushed to death in a freak accident after an operator raising it for a boat to pass heard her screams and lowered it - trapping her between the two plates.

The principal owner of Liverpool FC has entered into an agreement to buy the Boston Globe for $70m (€53m).

One of the world’s most famous department stores today won a legal fight with fur trade protesters after complaining that families were “harassed” when pop star Lady Gaga visited to advertise perfume.

Journalists at the Boston Globe had a tough week. Their colleagues at the Chicago Tribune decided to send them pizza.

It’s not true that there were no positives to be taken from Ireland’s depressing Euro 2012. In defeat, even more than in victory, the magnificent Irish support once again did the country proud.

At least 89 people have been killed by a massive tornado that brought devastation to a city in the US state of Missouri.

A deadly storm system rumbled across the southern US over the weekend where tornadoes and severe weather killed at least 20 people in three states.

A tornado that spun across the Oklahoma-Missouri border has killed at least 18 people, injuring dozens more and damaging buildings.

Late soul legend James Brown was poisoned by thieves intent on digging up the fortune he had buried on his South Carolina estate, according to a stunning new exposé.

The union representing striking Hollywood writers has denied requests to allow their members to write for the Oscars and the Golden Globes.

Billionaire Ken Thomson, Canada’s richest person whose worldwide business empire once included the Canadian newspaper chain founded by his father, has died at age 82, the Globe and Mail reported today.

Jessica Simpson is desperate to hone her acting skills on the London stage - but will consider nothing less than a role in a William Shakespeare play.

Billionaire Richard Egan has resigned as US ambassador to Ireland because of his frustration over the limits of his job, The Boston Globe reported today.

Two Israeli soldiers and a Palestinian gunman were killed in a firefight in the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli military, and Israeli troops rolled into two West Bank towns last night.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed a possible interim Palestinian state and other peace ideas with Arab leaders in Washington as US officials cautiously welcomed a promise by the Palestinians’ new security chief to curb attacks on Israelis.