More than 200 jobs are to be created with the launch of three new Aer Lingus routes to the US, the carrier has announced.

Uber Technologies has won the dismissal of a racketeering lawsuit by 15 Connecticut taxi and limousine companies seeking to stop the ride-sharing company from doing business in the state.

Liam McGee, an Irish-born banker and insurance executive who guided Hartford Financial Services Group through a taxpayer bailout and shored up the company’s finances, has died.

A third major winter storm in less than two weeks has inflicted fresh snow - and misery – across parts of the north-eastern United States.

US cities from Boston to New York and Philadelphia are shutting down against a monster storm that could unload up to three feet of snow on a region of more than 35 million people.

USA: One is a building with bars. The other is a building with a bar. A very drunk woman apparently had trouble telling them apart and ended up in a southwestern Michigan jail cell-

Cocaine cake a ‘joke in bad taste’

Cosy up now and gather round, says Esther N McCarthy, because the days are shortening, the light is dimming and it’ s time to play inside.

Snow began to fall as a massive blizzard headed for the US north-east today, sending residents hurrying to stock up on food and supplies.

Oscar-winning film star Ernest Borgnine has died at the age of 95.

A freak October storm knocked out power to more than 3.1 million homes and businesses across north-east America, with close to 2ft of snow falling in some areas.

A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Irene slammed into the New Jersey shore with 75mph winds today after dumping a foot of rain on North Carolina and Virginia, killing nine people and knocking out power to at least two million homes.

A driver caught stealing beer from his warehouse agreed to resign then as “cold as ice” went on a shooting rampage, killing eight people and wounding two before committing suicide.

A WAREHOUSE driver who was asked to resign his job at a beer distributor went on a shooting rampage yesterday morning that left nine people dead, including himself, and others wounded, company and government officials said.

A disgruntled warehouse driver killed nine people, including himself, and wounded others in a shooting rampage today, company and state officials said.

JUSTIN ROSE did not know for certain that he was in next week’s British Open until Sunday night – but now he is one of the favourites.

Justin Rose held his nerve to triumph by one shot at the AT&T National in Pennsylvania last night for his second PGA Tour win in five weeks.

Justin Rose will head into the final round of the AT&T National with a four-shot lead after posting a third successive sub-70 score in Pennsylvania yesterday.

Justin Rose placed the blame for his final-round collapse at the Travelers Championship squarely on his putting as Bubba Watson claimed his maiden PGA Tour victory in Connecticut.

Justin Rose extended his lead at the Travelers Championship as he turned for home in his third round in Connecticut.

Relieved of the burden of trying to seal a maiden win, a relaxed and clear-thinking Justin Rose moved into a four-shot lead heading into the weekend at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON was rewarded for his decision to carry on playing after the trials of Pebble Beach as he took an early share of the first-round lead at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut last night.

Padraig Harrington took a share of the early clubhouse lead in Connecticut as the first wave of players completed their opening rounds at the Travelers Championship.

Ozzy Osbourne is to tour the world.

A massive blast blew apart a US power plant as workers building it purged natural gas lines, killing at least five people and injuring a dozen or more.

AT LEAST five people died in a power plant explosion in the US state of Connecticut yesterday.

The price of the Connecticut mega-mansion owned by rapper 50 Cent has dropped again – to $10.9m (€7.7m).

Veteran lock Mick O'Driscoll will captain Munster in their seasonal opener against US Eagles in Hartford on Saturday (8pm Irish time).

Hunter Mahan captured his first PGA Tour victory on Sunday by winning the Travelers Championship in Connecticut after a sudden-death play-off.

David Toms and Jay Williamson utilised different formulas for success but the duo ended up tied for the lead at eight-under-par 132 at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut.

A Turkish Airlines flight skidded off a runway at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport early today, after a record-breaking storm buried sections of north-eastern America under more than two feet of snow.

A MAJOR storm hit the mid-Atlantic and north-east US states with nearly 60 centimetres of windblown snow yesterday, nearing record levels as it blacked out thousands of customers and shut down air travel from Washington to Boston.

BRAD FAXON won the biggest award of his career yesterday without being able to hit a golf shot.

Overnight leader Mark Wilson bogeyed his final two holes, opening the door for Woody Austin to take a one-stroke lead after the third round of the Valero Texas Open.

CHAMPIONSWORLD, the US company that operated the pre-season series of friendlies for Manchester United, Celtic, Liverpool and Chelsea last summer, has filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors.

A power cut struck New York and other cities in the north-eastern United States and Canada tonight.

A letter to US Senator Patrick Leahy was laced with billions of anthrax spores, authorities said, as a suspected case of the most deadly form of the disease mysteriously appeared in Connecticut.

The president of Israel has not ruled out retaliation against terrorists two days after the deadliest bomb explosion in Israel in five years.