JT Nero tells Gerry Quinn how his Birds Of Chicago project has caused quite a stir in the American roots music scene

A US Roman Catholic archbishop warned a top Vatican office led by the future Pope Benedict XVI about a priest who may have molested as many as 200 deaf boys, according to documents obtained by The New York Times, but the priest never was defrocked.

A young US sheriff’s deputy who opened fire on a pizza party and killed six people reportedly flew into a rage when he was rebuffed by his former girlfriend.

An off-duty sheriff’s deputy admitted he went on a shooting rampage and killed six young people who had gathered for pizza and movies before being killed himself, US authorities said today.

Storms battered the Tennessee and Ohio valleys with tornadoes, high wind and hail before the system swept east.