There is sadness in the world of music following the death of an artist in a hit-and-run incident in Florida. Martin O’Connor, 41, was a drummer with a variety of country and Irish performers.

Tributes have poured in for an Irish musician killed in a hit-and-run incident on a Florida highway.

Authorities evacuated hundreds of homes after a massive wildfire along the Georgia-Florida border jumped a containment line overnight, authorities said today.