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Market close: NZ shares show resilience as Wall Street tumbles

The NZ sharemarket closed lower but was boosted in the afternoon after the Budget.

Budget 2022: Wall Street Journal breaches 2pm embargo

Budget provided to journalists and analysts hours before publication.

Buffalo mass shooting: House Democrats pass new domestic terrorism law

The vote was an answer to calls to address gun violence and white supremacist attacks.

Audrey Young: Robertson's Goldilocks Budget - not too little, not too much

But managing expectations around health, will be a challenge, writes Audrey Young.

More than 75% of long Covid patients in the US not hospitalised for initial illness

New York Times: Results paint sobering picture of long Covid's serious and ongoing impact.

She wrote How to Murder Your Husband. Did she do it?

New York Times: Writer on trial for allegedly shooting dead her spouse of 25 years.

'Pharma Bro': Turing CEO freed from prison early

Martin Shkreli was originally due to be released from prison in September 2023.

'Guilty': Ex-cop admits part in George Floyd's death

Guilty plea comes a week before the two-year anniversary of Floyd's May 25, 2020, killing.

Amber Heard's friend says she saw cuts and bruises

Raquel Pennington says she photographed Heard's swollen nose, cut lip, and black eyes.

The loved ones Covid left behind: 'For us, the pandemic isn't just this blip in our history'

New York Times: Nearly one million people have died from Covid in the United States.

They were at the Buffalo supermarket when shooting started. This is how they survived

New York Times: A beloved supermarket became the scene of a massacre.

US allows more baby formula imports to fight shortage

Formula from NZ, Australia and the UK expected to meet standards needed for importation.

Are sheep a crucial ingredient for vineyards and ecosystems?

New York Times: A California site shows the value of animals in the vines.

Passenger who landed plane credits 'hand of God'

Darren Harrison was relaxing onboard when the pilot called out "guys, I don't feel good".

Buffalo gunman 'aimed to keep killing'

Prosecutors consider federal hate crime or domestic terror charges against Payton Gendron.

Heard testifies: Depp was hallucinating, denies poo incident

Yorkshire terrier left a mess on their bed after it ate Depp's marijuana, Heard says.

How Australia saved thousands of lives while Covid killed 1 million Americans

New York Times: If US had the same death rate, about 900,000 lives may have been saved.

Hero' guard, sacrificed his life to help shoppers

Hero guard who sacrificed his life to help shoppers was one of 10 killed in attack.