Avery was at a US college orientation day when she received a strange text from her mum.

At 318kg, fetish model Monica Riley was on her way to becoming the world's fattest woman.

There was no way she'd be wearing this to any wedding.

Severe weather has hit the US with estimate 17 tornadoes touched down in five states.

The dead lay everywhere - it was a scene unlike any the Texas police officer had seen.

One person is dead and three wounded after a stabbing spree at the University of Texas.

Woman claims police missed out "whole chunks" of information during their investigation.

13 arrests of male student athletes following alleged 'sadistic hazing rituals'.

The biggest city in the Southern USA, makes a big deal out of big events.

Sweat-inducing footage shows one brave resident appearing to step into thin air.

Are you sick of buying bags of lettuce only to find they rot before you get through them?

Horrified by her engagement photo, Haley Smith reveals how she lost 44kg and kept it off.

The biggest city in Texas is also big on choices for visitors.

Tonsil, throat, and other HPV-related cancers are on the rise.

The teen who killed four people in a drink-driving crash is still trying to dodge jail.

With its Mex-testing and aggressive flora, this destination is a little different.

The new draft law sets out to "protect unborn children everywhere".

A Texas couple discovered an unpleasant surprise in their new home.

Less than a fortnight before he died in a fiery plane crash in Melbourne, a US tourist wrote about how he was scared of flying.

The pilot involved in the Melbourne air crash was under investigation for a previous incident that had been deferred three times due to "workload".

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

11 year old Renee Eager is about to undergo brain surgery in the US state of Texas, which surgeons hope will allieviate seizures and fits of rage caused by a rare tumour. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

With approvals granted, the fight for those against the Dakota Access pipeline shifts to the courts.

They are the serial killers you've never heard of - mutilators, torturers and body defilers who collectively murdered hundreds and are still alive. WARNING: GRAPHIC

President Donald Trump denounced arguments against his immigration order as "disgraceful".

A daycare has sent a strongly worded message to parents which has gone viral. Do you agree with the message?

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

The inner strength of a little girl starved, beaten and imprisoned in a tiny urine-soaked closet amazed her rescuers.

A woman took shelter in a bathtub and the tornado lifted the tub out of the home and deposited it in the woods - she still survived.

A former Texas middle-school teacher who was impregnated by a 13-year-old student has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.