Antoine Griezmann has defended himself and apologised after sparking a Twitter backlash by posting a picture of himself on social media in fancy dress as a black basketball player.

A large fire on the top floors of a six-story New York City apartment building has resulted in nine injuries.

A subway train derailment in New York City that injured nearly three dozen people and sparked major delays is being blamed on human error, not a track defect.

By the time Ella Fitzgerald came to perform at the Cork Jazz Festival in October 1980, she was the well-established and undisputed singing queen of the world jazz scene. Fitzgerald’s stint at Cork Opera House was a welcome boost for the then burgeoning festival, whose organisers shelled out a reported £16,000 for the star.

A former New York City high school pupil who fathered a child with his teacher has killed both her and their four-year-old son.

Conor McGregor could hardly have done more to make New York sit up and take notice, writes Brendan O’Brien

Whoever becomes 45th president of the United Stateswill be expected to deliver a unifying speech, saying that they will work for all Americans, both those who voted for them and those who voted against.

Those Marvel shows on Netflix just keep getting better, with Jessica Jones upping the ante started with Daredevil. Now Luke Cage is bringing things to the next level.

They were formed like a boyband, but the Sugarhill Gang went on to define the dawn of hip hop, says Ed Power

Pope Francis declared that there is a “right of the environment” and that mankind has no authority to abuse it, telling more than 100 world leaders and diplomats at the United Nations that urgent action is needed to halt the destruction of God’s creation.

It would be easy to jump on the negativity bandwagon and take a pop at any one of the easy pickings in the aftermath of the drawn All-Ireland semi-final between Dublin and Mayo.

Back from the US, and back into the bar-and-restaurant business on their home turf — it’s the Irish version of the American dream for John and Lisa Cronin.

Peniel E Joseph sets last week’s massacre at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston in the context of a climate of denial in America over national issues of racial inequality

Sunday night telly tips for a night on the couch.

Ireland’s European Affairs Minister has expressed sympathy with the families of the victims of yesterday’s terror attack after his French counterpart, Harlem Désir, cancelled a planned visit to Cork.

Thousands of people rallied in cities across the US including Los Angeles and New York to passionately but peacefully protest over a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer who killed a black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri.

Leap of faith

What Cusack, O’Neill and Duffy come up with should constitute plenty of change for now.

Alarmed governors of New Jersey and New York have ordered a mandatory, 21-day quarantine of all medical workers and other arriving airline passengers who have had contact with victims of the deadly Ebola disease in west Africa.

Residents have been urged to remain calm after a New York doctor, who had recently travelled to Guinea, tested positive for Ebola.

A doctor who returned to New York after treating Ebola patients in west Africa has tested positive for the virus - the first confirmed case in the city and America's fourth.

There was a great old buzz in New York’s GAA circles a couple of weeks back when the two Féile teams performed so admirably in the west of Ireland and now the countdown to the Continental Youth Championships can really begin.

An explosion has destroyed two New York City apartment buildings, killing at least two people and injuring 17 others.

It's high-concept art, made from sugar cubes. Be prepared to lose some time in awe.

A father involved in a custody battle has thrown his three-year-old son off the roof of a New York skyscraper before jumping to his death.

South Africans have gathered to mourn the death of Nelson Mandela – and celebrate his colossal life.

A commuter train that derailed in New York, killing four passengers, was travelling at 82mph as it entered a 30mph curve, a US government investigator has said.

Eye witnesses claim a train that derailed in New York yesterday, killing four people, was travelling faster than normal.

A New York City commuter train derailed on a sharp bend yesterday, killing four people and injuring dozens more.

A passenger train derailed in New York today killing four people and injuring 63 others as it came to rest just inches from the water, authorities said.

Actor Anthony Mackie is facing two drink-driving charges after being arrested in New York City.

A commuter train is likely to have been unmanned when it crashed into another train outside Chicago during Monday’s morning rush hour, officials said.

BOBBY Womack is thrilled to be back. “I’m playing countries I never got to play before,” says the iconic soul singer, grinning his trademark grin. “They [promoters] used to tell me, ‘oh, your band is too big’ for our venue. Now, the doors are open for me. This late in my career, I’m loving it. Seriously, man, it’s great. ”

WHEN American wrestling comes to Waterford next week, it will be bringing all the colour and controversy that’s made the sport so hugely popular in the US. Mixing its typical pomp and razzmatazz, the event is advertised as “epic encounters inside the ring like nothing you have seen before”.

BRAZIL: Brazilian women appy to track errant mates

KELVIN Mercer, aka Posdnuos, had no idea.

I’VE JUST spent a few days in New York on a reconnaissance trip to check out what’s happening on the food scene over there.

When Harlem is hot, there aren’t many other places in the world where history seems to drip down so readily from the fire escapes and battered neon signs.

We’re off to see the Wizard. Again.