Ewan McDonald sips the flavours of the Old South in Texas and New Orleans.

The Texan capital has an outlaw spirit that makes it the perfect place to party, writes Ewan McDonald.

Bigger, better, busier - that's Texas, writes Megan Singleton.

There's plenty more to Dallas than JFK, finds Megan Singleton.

Sample the cowboy lifestyle - hire a car and visit the best that Houston and nearby Texas Hill Country have to offer, says Tim Lamb.

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.

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.

Jury selection in the trial of a man accused of killing former Navy Seal Chris Kyle - author of American Sniper - has begun.

Man shot dead one person at William Beaumont Army Medical Centre in Texas before killing himself.

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.

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