There are fears for four people, including two children on-board a plane which vanished.

A 10-year-old girl managed to escape the jaws of a gator with minor injuries.

A mistake on a visa application proved costly for a UK grandfather.

An investigator went too far in pursuit of the widow of a Nasa engineer.

US 'plastic surgeon' sent to jail after woman's death, and there were other victims too.

WATCH: Footage from inside the Royal Caribbean cruise shows massive waves battering the ship.

WATCH: The owners of a luxury house in Florida got a shock when a cruise ship came to visit.

Two-year-old was left by his half sister in hot car outside daycare for five hours, Florida police say.

A Florida pastor says the campaign-style rally for President Donald Trump was a spectacle where "demonic activity was palpable."

Sand, sea and a hot Mustang inspire Tim Roxborogh to strip away his inhibition.

Steve McCabe leaves the famous Mouse behind to explore Florida's other gems.

The number of unprovoked shark attacks across the world fell last year, in the wake of a record figure in 2015 that scientists partly put down to warmers waters created by a strong El Nino system.

Since Donald Trump took office, initiation fees at Mar-a-Lago have doubled to US$200,000.

An unusual albino alligator with completely white skin has become the star attraction at a US theme park in Florida.

Florida-based professor Adam Heath Av table took to Twitter to share a story about when he got stood up by his students.

Three men were overcome by poisonous fumes and a firefighter attempting to save them narrowly escaped death.

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A newborn baby who was kidnapped from a Florida hospital 18 years ago has been found alive and well in South Carolina.

Gunman Esteban Santiago - an Iraq war veteran - was taken into custody after he opened fire in the baggage claim.

The Florida airport shooting rampage that killed five people, and wounded eight others left a New Zealand traveller terrified.

A NZ pilot who landed at Fort Lauderdale just before the shooting says aircraft security is an issue with hundreds of 'unscreened' people gaining access to aircraft.

Her first baby died in her bed at 13 days. Then Erin Piche-Pitts's second newborn was found dead in her bed at 18 days of age.

Cheeseburgers, steak and peanut butter cups formed some of the last meals of the 19 men killed on America's death row in 2016. WARNING: Disturbing content.

A woman claims her 69-year-old husband died of emotional stress after Walgreens staff forced him to stay and clean the store's bathroom after he used it.

In the United States, a "cannibal" frat boy has allegedly attacked a couple at random. (WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT)

In the end, neither one of the precautions stopped 34-year-old Matthew Marshall from taking his father's life in a shockingly barbaric fashion.

When some guests wouldn't leave Alana Savell's house she did what her boyfriend advised - she shot at them.

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.

Home to manatees, fabled shipwrecks and the largest all-masonry fort in the USA, Florida's national parks will fascinate adventurers and history buffs alike.

A Kiwi woman caught in a ferocious hurricane now striking the Florida coast has described howling winds and lashing rain, saying "everybody's scared".