General Election Candidate Forum set for Oct. 17
The Waimea Community Association will host a General Election Candidate Forum spotlighting three key races: Hawaii County mayor, state House District 8 and County Council District 9.
NFL roundup: Jared Goff, Lions torch Cowboys
Jared Goff passed for 315 yards and three touchdowns but Detroit lost top defensive player Aidan Hutchinson in a 47-9 thumping of Dallas in Arlington, Texas on Sunday.
Kenya’s Chepngetich smashes women’s marathon world record
(Reuters) — Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich put on a performance for the ages as she obliterated the women’s marathon world record in Chicago on Sunday, taking nearly two minutes off the previous best to win in an unofficial time of two hours, nine minutes and 56 seconds.
If the pro-life movement loses this one, its future is in danger
I’ll never forget the first time I heard my oldest daughter’s heartbeat. My wife was experiencing trouble in the first three months of pregnancy, and we were worried she was miscarrying. We rode together to her doctor’s office, full of anxiety. And then we heard the magical sound — the pulsing of our little girl’s tiny heart. We didn’t know if she would ultimately be OK, but there was one thing we knew: Our daughter was alive.
SpaceX catches giant Starship booster in fifth flight test
SpaceX in its fifth Starship test flight on Sunday returned the rocket’s towering first stage booster back to its Texas launch pad for the first time using giant mechanical arms, achieving another novel engineering feat in the company’s push to build a reusable moon and Mars vehicle.
Local kickboxing: Two-day Toughman season finale this weekend
HILO — Two nights of non-stop kickboxing action begins Friday with the Next Generation Toughman Hawaii Season Finale at Hilo Civic Auditorium. Doors open at 5 p.m. with the show beginning at 6 p.m. and 2 p.m./3 p.m. on Saturday. Fighters from around the globe have made their way to Hilo to compete in what is becoming one of the largest junior international division martial arts competitions in the world.
BIIF volleyball: Vikings and Canefire win nailbiters; Wildcats, Ka Makani and Cowgirls sweep
The Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) girls volleyball season concluded its final weekend of the regular season slate across the island. Matches will wrap up this week before playoffs begin Friday night. See the paper later this week for finalized standings and the playoff matchups. The playoffs will open with an east vs. west format.
Boise State’s rush just too much for Hawaii
Breanna Stewart, Betnijah Laney-Hamilton guide Liberty past Lynx in Game 2
For the first time since July 6, Betnijah Laney-Hamilton scored 20 points, and she did so in a game where the New York Liberty desperately needed it.
A hedgehog, a centrifuge and other Millennial life-improvement splurges
How much ongoing joy can you get from something that weighs 8 ounces?
We may face another ‘too big to fail’ scenario as AI labs go unchecked
In the span of two or so years, OpenAI, Nvidia and a handful of other companies essential to the development of artificial intelligence have become economic behemoths. Their valuations and stock prices have soared. Their products have become essential to Fortune 500 companies. Their business plans are the focus of the national security industry. Their collapse would be, well, unacceptable. They are too big to fail.
A tale of 2 hurricanes finds more that differs than is the same
NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — Cindy Miller wasn’t sure where to begin the cleanup this weekend at her home in Englewood, Florida. Hurricane Milton had drenched her home and dumped debris everywhere. Much of it was not even hers. A sofa, doors and shoes littered the backyard, along with detritus that remained from Hurricane Helene, the deadliest hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in nearly two decades.
Texas man drops suit against women who helped ex-wife get abortion pills
A Texas man has dropped his lawsuit against three women who helped his ex-wife obtain abortion pills, a case widely seen as designed to discourage private citizens from aiding women in using the pills in states where abortion is all but banned.
NASA spacecraft to study whether Jupiter’s moon Europa can harbor life
WASHINGTON — NASA is set to launch a spacecraft to Jupiter’s moon Europa, considered one of our solar system’s most promising spots to search for life beyond Earth, to learn whether this ice-encased world believed to harbor a vast underground ocean is habitable.
The ground game: Harris’ turnout machine vs. Trump’s unproven alliance
In the final weeks of the 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are staking their chances on two radically different theories of how to win: one tried-and-true, the other untested in modern presidential campaigns.
China starts new round of war games near Taiwan, offers no end date
TAIPEI — China’s military started a new round of war games near Taiwan on Monday, saying it was a warning to the “separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces”, and offered no date for when they may conclude, drawing condemnation from Taipei’s government.
‘Terrifier 3’ tops box office with $18 million debut, ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ collapses with brutal 81% drop
There’s only room for one killer clown at the top of box office charts.
UN says Israeli tanks burst into peacekeeper base, Israel gives different account
JERUSALEM/NEW YORK — The United Nations said on Sunday Israeli tanks had burst through the gates of a base of its peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, the latest accusation of Israeli violations and attacks denounced by its own allies.
US to send anti-missile system and troops to Israel, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON — The United States said on Sunday it will send U.S. troops to Israel along with an advanced U.S. anti-missile system, in a highly unusual deployment meant to bolster the country’s air defenses following missile attacks by Iran. U.S. President Joe Biden said the move was meant “to defend Israel,” which is weighing an expected retaliation against Iran after Tehran fired more than 180 missiles at Israel on Oct 1.
