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.

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

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.

A man was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack after a dispute over cans of bourbon and cola, a court has heard.

Police remain tight-lipped about how the woman died and detectives from Invercargill are trying to piece together the hours which led up to her death.

A Tauranga doctor has been charged with the murder of his lover, Brisbane socialite and former model Maureen Boyce.

The doctor who formerly lived in the Bay of Plenty is charged with the murder of Australian socialite and former model Maureen Boyce.

The friend of a slain security guard hopes other young people are protected following a coroner's inquiry into the death of 22-year-old Charanpreet Singh Dhaliwal.

Bus and taxi drivers are being attacked so regularly ACC is having to pay out for violence-related claims nearly every week of the year.

13 years after the attack, Ms Butler was able to thank those who risked their own lives to save hers.

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a 28-year-old man died in hospital following an incident at an Invercargill property.

Police have launched a homicide inquiry after a man was killed in Invercargill tonight.

Chris Brown's behaviour proves he doesn't deserve a ticket into New Zealand, writes Heather du Plessis-Allan.

The devastated mother of a Kiwi basketballer who narrowly survived yesterday's college massacre is rushing to be with her son.

Body parts bitten off, maimed from severe burns - experts believe the brutality of attacks on women by their male partners is worsening.

A former Immigration Minister says he would let Chris Brown into the country because it would cause no obvious harm.

The day after Parmita Rani left her controlling husband, he waited in the foyer of her central-Auckland language school to stab her to death.

South Africa's murder rate has increased for the third year running, with opposition groups saying the figures mirror "a country at war".

When his wife left him, Mandeep Singh bought knives and waited patiently in the foyer of her school until she finished her exam.

Logan Pillay was caught off-guard when a passenger punched him, causing him to flinch and drive into the back of the car in front of him.

Police have called for help in the search for a group of youths who "king-hit" on a man outside Denny's in Manukau, leaving him with serious head injuries.

The man accused of murdering Christchurch toddler Ihaka Stokes will keep his name suppressed, for now.

Beating of Australian tourist by British man with criminal convictions highlights a ''leak'' in New Zealand's border protection system, lawyer says.

Police want the public's help after a man was seriously injured when two younger men attacked him in a small Southland town.