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Cellist, 12, migrates for music
Twelve-year picked for prestigious music school wants to be doctor.
A focused Mackenzie Phillips takes it one day at a time
Mackenzie Phillips upends expectations with her inmate role in Orange is the New Black.
History-making Crazy Rich Asians readies for release
It's been 25 years since Hollywood made a film with an all-Asian cast.
'Drugged and raped': Hero postie rescues girl from sex traffickers
Crystal thought she'd never escape. That's until a local postie heard her cries for help.
Kiwis deployed to North America to fight wildfires
Soaring temperatures and hundreds of wildfires are devastating countries around the world.
Spirit of Burt Munro rides again
Burt Munro's great nephew to attempt 200mph at legendary Utah Salt Flats.
Furious father tackles 'pervert taking up-skirt photos'
Concerned father tackles a man shopping at a California Target.
Two-year-old is shot and killed by cousin, four
Grandfather, 53, arrested after leaving the gun unattended.
Suspect in custody after dozens held hostage in Los Angeles
Suspected shooter had shot grandmother and girlfriend before police chase.
Cleaner went to her car to get a mop - and was attacked by 80,000 bees
She was taken to hospital in a critical condition - stung more than 200 times.
Disneyland deserted as temperatures soar
The Disney park was said to have recorded its hottest day on record.
Kiwi desert survivor faces another battle
Claire Nelson, who survived four days in an American desert, is now battling insurers.
Clipped and pampered at barber expo
Barbering expo in Auckland the largest event of its kind in New Zealand.
Wildfires rage through California
Powerful winds in Southern California sent an overnight inferno hopscotching.
Southern California hit by record-breaking heat wave
Southern California is sweltering under record-breaking highs.
Heroic man who couldn't swim drowned saving a boy
Young man sacrificed his own life to save a relative after a day out turned deadly.
The LA mural that's only for influencers
Want your photo taken with it? Those with less than 20,000 followers need not apply.
New Zealand jeweller makes the US glitterati shine
Katy Perry, Meryl Streep and K.D Lang are among other fans of Billy Zeemann's designs.
Shameful secret surrounding glamorous suburb
Just a few blocks away from luxury homes people are suffering in squalor.
Kim K supports 'wrongly-convicted' death row inmate
Reality star urges California governor to test DNA of condemned prisoner Kevin Cooper.
Tesla Model S 'spontaneously' burst into flames
The latest claims come amid increasing scrutiny over Tesla's safety.
Man racially profiles 5-old-girl for swimming in pool
The video shows him taunting the little girl and her mother.
Is California about to fracture into three?
Backers of the measure argue California has become "ungovernable".
California city is first to try guaranteed basic income, $500 per month
Stockton is the eighth most "distressed" large city in the United States.
Kiwi hiker learning to walk again after US desert ordeal
Kiwi hiker with broken pelvis progressing slowly as she learns to walk again.
'Stomach-knotting' insurance worries for Kiwi injured in US desert
Expat who smashed pelvis while hiking in the US unsure how much medical bills will cost.
Hiker who spent three days in US desert desperate for funds for foot surgery
Hiker desperate to raise funds for surgery after spending 3 days trapped in US desert.