America Letter: Pope’s visits will bring US and Cuba togetherFrancis’s trip is an important gesture after his central role in historic rapprochementSat Sept 19 2015 - 03:00
Trump flags after Fiorina rebukes him for insulting commentBusinesswoman showed she belonged on main stage in second Republican debateFri Sept 18 2015 - 01:00
US Federal Reserve decides to leave interest rates unchangedFed expresses concern about effect of China’s slowing growth on American economyThu Sept 17 2015 - 22:13
Republican debate: Sparks fly as Trump comes under attackFormer HP chief Carly Fiorina shines brightest, dismisses Trump remarks on her looksThu Sept 17 2015 - 14:11
Berkeley collapse: Injured student Niall Murray flies homeHannah Waters, only balcony survivor still in hospital in California, due back next weekWed Sept 16 2015 - 21:36
Clinton and Bush turn to TV to show softer sidesPresidential candidates show television does not come easily to themSat Sept 12 2015 - 01:00
Reaction: US State Department urges ‘constructive’ talksUS senator Gary Hart remains ‘closely engaged’ with parties in the NorthThu Sept 10 2015 - 22:21
US to accept 10,000 Syrian migrants in a year, says White HouseNational security a key concern on admitting Syrians, as Syria rife with anti-US militantsThu Sept 10 2015 - 21:48
Making Microsoft hand over Irish emails could start ‘firestorm’US government seeks access to address in Dublin as part of narcotics investigationWed Sept 09 2015 - 21:04
Woman injured in Berkeley balcony collapse returns homeAoife Beary had been treated in California hospital after tragedy that killed sixWed Sept 09 2015 - 20:32
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis freed in same-sex marriage disputeUS judge warns woman not to interfere in issuing marriage licences to gay couplesTue Sept 08 2015 - 20:57
Baltimore to pay €5.7 million to Freddie Gray’s familyMayor says wrongful death settlement is not an admission of liability by the city’s policeTue Sept 08 2015 - 19:14
Obama approves paid sick leave for federal contractorsUS president signs latest measure to help workers as nation celebrates Labour DayMon Sept 07 2015 - 19:57
American Letter: Washington’s residents left in fear of the drawn gunMurder of innocent bystander in DC part of surge in homicides across US citiesSun Sept 06 2015 - 21:41
Fr Brendan McBride, a friend to the Irish in San FranciscoPriest played crucial role in aftermath of Berkeley balcony collapseSat Sept 05 2015 - 01:00
Iran deal high on agenda for Saudi king’s US visitObama uses visit to reassure key Gulf ally of support as Saudis fear a rising TehranSat Sept 05 2015 - 01:00
Biden says third presidential bid will depend on his familyUS vice president’s decision rests on whether family has ‘emotional energy’ for campaignFri Sept 04 2015 - 18:26
JP McManus in legal bid to recover $5.2m from US taxmanBusinessman says tax was wrongly withheld from $17m in US gambling winnings in 2012Fri Sept 04 2015 - 01:00
Trump pledges allegiance to Republican PartyBusinessman promises not to run as independent if bid to secure nomination failsThu Sept 03 2015 - 20:57
Obama secures enough support to protect Iran nuclear pactPresident wins over a 34th Democratic senator to protect deal from Republican attackThu Sept 03 2015 - 01:00
Irish nanny says her ‘worst nightmare is finally over’Aisling Brady McCarthy describes treatment by local US prosecutors as ‘scandalous’Wed Sept 02 2015 - 16:53
Hillary Clinton emails reveal US diplomatic juggling on NISenior US aide called unionist leader ‘Empey Dumpty’ in email over 2010 political rowWed Sept 02 2015 - 01:00
Aisling Brady McCarthy arrested by US immigrationIrish nanny held for 2002 visa violation but return to Ireland is expected in near futureTue Sept 01 2015 - 17:40
Delays over evidence signalled weakening case against nannyAisling Brady McCarthy, who always protested her innocence, spent 27 months in jailTue Sept 01 2015 - 09:30
Charges against Irish nanny dropped as murder ruled out in child’s deathAisling Brady McCarthy arrested 2½ years ago over death of Rehma SabirTue Sept 01 2015 - 07:37
