Kate McKinnon is one of the funniest people on the planet. Her comedy is a mix many styles and she excels at all of them.

A team of paranormal investigators must save New York from a supernatural menace.

A 58-year-old woman is set to give birth in a few weeks — to her first grandchild.

Crews with heavy equipment began the demolition of a Florida home over a huge sinkhole where a man is presumed dead after being swallowed by the earth three days ago.

Computer hacker Gary McKinnon will face no further criminal action.

Computer hacker Gary McKinnon won his 10-year fight against extradition today after Home Secretary Theresa May stepped in to halt proceedings.

ONE of Irish hockey’s most influential coaches has added his voice to the growing dissatisfaction within the sport with Ireland senior women’s coach Gene Muller’s plans to base the national squad in Dublin on a full-time basis.

THE MOTHER of computer hacker Gary McKinnon made an impassioned appeal to US president Barack Obama today after her son failed in his latest High Court bid to avoid extradition to America.

A British computer expert hacked into US military networks through “naivety” as a result of his Asperger’s Syndrome and should not be considered a criminal, an expert said today.

A SHOOTING inside a home killed six people, and a toddler was found in a nearby vehicle with a gunshot to the chest, a police chief said yesterday.

IRISH women’s hockey coach Gene Muller yesterday announced his squad to face Scotland in a three match series in UCD at the weekend.

COLONEL Jorge Mendonca, former commander of the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment, has said he was convinced his soldiers did “enormous good” in Iraq.

Fiji was facing the prospect of suspension from the Commonwealth today after a military coup was staged in the South Pacific island.

Fiji is likely to be suspended from the British Commonwealth and its former colonies later this week in response to a coup, Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon said today.

WITH farmers complaining bitterly about rising electricity costs, some of the farming organisations could be a lot more vocal in demanding an immediate reversal of the pending increase in ESB charges.

A former builder was today found guilty of murdering three generations of the same family in Wales.

A top Commonwealth official said today that the European Union must agree to greater cuts in farm subsidies and tariffs to make this week’s World Trade Organisation meeting a success.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other Commonwealth leaders began talks in Malta today aimed at sending a clear message to next month’s world trade talks in Hong Kong that poor countries are impatient to see benefits from global markets.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair will press Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to ensure fair trials for his main political opponent, who has been charged with treason and terrorism, Blair’s spokesman said today in Malta.

THERE were angry scenes outside a British court yesterday after a mother and her lover were jailed for five years after pleading guilty to child cruelty charges following the death of her 21-month-old son.

A Romanian woman was in a stable condition today after an eight hour operation to remove a 176 pound benign tumour.

A MEDICAL team led

A medical team led by a renowned US plastic surgeon began a marathon operation in Bucharest today to remove a 176lb benign tumour from a Romanian woman.

ZIMBABWE President Robert Mugabe yesterday lashed out at the Commonwealth, repeating threats to pull Zimbabwe out of the organisation after he was barred from attending a summit taking place in Nigeria.

Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe lashed out at Commonwealth nations today, repeating threats to pull Zimbabwe out of the organisation and accusing his critics of meddling in Zimbabwe’s internal affairs.

BRITAIN'S Prince of Wales last night dramatically named himself as the senior Royal accused of involvement in an allegedly compromising incident witnessed by a servant.

A CONVICTED sex offender with a "predatory" obsession with teenage girls was yesterday jailed for life for the murder of his own niece.

A 44-year-old builder was jailed for life today for the kidnap and murder of his teenage niece in the UK.

A BRITISH computer expert was last night preparing to fight extradition to America where he is accused of being the biggest hacker of military computers ever.

The US Justice Department will seek to extradite a suspected British hacker accused of crashing a major US military computer network, it was announced today.

A suspected British hacker was today accused of crashing a majo r US military computer network.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Brisbane, Australia, next month has been postponed, Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon said today.

A meeting next month of British Commonwealth leaders will help build support for the US offensive against terrorism and should go ahead as planned, Australia’s foreign minister Alexander Downer said today.