COMMENT: The latest act of terror in Florida has once again raised questions about the malicious influence of radical Islam.

FBI agents had Omar Mateen on their radar for years, and long suspected him of jihadist sympathies.

COMMENT: On average around 200 Americans are killed and wounded in mass shootings every month

COMMENT: Without any explanation, a decision was made to withdraw a murder charge that shocked and appalled many.The public has not yet been told why.

Eric McIsaac cut holes into his dad's walls, stuffed them with paper and poured oil over it.

Manslaughter convictions for the carers of a horrifically abused Taupo toddler show NZ's homicide laws are a complete mess, a law expert says.

Although the law doesn't allow it as a defence, lawyers are still making provocation claims in homicide trials, a legal expert says.

A young shopkeeper says she could not defend herself against six teen girls as they landed punch after punch while she tried to take refuge in the back of a dairy.

Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend, who was also accused of the murder of Meredith Kercher, has landed a job on an Italian TV show as a murder expert.

A man has been charged after breaking a student's jaw in an unprovoked attack in central Wellington.

A promising young rugby player's assault on his ex girlfriend's new man might affect his chances of a Super Rugby call-up.

Kiwi has avoided a conviction for punching a man who was at a bar with the sportsman's ex-girlfriend.

"I just burst into tears when I saw in the mirror that I had no teeth."

Richard Tait beat, raped and then strangled girlfriend.

DISTRESSING IMAGES: Former world squash champion Ross Norman is on the mend after being the victim of a random bashing in the UK.

More than two years after Trevor Waite's death, his whole family misses him - on every birthday, every Christmas and every other anniversary.

Coroner's report into the August 2013 murder suicide which shocked New Zealand is released.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested with the murder of Dunedin woman Karin Ann Ross.

It is almost 18 months since Muhammad Rizalman bin Ismail, a military attache, attacked Wellington woman Tania Billingsley in her home.

Police have confirmed they are treating the "unexplained" death of Karin Ann Ross in Dunedin as a homicide.

Roofer Troy Taylor was the boyfriend of the 15-month-old boy's mother.

The shooting in San Bernardino yesterday, where 14 people died, brought the number of mass shootings in the US to 355 this year.

The family of one of two shooters who opened fire at a Southern Californian disability centre say they have no idea why he took part in the massacre.

A man charged with a violent sex attack on a prostitute in Canada has appeared in the Palmerston North District Court.

An Auckland woman suffered a badly bruised face following an "absolutely brutal" attempt to steal her car from a public park in broad daylight.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after two stabbings in Hamilton yesterday, one of which left a man with life-threatening injuries.

Police say a shopkeeper was injured during an attack in central Auckland involving a knife.

Legal expenses at the Mark Lundy retrial have topped $2 million and the bill for the entire case is three times that amount.

Scott Watson has spoken for the first time about the murders he was convicted of. Ben Smart and Olivia Hope went missing in 1998 and were never found.

An elderly man suffered head injuries when an armed bandit broke into his home and assaulted him.