Homicide investigation launched after death of mother and son

Can't view this email, [click here]( 06 April 2022 Hi {NAME}, Catch up on today's latest news in your daily briefing. Top Headlines [Large Article Image]( [Homicide investigation launched after death of mother and son]( Police are understood to be working on the theory that it was a suspected murder-suicide, and that a man killed his mother. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Large Article Image]( [XE: What is the Omicron recombinant variant that might be more transmissible than BA.2?]( A new Covid strain is being watched closely by scientists. It might be the beginning of the phase of the "recombinants". [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Deaths of New Zealand couple in Tonga due to electrocution, police say]( Tongan police say it appears the deaths of Ben and Rochelle Neill were accidental. 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