UH lands Farrington RB, Kamehameha D-end
Both the state’s leading rusher and a top pass rusher will be joining the University of Hawaii football team.
Vikings deal Daggers first loss
Hilo High’s boys varsity basketball team defeated Pahoa High 60-48 on Wednesday night at the Vikings’ home court.
Reardon: Looks can be deceiving, like the Rainbows’ hoops record
The University of Hawaii men’s basketball team is 5-1 against Division I competition and ranked above UCLA in the NCAA’s Evaluation Tool (NET).
Put a ring on it: Cowboys crush Cardinals on banner night
KAPAAU — Nights like these never get old for Kohala boys basketball.
BIIF soccer: Waveriders win once again, Wildcats wash Lions
Kealakehe High’s boys soccer team shut out Waiakea High 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon in Hilo.
‘Even in the darkest of times, there is always light’; Hawaii Care Choices event brings together dozens in Hilo
Dozens of people held candles in the air as they honored their deceased loved ones together during Hawaii Care Choices’ first Season of Light candlelight tribute.
Nearly 600 EBT cardholders in Hawaii victimized by fraud
Dec. 14—Cybercriminals have accessed funds from nearly 600 Electronic Benefits Transfer cards in Hawaii, more than double the number recently reported, as food insecurity intensifies during the holidays.
‘Uniquely horrible choice:’ Few US adults want a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024, an AP-NORC poll shows
WASHINGTON — It’s the presidential election no one is really jazzed about.
Jurors deciding how much Giuliani must pay for lies in a Georgia election workers’ case
WASHINGTON — Jurors began deliberating Thursday to decide how much Rudy Giuliani must pay two former Georgia election workers for spreading lies about them that led to a barrage of racist threats and upended their lives.
Nation & world news – at a glance – for Friday, December 15, 2023
House passes defense bill, clearing it for Biden
Obituaries for December 15, 2023
Editor’s note: Obituaries are published free of charge as a public service. Content is subject to editing for parity treatment and style continuity. Date of publication cannot be guaranteed. Any questions regarding obituaries should be directed to the mortuary or to obituaries@westhawaiitoday.com. Memorial advertisements with photos may be purchased through the newspaper advertising department.
Against the odds, European Union agrees to open membership negotiations with Ukraine
BRUSSELS — The European Union decided Thursday to open accession negotiations with Ukraine, a momentous moment and stunning reversal for a country at war that had struggled to find the backing for its membership aspirations and long faced obstinate opposition from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Israeli defense minister says war on Hamas will last months as US envoy discusses timetable
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s defense minister said Thursday it will take months to destroy Hamas, predicting a drawn-out war even as his country and its top ally, the United States, face increasing international isolation and alarm over the devastation from the campaign in Gaza.
Older Americans to pay less for some drug treatments as drugmakers penalized for big price jumps
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of older Americans could pay less for some of their outpatient drug treatments beginning early next year, the Biden administration announced Thursday.
Oprah Winfrey portrait — featuring the color purple — unveiled at National Portrait Gallery
WASHINGTON — It seemed only fitting that Oprah Winfrey chose to wear a flowing, full-length purple dress for her portrait unveiled Wednesday at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.
Mickey Mouse will soon belong to you and me — with some caveats
LOS ANGELES — M-I-C-K-E-Y will soon belong to you and me.
Men charged with killing 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, to sell on black market
Two men killed about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, during a “killing spree” on Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation and elsewhere, then sold eagle parts on a black market that has been a long-running problem for U.S. wildlife officials, a federal grand jury indictment says.
Announcements for Friday, December 15, 2023
‘Movies for Grownups’ resumes In Kailua-Kona
Was King Herod the Great really so ‘great’? What history says about the bad guy of the Christmas story
King Herod will sound familiar to anyone who’s heard the Christmas story. King of Judea when Jesus of Nazareth was born, the ruler attempts to find and kill the baby after hearing that the “King of the Jews” has just been born.
Island Life photo for Friday, December 15, 2023 – ‘Paddling parade’
Island Life photo for Friday, December 15, 2023 – ‘Paddling parade’
An emboldened, confident Putin says there will be no peace in Ukraine until Russia’s goals are met
MOSCOW — Emboldened by battlefield gains and flagging Western support for Ukraine, a relaxed and confident President Vladimir Putin said Thursday there would be no peace until Russia achieves its goals, which he says remain unchanged after nearly two years of fighting.
Social media news is about to get more dangerous
According to a recent report from The Washington Post, the Biden administration has stopped warning social media companies about possible foreign meddling on their platforms, which means the government is starting to treat those platforms like what they are: publishers. It’s a logical move, but one that accelerates national security threats.
Hunter Biden isn’t being accused of any new wrongdoing. So why was he just indicted again?
It’s not necessarily sinister for a prosecutor to go from offering an attractive plea deal to a defendant to throwing the book at him. Plenty of defendants have seen that happen after they turn down a plea bargain or authorities turn up new evidence.
Ahead of meeting with US envoy, Israeli president says now isn’t time to discuss 2-state solution
JERUSALEM — Israel’s president has joined the ranks of high-ranking Israeli officials to speak out against a two-state solution after the war in Gaza.
Warriors star Draymond Green suspended indefinitely by NBA
SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was suspended indefinitely by the NBA on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he hit Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic in the face and received a Flagrant 2 foul and ejection.
