A Connecticut man who killed his seven-month-old son when he threw the boy from a 90ft bridge has been jailed for 70 years.

Some 400 homes were among the hundreds of structures destroyed as fast-moving wildfires raged through communities in northern California, leaving at least one person dead and sending residents fleeing along roads where some buildings and vehicles were still in flames.

At least one person has died and 400 homes and businesses were destroyed after a wildfire devastated several Northern California towns.

Four US firefighters were hospitalised after being injured fighting a fast- moving wildfire in northern California that expanded yesterday and has forced thousands to evacuate their homes, officials said.

SCOTLAND: A mascot from the first Commonwealth Games held in Scotland almost half a century ago has been uncovered.

 retired school principal is the sole winner of the $326m (€277m) Mega Millions jackpot drawn on November 4, the biggest prize in New York Lottery history, officials announced.

USA: A Pennsylvania man charged with breaking into a neighbour’s house says he was only borrowing eggs to make breakfast-

Two fuel laundering plants capable of producing 15 million litres of illegal diesel every year have been uncovered in Co Armagh.

Leinster rivals Meath and Kildare will contest the Allianz Hurling League Division 2B final following today's final round action which saw Meath, Mayo and London register wins.

IT’S all systems go for Charleville now after their win over Fullen Gaels on Sunday last, a place in the AIB All-Ireland club junior hurling final in Croke Park on February 11 secured.

THE end of the dream for gallant Effin in Birr yesterday in this entertaining All-Ireland club intermediate hurling-final.

Westmeath, Laois, Wexford and UCD all gained wins in the Bord na Mona Walsh Cup this weekend, while their was a quartet of victories for college sides in the Kehoe Cup.

ARMAGH and Tyrone county board officials insist they do not have a case to answer to as regards the clash between club matches in their counties and Sunday morning Masses, which Cardinal Sean Brady has claimed is having an impact on Mass attendances in his archdiocese.

The DPP has interrupted a civil trial in which an elderly man is being sued after his car swerved into another vehicle, resulting in spinal injuries to a child.

An elderly man whose car crossed on to the wrong side of the road and in collision with another vehicle, resulting in the death of his wife and a child suffering severe spinal injuries, has claimed he is not liable for the accident because a medical ailment caused him to lose control of his car.

GARDAÍ and Customs officials have uncovered one of the largest diesel laundering plants ever discovered, North or South, at Tyholland in Co Monaghan, 2km from the Co Armagh border.

A father and son have appeared in court in the North charged in connection with the murder of a County Armagh farmer two years ago.

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.

At least two people died and dozens more were feared injured in an explosion at a power plant today.

Police today confirmed a 25-year-old man died in a road accident in Co Armagh.

EDUCATION Minister Batt O’Keeffe and his counterpart in the North, Caitríona Ruane, are expected to get into heated exchanges today over her claims that he has jeopardised a cross-border project for children with autism.

A US accountant killed his wife and their three children before shooting himself, leaving a gruesome scene that was discovered by the youngsters’ grandfather.

Police in the North have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a farmer in Co Armagh last week.

Detectives investigating the death of a dairy farmer in Armagh will revisit the scene of his death this evening.

Police in the North investigating the killing of a farmer in his isolated home have said it is imperative they retrace his movements in the days before his murder.

Police in the North have formally launched a murder investigation following the death of a farmer in Co Armagh earlier this week.

Three men aged in their late teens and early 20s have been taken to Craigavon Hospital in County Armagh following a crash on the border.

The competition was red-hot at this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards as stars of the stage and screen strutted their finery on the carpet.

THIEVES tried to tie up a one-year-old baby girl during a robbery in Co Armagh, police said.

THE British Government yesterday set out a two-year plan to scale down its army’s presence in the North and to change the way it is policed.