A grieving widow whose dying husband was told to wait eight weeks for an “urgent” specialist assessment says she will grow old alone and her children are without a father. The wife of Blair Vining – who became the face of New Zealand’s “shocking” postcode lottery care – spoke yesterday after the Government unveiled the biggest overhaul of the country’s […]
Read moreInflation perked up in the March quarter and appears destined to breach the Reserve Bank’s target of 2 per cent by mid-year, but that doesn’t mean interest rates are going anywhere, any time soon. Higher prices for transport and housing drove the consumers price index up by 0.8 per cent in the March quarter – in line with market expectations. […]
Read moreHer Majesty The Queen will spend her 95th birthday without receiving the romantic present she has always received from her husband of 73 years Prince Philip, following his tragic death. Every year, The Duke of Edinburgh would purchase a lovely bouquet of flowers for the Queen to mark her special day, the Daily Express reports. Prince Philip, whom Elizabeth married […]
Read moreCorey Wise has been named superintendent of the Douglas County School District. On Tuesday, the board of education voted 5-2 to offer Wise the job. Wise has served as interim superintendent since October, following Thomas Tucker’s departure in September. He was selected from more than 100 applicants and four finalists. “Selecting the superintendent is one of the most critical decisions […]
Read moreThe Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox A tour guide who was mauled by a grizzly bear while he was out fishing in the US has died of a "massive stroke". Carl Mock, 40, was attacked by a beast weighing up to 360kg outside of a town in Montana, […]
Read moreCovid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins is providing the latest update at 1pm on the Auckland airport worker who tested positive yesterday despite being fully vaccinated. He will be accompanied by Dr Caroline McElnay, the director of public health, and they will also provide the latest numbers for the vaccine roll-out. A week ago there had been 135,585 jabs of the […]
Read moreA point-of-sale system powering Colorado dispensaries went down Tuesday on the biggest marijuana holiday of the year. Denver-based FlowHub said an outage caused by a third-party authentication service caused the service to crash on April 20, colloquially known as 4/20. It’s unclear how many dispensaries in the state have been affected and a company representative was not immediately available for […]
Read moreSenate Democrats on Tuesday renewed their push for a national expansion of voting rights, summoning leaders from the battleground state of Georgia to help build a public case that Congress should intervene to lower state barriers to voting. At a heated hearing on Capitol Hill, senators quizzed elected officials, academics and advocates on the state’s new election law and dozens […]
Read moreTsunamis can be generated by earthquakes, landslides, undersea volcanic eruptions and even crashing meteorites. And despite better warnings, we are more at risk. By Paul Gorman. When the tsunami came that winter morning in 1868, many Chatham Islanders were asleep.Accompanied by a rising roar, three waves more than 6m high suddenly surged 6km inland across parts of the northern and […]
Read moreAthleta will enter Canada later this year with stores and e-commerce, marking a key step forward in the brand’s bid to surpass $2 billion in volume by 2023. The San Francisco-based Athleta plans to launch e-commerce in Canada late this summer. In the fall, two retail stores will open in the Yorkdale Shopping Center in Toronto and the Park Royal […]
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