Excited, she'd anticipated ride for two years. Halfway down she went into cardiac arrest.

Traffic was backed up as motorists jumped out their cars to stuff their pockets.

After 30 years cold case killer could finally face court.

"What the [expletive] were we thinking?" says one who helped Trump to power.

Two NZers among group rescued after being trapped for hours.

The legal US cannabis market just got a little greener.

The most consequential midterm elections in modern times came to a dramatic finish.

Social networks are a very long way from winning the war.

It won't be an easy job.

Pit-boxer Apollo never left the 2-year-old's side, and likely saved his life.

Royal New Zealand Ballet culture given the all-clear after years of artistic turbulence

It could've been a case of mistaken identity but Ryder won't be getting his cheque.

Woman charged after her dog froze to death is just one case of recently cruelty in the US.

Remembering something her mother told her, a teen avoided potential tragedy.

Police were looking for white suspect, so why did they point gun and handcuff black child?

Jacinda Ardern says the pathways into the arts sector need to be improved.

Mark Mulcare is totally blind. He's also a three-time world champion helmsman.

A Michigan man and his mother got into a heated argument over the lyrics of a Bieber song.

A US motorist is outraged after he was handed a $183 ticket for leaving his car to warm up on his own driveway.

Watch: A Michigan judge, growing increasingly frustrated with a defendant who was talking back to him, stormed down from his bench and tackled him to the ground.

Flint residents take city to court after lead levels in children spike following water switch.

A US judge compared three children to cult leader Charles Manson and sent them to live in a juvenile home because they refused to have lunch with their father.

For decades, it was a whipped dog of a city but Kate Roff discovers a different Detroit. This one is grabbing hold of a new lease on life.

Word-lovers are being encouraged to ditch new coinages for long-lost words that may have fallen out of favour.

For one snowy weekend in the dead of winter, a small university town in Michigan honours a beloved tradition almost 100 years old - Winter Carnival.

The state that gave the world Motor City is naturally also home to some of the USA's best automobile museums.

A road trip along the shore of Lake Michigan reveals a world of beauty, says Chris Leadbeater.