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The production opens Friday and runs for two weekends at the Lee H. Salisbury Lab Theatre.

A Washington man is charged with second-degree sodomy after he allegedly attempted to rape a 75-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease.

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

Who will win tonight's debate?  Will Christopher Luxon release his foreigner land purchase tax calculations spreadsheet?  Will Chris Hipkins talk about sausage rolls? Stay tuned ... 

ACT's proposal to put the potential meaning of the Treaty of Waitangi up for popular vote in a referendum is absurd dog whistling of the worst sort.

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The latest news in brief from around the Pacific.

Gainesville and University of Florida police have effectively stopped imposing criminal penalties in most cases for underage drinking starting in 2018, when the number of criminal complaints fell to 14 compared to nearly 200 a year earlier. It is a public policy choice by law enforcement and prosecutors that weighs the risks of underage and excessive drinking against prosecuting first-time offending young adults for behaviors common on college campuses.

City and campus police have effectively stopped imposing criminal penalties in most cases for underage drinking starting in 2018, when the number of criminal complaints fell to 14 compared to nearly 200 a year earlier.

Round-up of news from Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Vanuatu, Guam