[ad_1] Shaquada Atkins sat waiting in her car behind a queue of voters snaking down the road and around the corner as the snow began to fall hard in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The 29-year-old had gone to the polling station with two friends who had not cast a vote since Barack …
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[ad_1] America’s Cup defender New Zealand’s team has taken the first step in negotiating a deal on the reinstallation of two main racetracks, struck out after rivals moved on to the sport’s Refereeing Panel. The Italian Challenger of Record (CoR) had argued that the New Zealand team would have unfair …
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[ad_1] Kyle Jamieson has scored a sensational hat-trick for Auckland at the Plunket Shield. Playing for Auckland against the Central Districts at Eden Park Outer Oval on the second day of his first-class match Thursday, Jamieson took three consecutive wickets. Got Tom Bruce caught in the cordon before Dane Cleaver …
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[ad_1] Air New Zealand is shedding around 935 international cabin crew as New Zealand border restrictions continue to affect passenger demand. The layoffs come at the same time that an international industry lobby group warned airlines cannot cut costs enough to offset severe cash burns to avoid bankruptcies and preserve …
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[ad_1] Smiths City Group says it will open five more stores next year as part of a rebrand unveiled at its new flagship store at The Colombo Mall in Christchurch. New owner Colin Neal bought the 102-year-old business in May after it went bankrupt, and has since closed eight stores …
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[ad_1] The Zhimin Yang Monument on Westgate Drive, Massey. Photography / Brett Phibbs A divorced man now on trial for murder swore he would pretend to be insane if he ever got in trouble with the law, claims his former roommate. Manchao Li, 65, denies killing Zhimin Yang in West …
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[ad_1] Rocket Lab’s fourteenth mission to deploy satellites in space has been a success, the company confirmed shortly before noon. The launch from the Māhia peninsula near Gisborne on Thursday morning had particular significance for the company. The Electron rocket carried a satellite developed by Canon and a new generation …
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[ad_1] New Zealand Police / Supplied Police seized MDMA, cash and firearms in Operation Cincinnati. Several people will appear in an Auckland court facing a series of charges in relation to the importation, production and supply of illegal drugs, including MDMA. On Thursday, police said 26 people had been arrested …
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[ad_1] Drugs, weapons and cash were seized in the raids. Photo / Police More than two dozen people have been arrested and millions of dollars in assets seized in a series of police raids on Auckland property. The operation was aimed at the importation, production and supply of illegal drugs. …
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[ad_1] New Zealand Police / Supplied Police seized MDMA, cash and firearms in Operation Cincinnati. Several people will appear in an Auckland court facing a series of charges in relation to the importation, production and supply of illegal drugs, including MDMA. On Thursday, police said 26 people had been arrested …
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