Newcastle West won a thriller away to St. Senan’s to close the gap on Clonmel at the top of Division 1 of the Munster Junior League.

A former firefighter accused of starting a wildfire that killed one person and destroyed dozens of homes in rural Northern California has pleaded not guilty to murder and arson.

A speeding sport utility vehicle taken without permission and carrying eight teenagers crashed into a guard-rail, flipping over into a swampy pond, killing five boys and a woman, state police said.