A Massachusetts woman who threatened to blow up, torture and castrate Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey in what prosecutors called a "persistent and malevolent" cyberstalking campaign has been sentenced to more than four years in prison.

A Massachusetts woman who threatened to blow up, torture and castrate Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey in what prosecutors called a “persistent and malevolent” cyberstalking campaign has been sentenced to more than four years in prison.

Lawyers for an Irish nanny accused of killing a baby in the US said medical experts hired by prosecutors have concluded that the child suffered bone fractures weeks before her death when she was not in the nanny’s care.

An Irish nanny accused of killing a baby girl in her care has asked a US judge to grant her bail while awaiting trial.

In this feature from our archives Irish journalist, John Breslin, charts the rise and fall of the infamous Boston crime lord, Whitey Bulger, who was found dead in his prison cell earlier today.

An Irish nanny has been remanded in custody in the US charged with murdering a one-year-old girl she was caring for, authorities have confirmed.

An Irish nanny accused of killing a Massachusetts baby in her care is facing a murder charge.

Cavan-born nanny Aisling McCarthy Brady was last night indicted in Boston on charges of first-degree murder in connection with the death of one-year-old Rehma Sabir.

A Cavan-born nanny accused of killing a Massachusetts baby in her care is facing a murder charge.

The defence team for Irish nanny Aisling McCarthy Brady has been granted the right to preserve evidence as she remains in custody over the death of one-year-old Rehma Sabir.

Recent political moves have provided grounds for optimism that the millions of undocumented in the US, including many thousands of young Irish people, may soon become ‘legal’, writes Larry Donnelly

A pregnant woman is suspected of killing her nine-year-old daughter and stabbing herself in the abdomen, killing her unborn foetus, US prosecutors confirmed today.

MORE than 38,000 residents in 26 Iowa communities were evacuated from their homes yesterday.

National Guard troops worked with residents to stem the damage from the widespread flooding in Iowa that killed at least three people, forced tens of thousands to evacuate and severely damaged the state's corn crop.

Receding water revealed widespread damage today in Iowa’s second-largest city, Cedar Rapids, caused by a record flood peak, while other Iowa cities faced rivers that were still rising, following a series of storms that left at least 15 people dead.

US Democratic hopeful John Kerry has called for monthly debates with President George W. Bush to elevate the tenor of a presidential election campaign that has opened with a relentlessly negative tone.

Two of reggae great Bob Marley’s sons have been arrested in Florida after officers found marijuana in their car.