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Early on Halloween morning, Kash Patel made a big announcement. “The FBI thwarted a potential terrorist attack,” he said. Except there was one problem: criminal charges had not yet been filed and local police were left in the dark. Catching wind of their impending arrests, two alleged co-conspirators in the Islamic State-inspired plot to blow up a Michigan gay bar brought forward their getaway plans. One suspect from New Jersey made it to…

A Market Gently Waking Up - For the first time in a long while, the signals coming from the economy, the banks and everyday buyers are starting to all line up at the same time. It is not a boom. It is not even a surge. But it is a clear shift away from the uncertainty that has weighed on the property market for the past three years. The latest ASB Housing Confidence Survey sums it up neatly: buyers now see conditions as the most favourable in…

Ingredients - Roughly 1kg sourdough or a crusty white bread - Olive oil, for frying - 1 onion, finely chopped - 2 leeks, thickly sliced - A small bunch of thyme - 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped - 3 tsp smoked garlic granules - 2 tsp garlic granules - 250g fresh cranberries - 200g dried apricots - Zest of 2 oranges and the juice of 1 - Zest and juice of 4 lemons - 500ml hot vegetable stock Timings Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 55 minutes…

For years, residents living near the Tutaenui Stream have warned the Auckland Council of a growing and entirely preventable problem: a choked, neglected waterway that has become a repeat flooding hazard. The solution is neither complex nor controversial — the stream simply needs proper clearing and ongoing maintenance. Contractors themselves have confirmed it. A similar clearance in 2003 kept the area safe for eight years. Yet today, instead of…

The government has announced a plan to cap annual council rate hikes at four percent by 2029, arguing that households cannot keep absorbing steep increases from local authorities. Labour has come out firmly against the cap, positioning itself on the opposite side of the issue to most ratepayers. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said ratepayers are being forced to tighten their belts while many councils continue to spend on “nice-to-haves…