Nine people, including a suspect who was shot dead by an officer, have died after a man opened fire during a gathering to watch American football at a house in suburban Dallas, police said.

At least eight people have died after a shooting at a home in Texas.

IT was a case of second time lucky for three young US backpackers who were denied entry to Ireland a fortnight ago, as the three friends breezed through customs in Dublin to begin their holiday of a lifetime.

A condemned prisoner was spared less than an hour before he was to be taken to the Texas death chamber for killing a man who was shot 10 times in the head.