Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory in West Virginia, but it will have little impact on the race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination as the battle for the White House continues today.

An alleged attack at a Massachusetts gay bar, the killing of an Arkansas officer and the killing of a mother of three – Jacob Robida left a streak of unexplained violence that ended in a fatal shootout with authorities.

Voters trying to beat the rush turned out early to cast ballots in many precincts as the US presidential election day opened.

THE American POW rescued

A 55-year-old US contractor won the $314.9m (€303m) Christmas Day jackpot, the world’s biggest undivided lottery prize to date, and said the first thing he would do is turn over 10% to his church.

A US preacher faces a preliminary extradition hearing today over his role in the assisted suicide of a Dublin woman.

Seven members of one family were killed when their small plane crashed shortly after taking off from an airport in southwest New Hampshire.

AN UNUSUALLY high number of Europeans, 22, will compete in the 84th US PGA Championship, the last of the season’s four majors, at Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota, beginning on August 15.

The American right-to-die advocate being sought by gardai in connection with the suicide of Rosemary Toole has no plans to return to Ireland in the immediate future.