Clinton’s missteps create room for Biden candidacyObama’s vice-president considering whether to enter 2016 presidential raceTue Sept 01 2015 - 01:00
Ex-monitor says North may need peace watchdogGroup could assess alleged IRA activity, says former IMC observer Dick KerrSat Aug 29 2015 - 14:16
Virginia killings a crime for social media timesOn-air murder of journalists were horrific but not unfamiliar in US cycle of violenceSat Aug 29 2015 - 05:00
Group claims Clinton ‘slush fund’ operated from Northern IrelandConservative group claims Hillary Clinton mixed official business with fundraisingSat Aug 29 2015 - 01:00
Jason Corbett case ‘in good shape’, says US sheriffFile to be passed to district attorney to decide if criminal charges will be broughtFri Aug 28 2015 - 21:33
Virginia TV station remembers slain journalistsSuspected gunman cites Charleston mass shooting as motive for killing ex-colleaguesFri Aug 28 2015 - 01:00
Jeb Bush in choppy waters for using ‘anchor babies’ termThe Republican contender lashed by rivals for linking Asians to ‘birth tourism’ fraudFri Aug 28 2015 - 01:00
Ex-employee kills TV reporter and cameraman live on airBryce Williams turned gun on himself after police pursuit following shootingsThu Aug 27 2015 - 08:56
Trump keeps swinging on campaign trail, rising in pollsRepublican ejects reporter from press conference after he tries to ask questionThu Aug 27 2015 - 01:00
US stocks surge as investors shake off China fearsDow Jones industrial average climbs 619 pointsWed Aug 26 2015 - 22:32
US Federal Reserve still expected to raise interest ratesChina’s market meltdown to feature as US central bankers meet at Jackson HoleTue Aug 25 2015 - 22:28
Former US envoy recalls Adams request for IRA armsMitchell Reiss said he never expected IRA decommissioning to eliminate every last weaponTue Aug 25 2015 - 01:00
‘Black Monday’ in China sparks stock dump and markets-plungeEurope slips up to 5% while Dow stages late rally, writes Simon Carswell in WashingtonMon Aug 24 2015 - 21:48
Raw materials bravely brought to life at African-American museumAmerica Letter: Washington museum will tackle sensitive issues of the past and presentSun Aug 02 2015 - 11:51
Life after Berkeley: ‘The road to recovery is far from straight’Clodagh Cogley, one of the seven students injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse in June, returned to Ireland on Friday. It’s a moment of progress in six weeks of trauma for the survivors and their familiesSat Aug 01 2015 - 00:30
Bono pays tribute to Berkeley victims and J-1 visa programmeU2 singer calls Irish summer visa a ‘beautiful, playful arrangement’ with the USFri Jul 31 2015 - 14:59
Drumm insists Anglo discussed during dinner with CowenFormer chief executive of bank and ex-taoiseach give contradictory accounts of meetingFri Jul 31 2015 - 11:01
Anglo profiles: Tiarnan O’Mahoney, Aoife Maguire, Bernard DalyThree former Anglo Irish Bank officials have been found guilty of trying to hide accountsThu Jul 30 2015 - 19:28
Bono claims John Lennon as Irish at event on Ellis IslandTapestry unveiled depicting island of Manhattan as yellow submarine piloted by LennonThu Jul 30 2015 - 01:00
Villiers gets ‘sympathetic hearing’ in US on Stormont stalemateNorthern Secretary’s Washington visit overlaps with separate visit by McGuinnessWed Jul 29 2015 - 18:03
Berkeley: complex investigation and legal fight aheadOutside experts being called in by investigators as families prime their legal actionsTue Jul 28 2015 - 01:00
Berkeley: Previous $3.5m case exposed defects in balconiesRotten construction at another block built by same company led to settlement in 2013Tue Jul 28 2015 - 01:00
California hospital starts road to recovery for Berkeley injuredFamilies grateful for overwhelming support speak of ups and downs in students’ recoveryMon Jul 27 2015 - 08:56
Families of Berkeley injured request time to recoverThanks offered to emergency workers, fundraisers and others for ‘acts of kindness’Sun Jul 26 2015 - 22:10
Treacy glad to be back in ‘happy hunting ground’ of LAAthlete says his last time in LA coliseum was very different from Special Olympics openingSun Jul 26 2015 - 21:53
