At least eight people died in the massive snowstorm that swept through the US north east and Canada.

Protests against Wall Street spread across the US as demonstrators marched on Federal Reserve banks and camped out in parks from Los Angeles to Portland, Maine, in a show of anger over the wobbly economy and what they see as corporate greed.

Last-minute Christmas shoppers shivered and travellers were left stranded as winter storms lashed the US from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon.

Ozzy Osbourne was forced to postpone a concert in Portland, Maine on Thursday night because he was suffering from the flu.

My Chemical Romance scrapped another show on their US tour with Muse last night when a festival appearance on Saturday left sick band and crew members feeling even worse.

The White Stripes will celebrate their 10th anniversary as a band by completing a dream of performing in all 50 US states.

Rock band Guns N’ Roses cancelled a US performance this week after being told by state officials that the band could not drink on stage.

TENS of thousands of immigrants spilled into the streets in dozens of cities across America yesterday in peaceful protests that some compared to the movements led by the Rev Martin Luther King Jr and farm-labour organiser Caesar Chavez.

A founding member of Fleetwood Mac is suing the BBC for millions of pounds over the release rights to recordings by rock bands including the Beatles and The Who.

The US, still horrified by the September 11 attacks, will mark the second anniversary tomorrow with moments of silence and bursts of patriotic song, by gathering in peaceful memorial gardens and busy public squares, and by reaching out to each other.

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.

A man who had been identified by federal authorities as a possible hijacker involved in Tuesday's terrorist attacks is alive and cooperating with the FBI, sources said Thursday.