Letters — Your voice — for October 12
Free speech doesn’t mean lie endlessly
Waimea Fall Festival is this Saturday
WAIMEA — The public is invited to welcome the fall season with a full day of family fun and something for everyone at the fifth annual Waimea Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Spencer K. Schutte Waimea District Park (67-1315 Ala ‘Ohia Road).
Ukraine investigates death of journalist in Russian detention
Ukraine said on Friday it was investigating the death in Russian captivity of a Ukrainian journalist whose first-hand reports provided a glimpse into life under Russian occupation early in Moscow’s invasion.
US creates new marine sanctuary along California coast
(Reuters) — The Biden administration on Friday announced the creation of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary along California’s central coast, a victory for the Chumash tribe that pursued the designation for a decade.
Harris to tout policies to win back Black men moving to Trump, sources say
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris will next week highlight her economic policies that benefit Black men, hoping to energize a voting bloc that some advisers fear has embraced Republican rival Donald Trump in large numbers, three sources familiar with the plans said.
Creating enchanting fall tablescapes
Here are some tips for a beautiful and festive table this fall holiday season.
Trump ratchets up rhetoric, calls for death penalty for migrants who kill Americans
Donald Trump portrayed migrants as dangerous criminals during a rally in Aurora, Colorado, on Friday, calling for the death penalty for migrants who kill U.S. citizens as he escalates the anti-immigration rhetoric that has fueled his presidential run.
For atomic bomb survivors, a Nobel Prize and a reckoning, 80 years later
Cities blasted to rubble. Burned bodies and flayed flesh. Invisible waves of radiation coursing through the air. And the indelible image of a mushroom cloud.
Small Business Administration will soon exhaust disaster loan funds
WASHINGTON — Small Business Administration officials warned Tuesday that the agency would “very soon” exhaust its funding for new disaster loans for homeowners and businesses in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
Battered Florida begins long recovery from back-to-back major hurricanes
FORT PIERCE, Fla. —
BIIF football: Aipia ending BIIF career on a high note
KAMUELA — Every team wants a player who leads by example — someone who puts their head down and gets to work, no matter the circumstances. Someone who inspires his teammates to work just as hard as them.
BIIF sports: Warriors rout Daggers
KEA‘AU — Business was booming for Kamehameha Schools-Hawai‘i football on Thursday night against Pahoa. The Warriors routed the Daggers 59-0 in Kea‘au. It was the second time KSH shut out Pahoa.
Hawaii QB Schager takes the hits and keeps on playing
Thousands trapped in Jabalia camp as Israel escalates deadly attacks in northern Gaza
Thousands of people are trapped in Gaza’s Jabalia camp as Israeli forces attack the area, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) said on Friday, a week after Israel launched an offensive there which it says is aimed at stopping Hamas regrouping.
Obituaries for October 12
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Election may decide if Trump’s legal woes reach US Supreme Court or wither
The U.S. Supreme Court during its last term handed Donald Trump victories in three major cases. But those may not be the last of the former president’s legal entanglements that the court is asked to decide.
More than 15 million US adults have ADHD, new study estimates
Roughly 15.5 million U.S. adults have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and most of them struggle with gaining access to treatment for the condition, according to data from a U.S. study released on Thursday.
Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs and delay first 777X delivery as strike hits finances
Boeing will cut 17,000 jobs — 10% of its global workforce — delay first deliveries of its 777X jet by a year and record $5 billion in losses in the third quarter, as the U.S. planemaker continues to spiral during a month-long strike.
