Sharp divisions over Donald Trump's election as US president have sparked uncertainty about who will participate at his inauguration.

A judge has rejected a bid by health officials in Maine to restrict the movement of nurse Kaci Hickox, who defied a quarantine for medical workers who have treated Ebola patients.

A balloonist making a trans-Atlantic crossing says he’s landed at a remote location where he’ll spend the night.

Highway and utility crews worked overtime today to recover from the huge storm that buried Ohio and other parts of the Midwest in snow and tore down power lines elsewhere.

SOME schools stayed closed yesterday and airlines struggled to catch up as the US north-east plowed out after the powerful weekend snowstorm that piled snow nearly four feet deep in places.