Hawaii edge rushers balling out in camp
Flag football to be added as HHSAA spring sport
Three picked for state House seat
The Hawaii Democratic Party has submitted to Gov. Josh Green the names of three people it has selected as possible candidates to succeed the late Rep. Mark Nakashima in state House District 1.
This scientist has a risky plan to cool earth. There’s growing interest.
CHICAGO — David Keith was a graduate student in 1991 when a volcano erupted in the Philippines, sending a cloud of ash toward the edge of space.
Major inmate swap frees dissidents and US Journalists from Russian prisons
BERLIN — A prisoner swap Thursday among seven countries freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and two other Americans held in Russia, along with several jailed Russian dissidents, in a deal whose size and complexity has no parallel in the post-Soviet era.
Date set for KWXX Ho‘olaule‘a
After a year’s delay, the 28th KWXX Ho‘olaule‘a will return to downtown Hilo next year on Jan. 18.
Why are so many Americans choosing to not have children?
For years, some conservatives have framed the declining fertility rate of the United States as an example of eroding family values, a moral catastrophe in slow motion.
Accused Sept. 11 plotters agree to plead guilty at Guantánamo Bay
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — The man accused of plotting the attacks of Sept. 11 and two of his accomplices have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy and murder charges in exchange for a life sentence rather than a death-penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Trump questions Harris’ racial identity, saying she only ‘became Black’ recently
CHICAGO — Former President Donald Trump questioned Vice President Kamala Harris’ identity as a Black woman on Wednesday in front of an audience of Black journalists, suggesting his opponent for the presidency had adopted her racial profile as a political “turn.”
Ocean View man indicted for sexual assault of a minor
A Kailua-Kona grand jury last week indicted a 44-year-old Ocean View man for the alleged sexual assault of a juvenile girl over a six-year period.
County homeless camp relocated
A downtown Hilo homeless shelter has been closed and relocated elsewhere in town, to the surprise of some of its new neighbors.
Enviromental review extended for TMT
A federal agency will take at least two years longer to determine whether to fund the Thirty Meter Telescope.
Harris, rallying thousands in Georgia, challenges Trump to ‘Say it to my face’
ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday night challenged former President Donald Trump to commit to a presidential debate during a raucous rally in Atlanta that featured some 10,000 attendees, celebrity appearances and another rare feature of Democrats’ rallies lately: fun.
Are they ‘actually innocent’?
A hearing Tuesday to determine if Albert “Ian” Schweitzer and his brother, Shawn Schweitzer — whose convictions for abducting, raping and killing Dana Ireland on Christmas Eve 1991 were vacated last year by a judge — are “actually innocent,” turned out to be a contentious affair.
DNA helps solve mystery in 1991 Dana Ireland murder
Hawaii Police Department Chief Benjamin Moszkowicz said Monday that his department didn’t have probable cause to arrest the former “Unknown Male No. 1” for the Christmas Eve 1991 murder of Dana Ireland in lower Puna.
Neighbors of Punalu‘u project seek contested case
An association of Punalu‘u residents is once again challenging a resort development planned for the area.
Warning of ‘extreme’ agenda, Biden calls for Supreme court overhaul
AUSTIN, Texas — President Joe Biden, warning that the country’s courts were being weaponized as part of an “extreme and unchecked” conservative agenda, said Monday that he would push for legislation that would bring major changes to the Supreme Court, including term limits and an enforceable code of ethics on the justices.
Over 10,000 claims due to Maui fires top $3.29B in losses and damage
Kamala Harris campaign raises $200 million in a week
WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris’s election campaign said on Sunday it has raised $200 million and signed up 170,000 new volunteers in the week since she became the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, as Republicans continued to hammer Harris over her work as vice president.
‘Maybe I’ve gotten worse’: Trump makes clear that unity is over
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Early in his speech in Minnesota on Saturday night, former President Donald Trump made clear just how quickly he has jettisoned the appeal for national unity that he made after he survived an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania two weeks ago.
