A marine has been found guilty of murdering famed US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle at a gun range two years ago.

As his daughter is left star-struck by the princesses of Disneyland, Winston Aldworth finds his Frozen heart melts.

Us vice-president Joe Biden gets up close and personal with the wife of the new Defence Secretary Ashton Carter

Amazon’s ambitious plans for delivery by drone have been dealt a blow thanks to draft US legislation that would severely restrict their commercial use.

Tim Stewart takes to the trails of Utah and is overwhelmed by the diversity and beauty of the rock formations.

Jemaine Clement is standing on the Sundance red carpet awaiting the premiere of his latest movie People, Places, Things, the first American movie in which he has a starring role. It is a very big deal.

Heading to the US' Sunshine State? Stop in at the city of St Petersburg and check out some of these sights ...

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.

Dramatic geothermal landscape of Waimangu volcanic rift valley a miniature Mars for space buggy inspired by next robotic rover Nasa plans to land on red planet.

Jack Barlow is riveted by the wildlife, human and animal, of Cajun Louisiana.

A convoy of Harley riders share Brett Atkinson's enthusiasm for Oregon.

A member of the grand jury that declined to charge Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown has demanded to be allowed to speak publicly about the case.

There's plenty to see in this vibrant North American city, writes Megan Singleton.

George Gonzalez visits two sites linked to the mysterious mastermind of American horror.

Authorities in northern Idaho say a 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother after he reached into her purse at a Walmart store and the concealed gun fired.

New Zealand surfer watches in horror as his friend is dragged under the water by a great white shark off a Californian beach.

The oil price decline of 2014 upended the geopolitical chessboard. Worth watching in 2015 will be who can recover and dominate play - Opec, Vladimir Putin or US shale drillers.

Police officers showed their contempt for New York's Mayor yesterday, turning their backs as he addressed a funeral for a fallen colleague.

It is a quarter of a century since Straight Outta Compton, the seminal gangsta rap album, made a 25 sq km area of Los Angeles synonymous with gang violence and murder.

Eighty five years ago the carrier that was to become Hawaiian Airlines started commercial flights using a plane dubbed the "ugly duckling".

This seaside city's history as a magnet for the prominent can be traced back further than its glittering 19th-century heyday, writes Robert DiGiacomo.

Police departments across America have stepped up security, ended solo patrols and ordered officers to make arrests only "when absolutely necessary".

Here are four reasons why President Barack Obama's decision last week to re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba was a good idea.

All politicians like to have props, and in Vladimir Putin's case, some are taken from the box marked Macho and others from the box marked Mother Russia.

For marathoners there's no better way to see a different country than on foot, packing more than 42km of scenery into the experience and having a finishing medal as proof.

Pamela Wade finds there's more to this Massachusetts city than its spooky history.

CIA director John Brennan is acknowledging that agency officers did "abhorrent" things to captive terror suspects, and he says he can't prove the harsh treatment made the prisoners cooperate.