Island Life photo for October 30 — Tired turtle
Island Life photo for October 30 — Tired turtle
Concert offers fusion of Navajo melodies, jazz, funk
Kahilu Theatre in Waimea will host a one-of-a-kind concert featuring the Delbert Anderson Quartet at 7 p.m. on Friday.
BIIF volleyball: Wildcats and Warriors’ seasons end
HILO — Waiakea girls volleyball’s season ended Monday afternoon in an HHSAA opening-round match against visiting Kalaheo in the Warriors’ gymnasium.
BIIF football regular season wraps up
HILO — Hilo football closed its season on a high note Thursday night at Wong Stadium.
BIIF volleyball: HPA wins back-to-back CPB/BIIF titles
During Friday’s Central Pacific Bank/Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) Division II Girls Volleyball Championship in Waimea, No. 1 (West) Hawaii Preparatory Academy coach Daena Craven believed everything came together for her group.
Harris’ closing argument
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris used the last major speech of her campaign to unleash a fiery broadside against former President Donald Trump, calling her rival “consumed with grievance and out for unchecked power” and presenting herself as a fighter who would usher in a new generation of leadership.
US job openings hit more than 3-1/2-year low; consumer confidence rebounds
U.S. job openings dropped to more than a 3-1/2-year low in September, but nearly all the decline in vacancies was in the South, suggesting that Hurricanes Helene and Milton had temporarily weighed on demand for labor.
New vehicles, face paint and a 1,200-foot fall: The US Army prepares for war with China
MAUNA LOA, Hawaii — Early one morning this month, 864 Army paratroopers bundled into C-17 transport planes at a base in Alaska and took off for a Great Power War exercise between three volcanic mountains on the Big Island.
Colts bench QB Anthony Richardson for Joe Flacco
The Indianapolis Colts are benching former first-round quarterback Anthony Richardson and turning to 39-year-old Joe Flacco, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.
Dodgers can’t complete sweep as Yankees get off the mat in Game 4 to keep season alive
NEW YORK — The Dodgers’ lack of pitching hasn’t hurt them often this postseason.
North Korea and Russia send political shockwaves with Ukraine war moves
MOSCOW/SEOUL (Reuters) — North Korea’s foreign minister arrived in Russia on Tuesday for talks as the Russia-Ukraine war appeared to take a dangerous new turn, with NATO and South Korea expressing alarm that North Korean troops could soon be joining in on Moscow’s side.
Israeli strike kills dozens in north Gaza residental block, US calls incident ‘horrifying’
At least 93 Palestinians were killed or missing and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya on Tuesday, the Gaza health ministry said, and the U.S. called the incident “horrifying”.
Trump family members and Biden aides among China hack targets
Members of former President Donald Trump’s family, as well as Biden administration and State Department officials, were among those targeted by the China-linked hackers who were able to break into telecommunications company systems, according to people familiar with the matter.
Trump ally Steve Bannon ‘far from broken’ after release from prison
Steve Bannon, a long-time ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump, was released on Tuesday from prison, where he had been serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.
Chinese astronauts to conduct experiments in space, including lunar bricks
China sent three astronauts on Wednesday to its permanently inhabited space station, where they will conduct dozens of scientific experiments, some related to the construction of human habitats.
Judge refuses to recuse herself from Trump assassination case
Aileen M. Cannon, the federal judge overseeing the prosecution of a man accused of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump, rejected the man’s request that she remove herself from the case, saying on Tuesday that she has no relationship with Trump even though he appointed her to the bench and she has ruled in his favor in a separate criminal matter.
Climate change is making temperatures deadlier, food less reliable, experts warn
Climate change, driven by fossil fuel emissions, is raising temperatures to dangerous new heights, while also worsening drought and food security, a new report by doctors and health experts warned on Tuesday.
U.S. senators urge overhaul of customs program to stop fentanyl chemical smuggling
Prominent U.S. Democratic senators on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to crack down on a popular duty-free customs program after Reuters reporting revealed how drug traffickers use the streamlined entry system to sneak Chinese-made fentanyl chemicals into the country virtually unchecked.
