A sightseeing trip ended in tragedy in New York, with five people killed.

Severe storms swept through the central US leaving five people dead in their wake.

A British-born jihadi bride has spoken out for the first time since fleeing Syria.

Some of the documents are being held back to under go further review for six months.

It's the mystery that still baffles 55 years on - the assassination of JFK.

He opened fire on the group, shooting his estranged wife and seven others dead.

Christopher Duntsch, a Texas neurosurgeon with 17 years of training and experience under his belt now faces life in prison.

Over a year the 27-year-old teacher paid more than $28k - unwittingly, to the 14-year-old she was sleeping with.

You may have thought Auckland house prices were bad, but check out these palatial homes from around the world that fetched huge sums.

Joseph Parker's promoters say there is only a 20 per cent chance of his world title fight against Andy Ruiz Jnr being held in Auckland.

The career of an Emmy Award-winning American news producer has gone down in flames in a series of inflammatory and racist social media postings.

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE: A paramedic has posted a chilling photo of an ambulance stained with the blood of a shooting victim in a bid to bring attention to the realities of gun violence.

The threat follows the slaying of five Dallas police officer by sniper Micah Johnson.

Military veteran posted an angry rant against white people on a black nationalist Facebook page before killing five police officers.

The brash, bold Texas of JR Ewing's day is still there, but is now overlaid with a veneer of culture, writes Samuel Muston.

There's plenty more to Dallas than JFK, finds Megan Singleton.

In Dallas, Winston Aldworth finds there's still plenty of heat in the conspiracy theories.