Seafront affordable homes planned for industrial land near Napier
Supplied Napier City Council is considering a proposal for affordable homes and a storage building on the seafront. A company has lodged plans to build affordable...
Police call for sightings of red hatchback after fatal hit-and-run in the Hutt
Google Maps A pedestrian was killed on a stretch of Eastern Hutt Rd on Tuesday morning in a hit-and-run. Police are calling for possible witnesses who...
Consultation starts on Wakatu Quay project
Supplied An artist’s rendering of the new Wakatu Quay development proposed for Kaikōura. Whether the Kaikōura District Council will borrow more than $800,000 for the Wakatu...
Mookie Betts hits 29th homer and Freddie Freeman goes 3 for 4 as Dodgers rout lowly Athletics 10-1
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts hit his 29th homer, Freddie Freeman went 3 for 4 and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the lowly Oakland Athletics...
Wings beat the Storm 76-65 in showdown between Ogunbowale and Loyd
SEATTLE (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale scored 27 points, hitting five 3-pointers, Satou Sabally added 18 points and nine rebounds, and the Dallas Wings beat the Seattle...
China proposes to limit children’s smartphone time to a maximum of 2 hours a day
BEIJING (AP) — China’s internet watchdog has laid out regulations to curb the amount of time children spend on their smartphones, in the latest blow to...
Typhoon Khanun forecast to turn back to Japanese islands where it already left damage and injuries
TOKYO (AP) — The typhoon that damaged homes and knocked out power on Okinawa and other Japanese islands this week was slowly moving west Thursday but...
California voters may face dueling measures on 2024 ballot about oil wells near homes and schools
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters may be asked twice on the same November 2024 ballot whether to keep or to ditch a law mandating new...
Vast majority of submissions to UN body on Israeli occupation favor them, Palestinians say
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The vast majority of over 55 countries that made submissions to the U.N.’s highest judicial body which will give an advisory opinion...
Six months after East Palestine derailment, Congress deadlocked on new rules for train safety
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm, holding a flurry of hearings about the...