'It's actually burning': Killer's final plea during execution
Larry Swearingen, who always pleaded his innocence, raped and killed 19yo in 1998.
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest fromTexas
El Paso suspect said he was targeting 'Mexicans'
"I'm the shooter": Police watched the suspect get out of a car with his hands up.
Viral photos 'reminiscent of captured slaves' causes outrage
Photos of two white lawmen atop horses guiding a bound black man with a rope shocks world.
Attack on Texas shoppers to be handled as domestic terrorism
Local prosecutor to file capital murder charges against 21-year-old gunman.
Ohio shooting: Nine killed 'in less than one minute'
Gunman's sister one of those killed at Dayton bar.
FBI probing claims Walmart shooter inspired by Chch mosque attacks
White supremacist manifesto reportedly posted online before the shooting in El Paso.
'Hero' outed: The 31 minutes that exposed a liar
David Briscoe claimed he was a hero at a school shooting. One reporter exposed the truth.
10 dead as small plane crashes into hangar in Texas
No one aboard the plane survived the impact.
Tragedy in paradise: Couple who died in Fiji may have been poisoned
Infectious disease has been ruled out as the cause over mystery death.
Woman's kidnapping caught on doorbell camera
Young woman's terrifying abduction caught on doorbell camera.
Photographer instinctively reaches for camera as gunman opens fire
"I was praying ... because if he saw me, he probably would have shot me."
Mystery deaths in Fiji: Couple's last texts revealed
Family also preparing to tell the couple's orphaned son his parents won't be coming home.
Kiwi woman reunited with long-lost pen pal 35 years later
With the power of social media, a woman from the US was able to find her old friend.
Woman yelled, 'I'm pregnant!' seconds before officer fatally shot her, video shows
Officer shot, killed woman who said she was pregnant in footage captured on mobile phone.
Her stepfather said Maleah was abducted. Police aren't so sure
Stepfather said she was taken by men in a pickup truck who beat him up but let him go.
'Feeling cute, might just gas some inmates today': Corrections officers face backlash
US Corrections officers face backlash over social media challenge.
The death row killers who refused to die quietly
One killer stole a key to a set of handcuffs, which he spat out with his dying breath.
New head of school busting out the moves at Girls' College
Dance has given Nikita McDonald the confidence to shake things up where necessary.
How US flight attendant ended up in a detention centre
Saavedra Roman became a symbol for those who oppose Trump's hard-line immigration stance.
Austin: Tasting the soul of the south
Cool rules in Austin, the Lone Star state's capital city, writes Rachel Muir.
A beggar was accused of killing a woman. But her family staged the attack
Jacquelyn Smith was slain on December 1, 2018, in a case that shook even Oprah Winfrey.
'Girl in closet' abuse victim charged for sex with teen girl
The woman rescued from horrific abuse by parents has been arrested for sex with a minor.
The glaring hole in Trump's border wall plans
Texas officials have found a tunnel - but that's not the only reason the wall won't work.
Murder charge: Texas boxer killed by 12-year-old boy he took in
What could drive a 12-year-old boy to kill a man?
Sister Norma wanted to show Trump what it is like on the border; he didn't care to listen
OPINION: The Pope has praised her work on the US southern border. Trump doesn't care.
Trump threatens emergency declaration ahead of border visit
Trump says he's not prepared to declare an emergency yet, but will if he has to.
Man charged with murder after girl, 7, shot dead
Jazmine Barnes' mother described her killer as a thin white man.
Murder victim's widow speaks out after killer executed
One of America's most notorious death-row inmates has been executed.
Texas 7 killer faces lethal injection
A member of the infamous Texas 7, who pulled off a massive breakout, is set to be executed
Woman left brain damaged after nose job goes wrong
Laura Avila went to Mexico for a cheaper surgery but is now fighting for her life.
Split verdict in referendum on Trump
The most consequential midterm elections in modern times came to a dramatic finish.
Battleground USA: In the middle of Midterm mayhem
Midterms touted as most important election of a generation as Republicans defect.
Dark side of new deadly cult show Waco
When 76 people burned to death inside a cult compound, many blamed the US government.
Houston officials halt construction of 'robot brothel'
Mayor of US city unimpressed with plans to open a 'robot brothel'.