They want to ensure that, this time, white women vote for a woman
NEW HOPE, Pa. — Armed with a clipboard and campaign literature, Liz Minnella strolled through a neighborhood in New Hope, Pennsylvania, optimistic that by the end of her day of door-knocking, the small town would live up to its name for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign.
What’s at stake on Tuesday; Big Island voters will help decide county, state and federal contests
The General Election will be held Tuesday, and Big Island voters will have the opportunity to choose Hawaii County’s next mayor, along with state senators and representatives, County Council members, and of course the U.S. president.
Harris and Trump zero in on the economy in the final stretch
ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump swept through Southern battleground states Saturday, outlining sharply divergent economic messages for voters in areas where the presidential race remains in a dead heat.
Xenophobia and hate speech are spiking heading into the election
The last time there was a presidential election, the country was coming off a summer of protests in favor of greater racial equality. Support for increased immigration was at the highest level ever polled.
Hotel occupancy dips below 70% for first time since January 2022
They’re giving scammers all their money. The kids can’t stop them.
When Chris Mancinelli walked into his father’s home for the first time after the 79-year-old man died last summer, he stopped to look at family photos displayed on the refrigerator door. Near a crayon drawing spelling out “grandpa” in rainbow colors were photos of his father’s three granddaughters at a swimming pool.
Visitor arrivals still recovering from the pandemic, Maui wildfires
Alaska’s first financial report since Hawaiian acquisition shows combined strengths
Controversial do-over fills special seat on state water commission
Number of students at UH Hilo down 4% while most other UH campuses see gains
Although enrollment at nearly all of the campuses in the University of Hawaii system increased this fall semester compared to last year, UH Hilo is lagging behind.
Lawn-sign wars: US voters use trackers, cameras to deter political theft
Tired of her Kamala Harris signs disappearing from her Springfield, Missouri, front yard, Laura McCaskill taped a tracking device to one to see where it might end up.
In swing states, officials brace for conspiracy theories and violence
DETROIT (Reuters) — With the U.S. election just days away, officials in the most competitive battleground states are bracing for misinformation, conspiracy theories, threats and possible violence.
Fatal Lahaina fire was not a crime, state AG says
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.
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.
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.
Trump team fears damage from racist rally remarks
Donald Trump and his allies are full of bravado over his chances of victory in the closing days of the 2024 campaign. But there are signs, publicly and privately, that the former president and his team are worried that their opponents’ descriptions of him as a racist and a fascist may be breaking through to segments of voters.
Is It COVID or the flu? New tests can check for both
Yet again this winter, millions of Americans will wonder if a nagging cough or body aches is a sign they’re coming down with COVID-19 or the flu. This time, they’ll have an expanded array of tools to get an answer without leaving the house.
Whether Harris or Trump wins, seeking asylum in the US may never be the same
WASHINGTON — For decades, granting political asylum has been part of the story that the United States has told about itself. As a Western democracy and a nation of immigrants, that national ethos goes, America has an obligation to offer safe harbor to people fleeing persecution in their home countries.
A pivotal choice: Trump vs. Harris on climate change
WASHINGTON — The window is closing for nations to reduce enough of the pollution that is heating the planet to avoid the most dangerous levels of climate change, according to scientists across the world. And the outcome of next week’s presidential election could determine whether the United States and other countries meet that challenge.
