The Northland property where a woman was mauled to death by dogs had been visited by Animal Control officers four times, including the day before the attack.
Ten skiers were missing and another six were stranded after an avalanche struck near Lake Tahoe in the midst of heavy snow in California's Sierra Nevada mountains.
Australian police will "frequently" visit the property where four-year-old Gus Lamont vanished after their latest search concluded with no evidence being found.
Charismatic US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the presidential nomination, has died aged 84.
A second priest who worked at St Bede's College in Christchurch was accused of sexual abuse by three complainants over three decades, it can be revealed.
Sewage spilling on to a Forbury Corner street during yesterday’s downpour shows the city council’s claim its pipes are working is "BS", a campaigner in the suburb says.