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US Professor fired over Harvey comments
![Residents wade through flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Beaumont Place, Texas, US.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/b/d/f/t/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lc4ng.png/1504051918575.jpg)
An American professor who appeared to suggest that Hurricane Harvey is karma for Texas for voting Republican is fired.
Griffin 'not sorry' for decapitation joke
![Comedian Kathy Griffin lashed out at Samantha Armytage on Sunrise.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/c/2/h/m/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lc284.png/1504045914193.jpg)
The US comedian defended her controversial Donald Trump beheading stunt, telling a Aussie morning TV host they were "full of c...".
North West's first interview
![North West and Kim Kardashian West in the new issue of Interview magazine.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/c/1/q/x/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lc117.png/1504045424051.png)
She may come from American "royalty", but Kim and Kanye's little girl is just like any other 4-year-old. Well, sort of.
Coldplay's Houston tribute
![Coldplay perform a tribute song to Houston at their Miami, US, concert.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/c/2/f/2/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lc2gz.png/1504044561629.jpg)
The band had to cancel its Houston show because of the devastating storm, so they wrote a song for the people affected by Hurricane Harvey.
US man stabs himself
![Joshua Lee Witt, 26, went public with his claim he's been attacked on Facebook before being arrested.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/c/0/o/u/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lbzsj.png/1504043754837.jpg)
But he claimed to police he'd been assaulted by a far-left attacker, over his "neo-Nazi" haircut.
Dog 'fetches' bomb
![Peppah's owners told her to leave the mortar on the ground, but she kept bringing it back and barking.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/b/z/i/5/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lbzhy.png/1504030837164.jpg)
Australian family's day at beach almost ends in disaster after dog finds WWII mortar to play fetch with.
'Missile launch! Missile launch!'
![The Japanese government's alert message notifying citizens of a ballistic missile launch by North Korea, which was sent ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/b/z/c/w/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lbzay.png/1504025054088.jpg)
Ai Onodera was sound asleep in Hokkaido when an alarm on her mobile phone jolted her awake.
Japan tightens US alliance
![Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump get on well on a personal level.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/k/9/4/n/f/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lbxkc.png/1503999071768.jpg)
ANALYSIS: Facing threat from North Korea and a rising China, Japan forced to rely on a Washington in constant turmoil.
Saving a child porn victim
![A man had been arrested in Australia and a trail of clues led to Canada.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/1/o/p/v/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lbcn9.png/1503995007860.jpg)
Investigation started in Australia but ended in Canada as a six-year-old is saved from an alleged rapist.
Killer nurse 'slayed dozens more'
![Former nurse Niels H masks his face with a folder on his arrival in the courtroom at the regional court in Oldenburg, ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/b/0/c/2/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lb18p.png/1503996400671.jpg)
A German nurse convicted of six murders may actually have killed another 84, possibly even more.
Dog 'fetches' bomb
![Peppah's owners told her to leave the mortar on the ground, but she kept bringing it back and barking.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/b/z/i/5/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lbzhy.png/1504030837164.jpg)
Australian family's day at beach almost ends in disaster after dog finds WWII mortar to play fetch with.
Saving a child porn victim
Investigation started in Australia but ended in Canada as a six-year-old is saved from an alleged rapist.
Trump staff backing away?
![US President Donald Trump has been publicly rebuked by two of his highest-ranking Cabinet officials in the past week.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/7/l/f/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lb1cg.png/1503988746063.jpg)
OPINION: Two of US President's highest-ranking Cabinet officials take a huge step backward from their boss.
Trump mixes up blonde reporters
![US President Donald Trump seems to have a little trouble telling blonde, female reporters apart.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/b/j/y/f/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lbkfu.png/1503974575006.jpg)
For a man who seems to enjoy surrounding himself with blonde women, you'd think he might be better at being able to tell them apart.
Movie fans show they give a damn
![A US cinema has cancelled its long-running annual screenings of Gone With the Wind after complaints from patrons and ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/b/3/q/g/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lb1l9.png/1503955166562.jpg)
Movie theatre believed it could no longer show a film "that is insensitive to a large segment of its local population".
Two lawsuits challenge Trump
![Like his travel ban executive orders earlier in the year, US President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people in the ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/6/r/5/v/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lb1ci.png/1503945982717.jpg)
Civil rights groups file two new lawsuits challenging ban on transgender people serving in US military.
Trump staff backing away?
![US President Donald Trump has been publicly rebuked by two of his highest-ranking Cabinet officials in the past week.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/7/l/f/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lb1cg.png/1503988746063.jpg)
OPINION: Two of US President's highest-ranking Cabinet officials take a huge step backward from their boss.
Shots fired at storm rescuers
![People are rescued from flood waters from Hurricane Harvey on an air boat in Dickinson, Texas.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/b/g/7/o/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lbgmq.png/1503981869246.jpg)
Looters in devastated parts of Texas are taking aim at boats trying to help flood-hit victims.
Harvey 'gathering strength' again
![Residents use boats to evacuate flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey along Tidwell Road east Houston, Texas.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/b/d/f/u/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lbdgm.png/1503981824165.jpg)
Tropical storm is expected to threaten flood-hit Houston for a second time.
