IT WASN’T a hugely significant handball tournament but that didn’t matter to the two NFL stars who had travelled all the way to Seattle to lend their support to Eric Plummer in January, 2004.

A soaring bridge that will let drivers bypass Hoover Dam – and steer clear of its security checkpoints and tourists – will open after nearly eight years and $242m (€171m) worth of work.

Tens of thousands of Barack Obama’s supporters in the senator’s home town of Chicago gathered for a huge election-night rally to mark a historic victory celebration.

Ex-US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other top former Pentagon officials today denied any cover-up and rejected personal responsibility for the military’s bungled response to Army Ranger Pat Tillman’s friendly-fire death in Afghanistan.

Pat Tillman’s brother accused the US military today of “intentional falsehoods” and “deliberate and careful misrepresentations” in portraying the American professional American football star’s death in Afghanistan as the result of heroic engagement with the enemy instead of friendly fire.

A Pentagon probe will recommend that nine officers, including up to four generals, be held accountable for mistakes in the aftermath of the friendly-fire death of a former US football star killed by his comrades in Afghanistan.

Emma Faust Tillman, whose life spanned three centuries and 21 US presidencies, died last night at a nursing home in Hartford, Connecticut, the facility’s administrator said.

The US Army has opened a review of casualty reports on American soldiers killed in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere since 2001, a response to complaints that it has not always given families accurate information.

The US-led coalition today said it would investigate an attack on one of its bases in southern Afghanistan that killed a US and a Canadian soldier, including whether any of the casualties were caused by friendly fire.

THE last minutes of the life of footballer Pat Tillman, who turned down a fortune to fight for his country, were a horror of misdirected machine-gun fire and signals to firing colleagues that were misunderstood as hostile acts.

Pat Tillman was the embodiment of the all American hero.

Former Arizona Cardinals safety Pat Tillman has died in action while serving with the US Army Rangers in Afghanistan.

A British Airways pilot almost let the cat out of the bag over US President George Bush’s secret visit to Baghdad.

A US killer's execution has been put on hold after his lawyer suffered a heart attack during a clemency hearing.