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Florida braces for storm expected to cause once-in-a-century flooding

Karen Catterson Lapierre, who moved from Donegal to Florida 15 years ago, says ‘decision was kind of made for me’ due to work and flat tire

Joe Biden and Simon Harris will meet in the White House on Wednesday against an extraordinary backdrop

The BBC correspondent turned award-winning podcaster has published a new book, Strangeland: How Britain Stopped Making Sense

Thousands remain cut off around Asheville as volunteer groups step in to aid relief efforts

Move makes US Federal Reserve less likely to set so-called jumbo interest rate cuts

Allegations against the hip hop mogul – said to involve so-called ‘freak offs’ or days-long sex parties – may be the beginning of a moment of reckoning in an industry long associated with seediness

Storm dumps more than 35cm of rain over three days on to western North Carolina, transforming mountainsides into mudslides and creeks into torrents

Strike ordered by Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following killing of Hizbullah leader by Israel in Beirut

Concert planned in Plains, Georgia, where Nobel Peace Prize winner has lived most of his life

As many as a million people are thought to be displaced now in Lebanon, according to Lebanese authorities, while the death toll since September 16th is at least 1,135

Over 60 dead and state of emergency declared in six states, where homes have been destroyed and millions are without power

Move comes as more Israeli infantry deployed on northern border after death of Hizbullah leader

Latest escalation has sharply increased fears the conflict could spiral out of control

Officials fear more bodies will be discovered after one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit country

Nasrallah, who grew up in Beirut’s impoverished Karantina district, was a skilled orator with a track record of threatening powerful enemies

Worldview: The United Nations, marginalised in the competition between the US, China and Russia and their emerging blocs, needs a radical overhaul

Nearly 900,000 homes and businesses suffer power cuts as maximum sustained winds reach an estimated 225km/h

The rich seam of anthracite coal running under Centralia caught fire in 1962, sporadically and unpredictably appearing overground to terrorise and drive out the population

It would be ahistorical to suggest that this arrangement has been without tensions. But the money kept flowing

What’s the best advice for environmentally and socially conscious investors who want to make a decent return?

A new generation of investors is seeing gold as a safe haven, with values predicted to match historical highs

After meeting, the leaders will speak at event marking centenary of bilateral diplomatic relations between Ireland and US

Pressure on Iran-backed group increases fears that the nearly year-long conflict will expand and destabilise the Middle East

Expert in international digital governance, Thorsten Jelinek, advocates an ethical approach that imagines AI as humanity’s moral partner

When film director Maeve Murphy went to Hollywood - finally - she found a deep Irish connection and inspiration from US independent cinema

The era of the United States as unrivalled global leader is over. Small alliances of like-minded countries are growing in importance

Kyiv maintains its demand, which has acquired a totemic importance as evidence of how seriously allies take their commitments

Oprah Winfrey hosts vice-president’s star-studded event with a nod to gun control while Trump chases Jewish vote

‘Everybody loves the programme but nobody wants to pay for it,’ Trina Vargo of the US-Ireland Alliance says

The Argentinian’s task is to figure out a winning formula for a squad that has continually added up to less than the sum of its parts

Galveston hurricane killed thousands of people, including an Irish nun

FBI described incident as ‘attempted assassination’ at West Palm Beach golf club

The ubiquity of therapy in Berkeley infuses the words people use and their lifestyles with an odd deliberateness

US secret service says agents spotted rifle barrel in bushes of West Palm Beach golf club before opening fire

Russia and Ukraine exchange 206 prisoners in deal brokered by United Arab Emirates

Musician and actor sentenced to community service, pay $500 fine and is required to make a public safety announcement

Palestinian prime minister meets foreign ministers of Ireland, Norway, Slovenia and EU in Spain to discuss steps towards implementing two-state solution

Permission from US and Britain for Kyiv to hit targets deeper inside Russia expected to spark closer Moscow link with Iran and North Korea, not conflict with Nato

Singer seen speaking to woman who climbed over bridge railing and stood on ledge before helping her down