Baby named after hurricane
![Welcome to the world Harvey.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/b/o/b/s/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lbmda.png/1503982498273.jpg)
As winds shrieked outside, Irma Rodriguez's son entered the world. The name Harvey seemed just right.
Killer nurse 'slayed dozens more'
![Former nurse Niels H masks his face with a folder on his arrival in the courtroom at the regional court in Oldenburg, ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/b/0/c/2/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lb18p.png/1503996400671.jpg)
A German nurse convicted of six murders may actually have killed another 84, possibly even more.
Di used media, and they used her
![Diana believed she could summon the cameras when she wanted flattering stories, and send them away when she'd had enough.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/7/3/5/j/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1la71g.png/1503873246442.jpg)
OPINION: The only thing that sells better than a fairy tale is a fairy tale gone wrong. And Diana certainly knew how to sell her side of the story.
Chemical 'haze' on UK coast
![People said their eyes were left stinging by the "haze".](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/a/a/6/0/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1la406.png/1503873229116.jpg)
More than 200 people being treated in hospital after mysterious "weird mist" rolled across a British beach, stinging peoples' eyes.
Eight climbers die in three accidents
![Three accidents in Europe's Alps turned deadly at the weekend. (File photo)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/a/3/3/4/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1la32a.png/1503851444165.jpg)
Deadly weekend in the European Alps as accidents in Austria and Italy turn deadly for mountain climbers.
Kiwi yachties save family
![The catamaran ran onto rocks in heavy seas. (File photo).](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/o/c/u/5/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1ladh4.png/1503881135556.jpg)
A distress call from a remote reef was lucky to be heard by a Kiwi yacht overnight.
Tongan PM dismissed
![Akilisi Pohiva has been dismissed as Tonga's prime minister.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/6/2/8/c/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1l980o.png/1503655430853.jpg)
Tonga goes to the polls on November 16 after king dismisses PM and dissolves Parliament.
Quake strikes waters in Fiji
![This region in the Pacific frequently experiences earthquakes of magnitudes over five.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/g/g/o/i/1/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1l4mzb.png/1503130505495.jpg)
The hypocentre of the earthquake on Saturday was situated at a depth of 538 kilometres in the sea and 287.4 km east of Suva, Fiji's capital.
Mum dies in Cook Islands
![The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is aware of the death of a New Zealander in the Cook Islands.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/b/k/a/m/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1l2lt5.png/1502879755701.jpg)
Much-loved Waikato wife and mother Michelle Robertson died in Rarotonga, aged 37.
'Missile launch! Missile launch!'
![The Japanese government's alert message notifying citizens of a ballistic missile launch by North Korea, which was sent ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/b/z/c/w/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lbzay.png/1504025054088.jpg)
Ai Onodera was sound asleep in Hokkaido when an alarm on her mobile phone jolted her awake.
Japan tightens US alliance
![Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump get on well on a personal level.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/k/9/4/n/f/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lbxkc.png/1503999071768.jpg)
ANALYSIS: Facing threat from North Korea and a rising China, Japan forced to rely on a Washington in constant turmoil.
Another Indian train derails
![Indian railway network comprises of 115,000km of track and 7500 stations. (file photo)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/b/o/s/k/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lbonb.png/1503980418101.jpg)
People are trapped as seven coaches of a passenger train come off tracks.
Missile prompts travel advisory
![North Korea recently fired three short-range ballistic missiles (file photo).](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/k/p/i/v/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lb4j2.png/1503977457073.jpg)
Warnings the situation around Japan could "escalate" after North Korea fires missile over the country.
Jail for using a plastic bag
![A woman recycles plastic bags from a river near the Dondora dumpsite in Nairobi, Kenya.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/b/4/5/k/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lb3rr.png/1503963733733.jpg)
Kenya gets tough on plastic with police road blocks for bag checks and fines of over $50,000.
From Morningside to Mozambique
![Eight Auckland Transport trains are on their way to the African city of Maputo.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/9/2/2/n/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1l91rp.png/1503632016206.jpg)
Diesel trains once used by Auckland commuters will now rumble through Maputo, in Africa.
Model challenges first lady's immunity
![Gabriella Engels claims to have been assaulted by Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/5/c/u/n/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1l8jd0.png/1503579478875.jpg)
Model says Zimbabwe's first lady whipped her with a cord, and wants her to answer for it.
Cargo ship breaks in two
![The crew of the ship was rescued, while half of the vessel sank.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/a/s/4/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1lag11.png/1503899342269.jpg)
Eleven-man crew rescued from sinking cargo vessel after it broke in two in the Black Sea.
After air strike, only she survived
![A doctor attends to Buthaina Muhammad Mansour, believed to be 4 or 5, at a hospital after she survived a Saudi-led air ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/l/9/q/b/i/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1l9ril.png/1503765360760.jpg)
Her bruised eyes still swollen shut, little Yemeni girl doesn't yet know her family has been killed.
One missing in military chopper crash
![The crew was training in the Black Hawk helicopter (file photo).](http://web.archive.org./web/20170830023544im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/1/k/z/g/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1l9ql7.png/1503750278330.jpg)
The US Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the southern coast of Yemen.