Grace Packer became a foster child at age 3. At age 14, she suffered a slow and painful death at the hands of those she was meant to trust.

North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature has rejected a bid to repeal a state law restricting bathroom access for transgender people.

Dylann Roof wanted the world to know he hated black people and thought they were criminals. But he surprised himself with the scale of his church massacre

A man who was hired to portray Santa as resigned from the position, after fat-shaming a boy who visited him during a photo event last weekend.

It could be a scene from Bad Santa. A nine-year-old boy says a St Nick in the US told him to "lay off the burgers".

A 15 year old boy is suing his abusive foster parents who tortured him with wires and broke his fingers with pliers.

Circle_see_more_DP.epsmattmartinsmile.epsFUTURE FOCUS: Members of the American Council of Young Political Leaders visited Rotorua

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.

COMMENT: Chris Reed joins Donald Trump fans - and Democrat protesters - at one of the last Republican rallies ahead of the 2016 election.

A man was in a critical condition after being shot during a second violent night of protests in Charlotte.

When the neighbour bought the freezer from Marcella Lee in Goldsboro, North Carolina, it was taped shut and Lee instructed the buyer not to open it.

As her fiance celebrated his stag-do, the bride-to-be was being murdered.

A news anchor has tragically fallen from the top of a 48-metre waterfall to her death, just a day before her 25th birthday.

There is no evidence people are staying out of the water in North Carolina despite a seventh shark attack this summer.

A $611 million unsolicited takeover proposal for Chiquita Brands could lead to the scrapping of its pending merger with Irish competitor Fyffes.

A white supremacist couple who carried out a plan to kill a registered sex offender and his wife kissed, smiled and shouted during their sentencing in court.

Hamish McRae is surprised to find a genuine Highland clan gathering in the southeastern USA.

Rob McFarland chooses his own adventure on America's scenic Blue Ridge Parkway.