PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ” A Mexican national charged with aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of three people at a rural Oregon blueberry farm had been deported six times, most recently in 2013, according to U.S. Immigration and…
Top selling cars and trucks in the US in June
Automakers released June U.S. sales of new cars and trucks on Friday. Here are the top selling vehicles, the number sold and the percent sales rose or fell from last June.Source: Autodata Corp.
US rig count up 10 this week to 431
HOUSTON (AP) ” The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 10 this week to 431.A year ago, 862 rigs were active. Depressed energy prices have sharply curtailed oil and gas exploration.Houston…
Tesla driver killed in crash while using car's 'Autopilot'
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The first person to die in a U.S. crash involving a car in self-driving mode was the tech-savvy 40-year-old owner of a Tesla Model S who nicknamed his car “Tessy” and praised its sophisticated “Autopilot” system.Joshua…
Brothel injunction denied for a second time
A landlord whose tenants include a posh Auckland restaurant has lost its second attempt to stop an alleged brothel being run from their building.Sale 33 owns a building on the central Auckland street of the same name, which houses…
Wet weather causing internet, phone outages
Wet weather has caused faults in the Chorus copper network, leaving Spark customers without broadband and phone connections in some areas.Spark said it had experienced over 6000 fault related calls per day this week, an increase…
IRD: Telephone scam still generating 200 complaints daily
The Inland Revenue Department says the latest telephone phishing scam is unusual because it’s still generating about 200 complaints a day despite media publicity that typically causes these types of scams to disappear.Over the past…
Brexit and Donald Trump: Why the world is suddenly searching for New Zealand property
Brexit and US presidential candidate Donald Trump have are believed to have triggered a surge in searches of New Zealand property listings from Britain and America.Brendon Skipper, realestate.co.nz chief executive, said that the…
Ruling party defeated in Mongolian parliament elections
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) ” The opposition Mongolian People’s Party has won a decisive victory in parliamentary elections in the landlocked nation where a fall in commodity prices has sent the economy into a sharp decline.The head…
Auckland Port move tipped to cost $4b -$5.5b
Ports of Auckland could be moved to a new “super port” in the Manukau Harbour or the Firth of Thames at a cost of $4 billion to $5.5 billion.That is one of the main findings of a Port Future Study report due to be released tomorrow…