US safety officials confirmed there were birds in both engines of the US Airways airliner that ditched into the Hudson River.

FLOODING in New York’s subway lines ground the morning commute to a halt yesterday, angering New Yorkers who are facing rail and utility fee hikes to support an aging infrastructure.

IRELAND escaped lightly from great blasts of snow, ice and freezing temperatures that wrought havoc across Britain and much of Europe and the US yesterday.

Civil rights lawyers in the US have said they planned to sue US Attorney General John Ashcroft and other officials, alleging widespread abuse of Middle Eastern men detained on immigration violations after September 11.

An American Airlines plane made an unscheduled landing at Washington’s Dulles International Airport after a threatening note was found aboard, according to airport officials.

Producers of the television show The West Wing came under fire today for a one-off special focusing on terrorism on America.

A woman who believes she sold hijacking ringleader Mohamed Atta the ticket he used to get on the flight he helped crash into the World Trade Centre today told of her ordeal.

Eight people were today arrested at airports in New York, one of them for posing as a pilot.