Hezbollah devices explode again in Lebanon, raising fears of wider Israel conflict
BEIRUT — Hand-held radios used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon’s south, further stoking tensions with Israel a day after similar explosions hit the group’s pagers.
Frenchwoman in mass rape case denounces husband, other suspects as ‘degenerates’
AVIGNON, France — Gisele Pelicot, who was drugged and raped by dozens of men recruited by her husband, on Wednesday called the men standing trial “degenerates” while attempts from some defence lawyers to question her credibility caused outrage in the courtroom.
Once ‘hidden figures,’ now Congressional Gold Medal recipients
WASHINGTON — Congressional Gold Medals were bestowed on a group of Black women who dared to boldly go where no woman had gone before: the labs and offices of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration where pioneering mathematicians and engineers figured out how to slip the surly bonds of Earth.
US says Iran tried to influence election with messages to Biden camp
(Reuters) — Iranian cyber actors sent emails during the summer to people involved in President Joe Biden’s then re-election campaign containing stolen material from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign as part of efforts to influence the Nov. 5 election, U.S. agencies said on Wednesday.
Westside Stories: Artificial intelligence
It won’t come as a surprise that Donald Trump is a robot.
Letters — Your voice — for September 19
Taxpayers will pay for county’s mistake
Island Life photo for September 19 — Sea and sky
Island Life photo for September 19 — Sea and sky
Obituaries for September 18
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Lava erupts from Napau Crater
Lava returned to the remote Napau Crater in Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park for the first time in nearly 30 years Tuesday as Kilauea’s latest eruption continues.
Hawaii Radiologic shut down by ‘security incident’
Hawaii Radiologic Associates has canceled all patient appointments for medical imaging services since late August due to what it called “a security incident that affected some of our systems.”
Sheriff in Ohio calls on residents to write down addresses of Kamala Harris supporters
An Ohio sheriff used his public Facebook accounts to attack Vice President Kamala Harris, urging residents to write down the addresses of her supporters.
Fake Kamala hit-and-run story is the work of Russian propaganda group, Microsoft says
A false claim circulating on social media that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris left a 13-year-old girl paralyzed after an alleged hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011 is the work of a covert Russian disinformation operation, according to new research by Microsoft.
North Korea fires short-range missiles in first launch in two months
SEOUL — North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, the first such launch in more than two months.
Senate IVF bill fails after Republicans block it, despite Trump support
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Senate bill aimed at enshrining federal protections and expanding insurance coverage for fertility treatments failed on Tuesday, as Republicans voted against it days after Donald Trump surprised supporters by voicing support for such a policy.
Released Russian dissident Kara-Murza visits US Congress
Russian activist Vladimir Kara-Murza shook his head in disbelief as he addressed lawmakers and diplomats in a U.S. Senate hearing room on Tuesday, just weeks after he was released from prison in Siberia in a major prisoner swap.
Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after pager blasts kill nine, injure thousands across Lebanon
BEIRUT — Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others who included fighters and Iran’s envoy to Beirut.
Island Life photo for September 18 — Handsome humu
Island Life photo for September 18 — Handsome humu
California governor signs bills offering AI protections for actors
LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed into law two bills that will give actors more protections over their digital likenesses, addressing concerns brought up during last year’s Hollywood strike led by performers guild SAG-AFTRA.
Vance remarks on Harris are dangerous, White House says
The White House said on Tuesday that Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance’s comments about Vice President Kamala Harris not having faced an assassination attempt were dangerous.
Trump assassination attempt suspect was seen as liability to Ukraine, ex-soldier recalls
The suspect in an apparent assassination attempt on U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump was seen as a liability by some soldiers and volunteers in Ukraine, where he offered to recruit Afghans into the Ukrainian military, a former soldier told Reuters on Tuesday.
