Articles by Eric Thompson
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World
Michael Cohen: A challenging star witness in Donald Trump’s hush money trial
Monday, 13 May 2024, 11:56AMHe once said he would take a bullet for Donald Trump. Now Michael Cohen is prosecutors’ biggest piece of legal ammunition...
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World
Recording of Trump's conversation exposes plan to buy the silence of Playboy model
Friday, 3 May 2024, 4:13PMNEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in the hush money trial of Donald Trump heard a recording Thursday of him discussing with his then-lawyer...
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Sport
'Exciting times': Supercars' Taupō sellout no shock to Kiwi legend
Sunday, 14 April 2024, 4:31PMThe fact the inaugural Supercars round in Taupō has sold out on Saturday and Sunday is no shock to former driver Greg Murphy. “I’m...
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Sport
Motorsport: Kiwis hit top gear on world’s race circuits
Sunday, 7 January 2024, 3:57PMAn ever-increasing number of New Zealand drivers and riders are doing great things in numerous categories around the world....
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World
Supreme Court rejects prosecutor’s push to fast-track ruling in Trump election subversion case
Saturday, 23 December 2023, 3:37PMThe United States Supreme Court says it will not immediately take up a plea by Special Counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether...
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Sport
Nick Cassidy has hurdles to overcome in Formula E
Saturday, 22 April 2023, 4:53PMNick Cassidy has some hurdles to overcome to extend his run of Formula E podium finishes in Berlin this weekend. Cassidy...
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Crime
Man cut off ankle bracelet to sexually violate toddler
Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 2:01PMWARNING: This story discusses sexual abuse and may be upsetting. A woman says her trust in others and herself as a mother...
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Crime
Deputy principal who sexually abused student, 10, tells parole board she's not ready for release from prison
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 5:20PMA school teacher who sexually violated and manipulated a 10-year-old boy has told the parole board that she doesn't want...
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Crime
Two men sentenced to home detention after robbing 95-year-old on Christmas Eve
Saturday, 27 August 2022, 6:43PMIt was Christmas Eve and Christian Henson and Jeremiah Moeara wanted money - so they set up near a busy money machine and...
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Crime
Alleged impostor doctor at Middlemore Hospital granted bail
Thursday, 18 August 2022, 2:37PMA man who allegedly faked documents to get a job as a doctor at Middlemore Hospital entered no plea when he appeared in court...
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Crime
Man attacked and raped walking home from watching All Blacks test
Saturday, 13 August 2022, 9:07AMA sex offender who attacked and violently raped a drunk pub-goer as he walked home from watching an All Blacks game has been...
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Crime
Phone stutter in call-taker job leads to sacking, then $22k compo for humiliation
Wednesday, 10 August 2022, 8:25PMA woman who was sacked because of her stutter has been awarded $22,000 in compensation for hurt, humiliation and lost earnings. Olivia...
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Crime
Baby death: Defence says mum's to blame, not the dad
Monday, 11 July 2022, 5:23PMA mother who repetitively lied to everyone on the day her son died should be on the stand, not his father Anthony Simon Pickering. That's...
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Crime
Ex-teacher guilty of child pornography appeals against sentence
Monday, 4 July 2022, 3:55PMFormer Nelson teacher Graham Duncan Snell, who was jailed in May for possessing sexual abuse images of children between the...
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World
'How dare you!': Grief, anger from Buffalo victims' kin
Friday, 20 May 2022, 4:11PMRelatives of the 10 black people massacred in a Buffalo supermarket pleaded with the nation on Thursday (local time) to confront...
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Crime
Gunshots heard: South Auckland man appears in court
Thursday, 5 May 2022, 6:27PMA South Auckland man has spent his first day as a 20-year-old in police custody. The young man was arrested and taken into...
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World
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders face off in first one-on-one debate
Monday, 16 March 2020, 6:39PMFormer Vice President Joe Biden brought olive branches to Sunday night's debate. But Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders preferred...
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World
US authorities say Prince Andrew has not cooperated over Jeffrey Epstein
Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 10:24AMThe FBI and prosecutors with the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York contacted Prince Andrew's lawyer...
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Audio
Grandmother killer whales boost calves' survival, study finds
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 4:14PMThe survival chances of young orca whales are boosted by the presence of their grandmothers, especially in times of food...
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World
Woman gives birth to other couples' babies after IVF mixup
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 12:42PMA couple from New York is suing a fertility clinic after a woman gave birth to other couples' babies because of an IVF mixup,...
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World
President Trump’s onetime campaign chairman guilty on 8 charges
Wednesday, 22 August 2018, 8:59AMPaul Manafort, the longtime political operative who for months led Donald Trump's winning presidential campaign, was found...
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National
Push for alternative new-born screening tests in hospitals
Sunday, 15 July 2018, 7:17AMHospitals are being urged to adopt a more accurate method of screening new born babies to prevent brain damage. The babies...
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National
Waikato University students create solution for drones
Sunday, 15 July 2018, 6:37AMA team of students from Waikato University could have found the answer to deal with pesky drones. They have beaten participants...
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National
Pike River mine families 'pleased' over re-entry plan
Sunday, 15 July 2018, 6:19AMThe families are pleased with the government's concept plan for the re-entry into the Pike River mine. Andrew Little has...