Circle_see_more_DP.epsmattmartinsmile.epsFUTURE FOCUS: Members of the American Council of Young Political Leaders visited Rotorua

The NZ Herald visited 10 counties in four key battleground states on an eight-day road trip to New York and the greatest election shock in modern American history.

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Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, have announced that they are releasing footage from police body cameras, showing the moment when Keith Lamont Scott was shot dead.

A man was in a critical condition after being shot during a second violent night of protests in Charlotte.

When the neighbour bought the freezer from Marcella Lee in Goldsboro, North Carolina, it was taped shut and Lee instructed the buyer not to open it.

As her fiance celebrated his stag-do, the bride-to-be was being murdered.

A news anchor has tragically fallen from the top of a 48-metre waterfall to her death, just a day before her 25th birthday.

A white supremacist couple who carried out a plan to kill a registered sex offender and his wife kissed, smiled and shouted during their sentencing in court.

Hamish McRae is surprised to find a genuine Highland clan gathering in the southeastern USA.

Rob McFarland chooses his own adventure on America's scenic Blue Ridge Parkway.

America's byways are a perfect network for a road trip, says Rob McFarland.