Instant analysis of 49ers’ 28-18 loss to Chiefs in Super Bowl rematch
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk sustained what the San Francisco 49ers believe is a season-ending knee injury Sunday, compounding their sorrowful feelings after being dealt a 28-18 loss to the two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs.
BIIF volleyball playoffs: Vikings, Warriors and others advance
KEALAKEHE — Third-seeded (East) Hilo girls volleyball drove to the Kona side over the weekend for one objective — advance to the semifinals of the Central Pacific Bank/Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) Division I Tournament. On Saturday’s opening-round match against No. 2 (West) Kealakehe, the Vikings did just that.
Nyara Sabally helps Liberty capture title in OT vs. Lynx
Nyara Sabally picked a good night to play one of the best games of her life.
Dodgers send Mets home, head back to World Series
LOS ANGELES — Tommy Edman hit a two-run home run and drove in four runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the World Series with a 10-5 victory over the New York Mets on Sunday night in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series.
Patriots’ 32-16 loss to Jaguars solidifies them among NFL’s very worst teams
LONDON — If the first six weeks of the season didn’t prove it already, the New England Patriots’ 32-16 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium solidified them among the NFL’s lowest of the low.
AI is supposed to be Hollywood’s next big thing. What’s taking so long?
Earlier this year, OpenAI and other artificial intelligence companies wooed Hollywood studios with the futuristic promise of AI tools that they said could help make the business of creating movies and television shows faster, easier and cheaper.
Vegan meals should be standard in hospitals — Here’s why
Vegan food is medicine. But during a recent hospital stay, I saw an absurd number of animal-derived foods on the menu: greasy cheese, cholesterol-laden meat, fatty dairy milk. It made about as much sense as a mechanic pouring tallow into an engine.
Letters to the editor for October 21
Guidance from League of Women Voters
Cuba grid collapses again as hurricane looms
HAVANA — Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, the fourth such failure in 48 hours as a looming hurricane threatened to wreak further havoc on the island’s decrepit infrastructure.
Want to understand the US economy? Watch ‘Shark Tank’
One day in late June, a panel of investors entertained business ideas from around the country. A kitschy Advent calendar. A fancy mini-fridge for drinks. A flashlight that emits beams from multiple angles. A machine that grows mushrooms. Bendable cups. Pet plants (for you, not your cat).
Trump, slinging fries and smearing Harris, takes turn behind a McDonald’s counter
FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE, Pa. — Donald Trump walked into one of his favorite restaurants Sunday and declared he was “looking for a job.”
2 dead, hundreds rescued in ‘historic’ New Mexico floods
Hundreds of people were rescued in eastern New Mexico late Saturday and Sunday, as torrential rains dumped more than a third of the city of Roswell’s annual rainfall total in just a few hours, causing at least two deaths, officials said.
Officials search for answers after collapse of dock in Georgia kills 7
Officials on a Georgia island Sunday were investigating the collapse of a ferry dock gangway the previous day that killed seven people and left three others hospitalized. The dock was carrying people gathered for an annual celebration of a community of slave descendants.
BLM moves full steam ahead on geothermal energy in Nevada
The hot, briny water far beneath Nevada’s public lands may be an indispensable solution to the climate crisis.
US investigates leak on intelligence about Israel’s Iran attack plans
(Reuters) — The United States is investigating the leak of a pair of highly classified intelligence documents describing Israel’s preparations for a retaliatory strike on Iran, House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday.
Lebanese flee as blasts hit Beirut, Israel warns of strikes on Hezbollah finance arm
BEIRUT/CAIRO — Hundreds of Beirut residents fled their homes late on Sunday with multiple explosions heard across the Lebanese capital, as Israel prepared to attack sites linked to the financial operations of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group and told people to leave those areas immediately.
Sniffing out trouble: Dogs being trained to detect little fire ants
Four-legged friends could help root out six-legged pests under a growing program to teach dogs how to detect little fire ants.
Ag board seeks rule changes to slow spread of invasive species
A series of temporary state regulations to mitigate the spread of coconut rhinoceros beetles and other invasive species could become permanent.
Musk’s $1 million offer raises new legal questions
Elon Musk is dramatically ratcheting up his effort to use his fortune to help Donald Trump win Pennsylvania — and inviting some new legal scrutiny along the way.
US agencies fund, and fight with, Elon Musk. A Trump presidency could give him power over them
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk’s influence over the federal government is extraordinary, and extraordinarily lucrative.
