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[ad_1] Before his death from Covid-19, former US State Senator Larry Dixon spoke to his wife of 53 years from her hospital bed and asked her to broadcast a warning. “Honey, we blew it. We just let our guard down, ”recalled former Alabama senator Dr. David Thrasher, a pulmonologist and …

[ad_1] Sean McKinnon would help anyone, even a stranger who hit his trailer in the middle of the night. But that stranger, Mark Ronald Garson, didn’t give him a chance. He shot McKinnon twice, in front of his fiancée, Bianca Buckley and even while McKinnon tried to comply with his …

[ad_1] ROBERT KITCHEN / Things Chris Hipkins has not released a report on the government’s border failures. Pressure is mounting on the government to release a report that it commissioned its managed quarantine and isolation facilities. The report was commissioned by the government in August after repeated border failures likely …

[ad_1] A man who admitted to buying a $ 215,000 car on behalf of the vice president of the Comancheros gang was sentenced to six months in community detention. Ron Junior Amani previously admitted to a money laundering charge in connection with the purchase of a Mercedes-Benz vehicle for Tyson …

[ad_1] Auckland City Mission is preparing for its annual Christmas operation, but it will not include your usual Christmas Day lunch. An Auckland City Mission spokeswoman said the Covid-19 pandemic means this Christmas will be different for the Mission and its clients, which include some of Auckland’s most vulnerable. The …

[ad_1] There are three new Covid-19 cases to report, all in isolation managed, on Wednesday. Of the three new cases, two are active cases and one historical, the Health Ministry said. Of the two active cases, one arrived on December 7, but its country of origin was not yet available, …

[ad_1] OPINION Let me start by saying that I would recommend people to use the Ministry of Health’s Covid Tracer app and turn on the new Bluetooth proximity tracking feature that will be available starting Thursday. I will be doing it. What can you lose? However, the sad reality is …

[ad_1] A helicopter pilot involved in the Whakaari / White Island rescue operation is honored by a petition calling for the charges against him to be dropped. But he wants the families of the victims to be the center of attention. “It is humbling that people in the industry want …

[ad_1] Using technology created by Apple and Google, the Health Ministry has improved its Covid-19 contact tracing capabilities ahead of the busy Christmas and New Year period. New Bluetooth capabilities rolling out to the NZ Covid Tracer app on Thursday digitally record a user’s “anonymous handshake” with people they come …

[ad_1] Chief Health Officer Dr. Ashley Bloomfield during his update on the Covid-19 response at the Ministry of Health in Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell There are three new cases of Covid-19 in controlled isolation and a suspected case of the virus on a ship that docked in Tauranga. Of …