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So long, Jack Reacher. Why Lee Child is handing over the series

Times: At the age of 65, Lee Child is hanging up his pen as his brother takes over.

David Letterman isn't here to cheer you up this time

New York Times: The veteran TV host is back with a perspective altered by coronavirus.

Inside the tragic death of Baby Royal

Social workers should have visited baby after concerns raised just weeks before his death.

Odd noises and strange illnesses: Concerns of foreign attacks on US diplomats

New York Times: Mysterious illnesses have hit US diplomats in China, Cuba and Russia.

Ferocious weather first claimed their life raft, and then their yacht. This is how three Kiwi sailors survived

Help came from above, and just in time.

Inside the wreckage of California's worst wildfires on record

Times: Inside a devastated community on the front line of a climate catastrophe.

'I was toxic': From billionaire wife to prison widow

Times: When her husband was jailed, Lady Black's life of luxury came crashing down.

A dose of optimism, as the pandemic rages on

New York Times: The months ahead will be difficult. But the medical cavalry is coming.

Election 2020: Cut to the chase - On the trail of the real Judith Collins

Blue thunder, Grey Power and holy poses: Will the real Judith Collins please stand up?

Hemp comes in from the cold: Once-banned crop catching on with farmers

Growing hemp is catching on with farmers wanting to diversify.

Election 2020: What's the plan to crank up the economy? Policies compared

It is not unusual for Government parties to have fewer policies than Oppositions.

Ski, party, seed a pandemic: Travel rules that let Covid-19 take flight

New York Times: How thousands of skiers carried the virus to 40 nations on 5 continents.

An NBA season like no other: 'One of the worst, strangest years'

New York Times: Nothing about the 2019-20 NBA season was normal.

Inside story: NZ First SFO probe and its fight for election survival

NZ First came to Parliament care of a tangle with the SFO. Will it leave the same way?

Election 2020: What's the plan to improve Māori outcomes? Policies compared

Parliament has the largest make-up of Māori MPs in history, so how have they fared?

NZ First Foundation investigation: What happened behind those courtroom doors?

While there were rumours and rumblings, when charges were laid last week, nobody knew.