A manhunt is under way for a wealthy Texas teenager, described at trial as being afflicted with “affluenza”, who apparently fled to avoid violating a probation deal that kept him out of prison for killing four in a drunken-driving crash.

Leon Bridges isn’t quite sure how he got here.

It’s a story that might have made another book in a town that has more literary output than most.

Van Morrison has written a letter to a public relations guru to set the record straight over the handling of allegations that he fathered a child with his former tour manager.

A US doctor working with Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus.

When the confetti flew, the two boys standing in the centre of the stage and shook hands. They held up the trophy together.

As they say with these kind of things, don’t try this at home.

American Airlines and US Airways have reached a deal with the US government that lets the two form the world’s biggest airline and opens up more room at key US airports for low-cost carriers.

The former Navy reservist who slaughtered 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard had been “hearing voices” and was being treated for mental problems in the weeks before the shooting rampage, but was not stripped of his security clearance, officials said.

The defence contractor who fatally shot 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard was carrying three weapons during the rampage.

At least 13 people died during a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard yesterday.

A gunman who opened fire inside a US navy base in Washington, killing 12 people, was a full-time reservist from 2007 to 2011.

World’s biggest bagpipe festival ready to tune up

Rory McIlroy insisted Major titles matter more to him than money after taking a massive step towards becoming one of the biggest earners in sporting history last night.

Tributes were flooding in from around the world today following the death of Dallas star Larry Hagman.

Larry Hagman, whose predatory oil baron J.R. Ewing on television’s long-running soap opera 'Dallas' became a symbol for 1980s’ greed, has died. He was 81.

AMERICA’S first full-face transplant recipient said the first thing his young daughter told him when she saw him after the operation was “Daddy, you’re so handsome”.

America’s first full face transplant recipient said the first thing his young daughter said to him when she saw him after the operation was: “Daddy, you’re so handsome.”

A TEXAS construction worker badly disfigured in a power line accident two years ago has received the United States’ first full face transplant at a Boston hospital.

A building worker badly disfigured in an accident has received the United States’ first full face transplant.

LEE HARVEY OSWALD’S brother is taking legal action after the presidential assassin’s original coffin was sold at an auction.

FOR the JFK-assassination conspiracy junkie who has everything: Lee Harvey Oswald’s coffin. Body not included.

Englishman Brian Davis produced a second successive round of 65 to share the lead at the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas.

World number two Phil Mickelson crashed out of the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas after a three-over-par second round 73.

A Charles Manson follower who tried to assassinate US President Gerald Ford was freed from prison today after 34 years behind bars.

Paul Casey headed back to the United States today hoping that the next time he is back in Europe he is a major champion and even higher than third in the world.

AMERICAN Airlines cancelled more than 900 flights yesterday to fix faulty wiring in hundreds of jets, marking the third straight day of mass groundings as company executives offered profuse apologies and travel vouchers to calm angry customers.

Roman Catholic church officials in Texas claim a priest accused of sexually abusing children is HIV positive.

A kitten that crawled into her owner’s suitcase, got loaded on a plane, went 1,300 miles in the hold and was then taken home by the wrong person in a baggage mix-up was safely home again today.

The Archbishop of Canterbury in England is to evaluate a statement in which episcopal leaders in the US agree to “exercise restraint” in approving another gay bishop and not to authorise prayers to bless same-sex couples.

BRITISH AIRWAYS and TPG said they are “considering” their bid for Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana. The Sunday Telegraph said they may lower it.

A bloody brawl erupted outside a tavern in Fort Worth, Texas, after one customer thought another failed to wash his hands after using the gents, police said.

Swede Richard Johnson was today reflecting on how close he came to joining the list of golfers who have won on both the European and US Tours.

Jim Furyk starts as the clear favourite for the Bank of America Colonial tournament which starts in Fort Worth, Texas, tomorrow – despite missing the cut last week.

A judge in Fort Worth, Texas, who halted an execution because the inmate was mentally ill has agreed to force the man to take anti-psychotic medication so he can be put to death.

A United States marine, who spent more than 36 years on the run as a deserter from the Vietnam war, was behind bars today, awaiting word on his fate as officials decided if and how his case would be prosecuted.

SEVERE drought, gusty winds and high temperatures set the stage for the fires in Texas and Oklahoma that killed four people. Authorities believe they were mostly set by people ignoring fire bans and burning rubbish, shooting fireworks or throwing out cigarettes.

Severe drought, gusty winds and high temperatures set the stage for the fires in Texas and Oklahoma that killed five people. Authorities believe they were mostly set by people ignoring fire bans and burning rubbish, shooting fireworks or throwing out cigarettes.

Country superstar Garth Brooks is struggling to maintain his retirement from the music industry and is staging another brief comeback for charity.

An apologetic James Allridge, whose case attracted the attention of celebrity capital punishment opponents, has been executed for killing a Fort Worth, Texas, convenience store clerk 19 years ago.

A sex fiend who wants to be executed had his wish thwarted at the eleventh hour last night while officials probed a claim that another prison inmate had carried out a murder he was on death row for.

BRITISH amateur champion Gary Wolstenholme appears to have fired up at least some of the American team against whom he will try for a slice of Walker Cup history at Ganton in Yorkshire this weekend.

American energy company Mirant has filed for bankruptcy after failing to reach a last-minute out-of-court debt restructuring plan with its creditors.

The FBI spy testifying against alleged Real IRA chief Michael McKevitt was questioned by police for driving a 15-year-old girl around in a lorry for a week, a court heard today.