Ahead of Air New Zealand beginning its direct flights to Houston in December, Ewan McDonald visits the space base.

The death of a black woman three days after being arrested in a routine traffic stop has once again put the spotlight on US police.

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

In the wake of an incident which saw a police officer pull a gun on a teenager at a Texas pool party, Jeff Wiltse recounts the long history of racial tension at America's swimming pools.

A driver led Texas police on a slow-speed chase for nearly three hours earlier this morning.

In bikie club culture where loyalty and territory are highly valued, disagreements can too easily boil over, writes Jarrod Gilbert.

One person has been killed and another seriously hurt in a tornado that has torn across Texas.

Air New Zealand's Auckland-Houston flights will be the longest on the airline's network.

A luxury mansion left hanging off a lakeside cliff in Texas has gone down in a blaze of glory.

Veronique Dupont finds a veritable treasure trove of contemporary art in the desert city of Marfa.

A family in Texas claim to have shot and killed a chupacabra, a mythical creature with a reputation for sucking blood from live-stock across America.

Sites associated with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 are scattered throughout Dallas and beyond.

Graham Reid checks out the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.