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Man accused of killing baby boy appears in court

Cold case murder arrest

An Auckland man who allegedly murdered his estranged girlfriend in 1987 has handed himself into police after being on the run for almost 24 years.

Murder victims' names revealed

The names of two men murdered in a $2 million mansion can now be revealed but the identity of their alleged killer remained suppressed in court this morning.

Man charged after baby dies

Police have charged a 21-year-old man with the manslaughter of a five-month-old baby who died in Hawkes Bay last week.

Manslaughter charge over Taranaki death

Double murder accused had multiple civil claims served on him

A man accused of murdering two people at a multimillion-dollar mansion had several civil court claims filed against him.

Accused subject of 'threat'

Double murder accused in court

A man charged with a double murder in Auckland has had his name suppressed so his children can be told of the charges. He will reappear in court on Monday.

Tears and recriminations in Tucson

Flickering candles, flowers and stuffed toys cram the pavement in the immediate vicinity of shot congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford's office.

Outburst disrupts child-sex violation court appearance

The family of a girl, 5, found dead last month had to be restrained when the man accused of sexually violating her appeared in court today.

Murder accused committed for trial

Five arrested after Kaikohe fight

Pair accused of attacking Wairoa officer refused bail

Hearing delayed for teens accused of attacking officer

<i>Nicola Lamb</i>: Politics of fear spawn politics of the gun

There was something awfully inevitable about the Tucson shooting, writes the Herald's Foreign Editor Nicola Lamb.

<i>Editorial</i>: Rhetoric of violence must be reined in

It would be dangerous to instantly suggest that the shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was the product of a poisoned political climate in the United States.