No. 21 Tx Tech holds Louisville to lowest score since 1948
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Texas Tech’s defensive identity was on full display against a Louisville team trying to find its way under first-year coach Kenny Payne.
Giroud, Mbappe help France beat Australia 4-1 at World Cup
AL WAKRAH, Qatar — France showed it can cope without its star striker at the World Cup.
A rail strike looms and impact on US economy could be broad
OMAHA, Neb. — American consumers and nearly every industry will be affected if freight trains grind to a halt next month.
Once forbidden, gambling now embraced by NFL
Gambling has gone from the forbidden topic in the NFL to a key part of the league’s present and future.
Obituaries for November 23
Segundo Calicdan Jr., 83, of Hilo died Oct. 8 in Keaau. Born in Waimanalo, Oahu, he was a retired foreman for the former Hawaii Electric Light Co. and U.S. Navy veteran. Visitation 9-10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 2, at Dodo Mortuary Chapel, Funeral service at 10:30 a.m. Casual attire. Committal service with military honors noon at East Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2 Pavilion. Survived by children, Paulette (Mark) Pang Ching, Sandra (Sam) Alapai, Darin Calicdan and Wanda Calicdan of Hilo; brother, John Calicdan Sr. of Hilo; sisters, Lilian Soares of Oahu and Mary Jane (James) Peleholani of Hilo; brother-in-law, Abraham Lagadon of Pahoa; sisters-in-law, Susan Calicdan of Hilo and Loryn McRoulle of Kona; 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Your Views for November 23
Racism in Hawaii
a tough year for sick kids
The “triple threat” is real. Thanks to the combined impact of COVID-19, the flu and RSV among children, hospitals are pitching tents outside their emergency rooms. Wait times can be as long as 36 hours, forcing kids to get treated in hallways or sent back home. In some rural areas, young patients have been airlifted to major cities. There’s always a degree of bad luck when it comes to the spread of respiratory illness. But precautions against this latest episode — what’s been called the “worst pediatric-care crisis in decades” — went unheeded. It’s time for a better emergency playbook.
Billionaires like Musk, Bankman-Fried didn’t save the world. They wrecked it.
After growing up amid upper-middle-class affluence in Silicon Valley as the children of two Stanford Law School professors, as a super-smart kid who got into MIT to study physics, Sam Bankman-Fried decided in those teen years that he wanted to save the world in the worst way.
US stocks rise, strong earnings send retailers higher
Stocks on Wall Street closed broadly higher Tuesday, as solid company earnings helped lift several retailers ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S.
Bison’s relocation to Native lands revives a spiritual bond
BULL HOLLOW, Okla. — Ryan Mackey quietly sang a sacred Cherokee verse as he pulled a handful of tobacco out of a zip-close bag. Reaching over a barbed wire fence, he scattered the leaves onto the pasture where a growing herd of bison — popularly known as American buffalo — grazed in northeastern Oklahoma.
Kim’s sister warns US of ‘a more fatal security crisis’
SEOUL, South Korea — The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned the United States on Tuesday that it would face “a more fatal security crisis” as Washington pushes for U.N. condemnation of the North’s recent intercontinental ballistic missile test.
Indonesia quake survivor grieves 11 relatives as he rebuilds
CIANJUR, Indonesia — Enjot was tending his cows in the hills near his home when the earth shook.
Nevada Supreme Court certifies official election results
RENO, Nev. — Nevada’s Supreme Court justices and the secretary of state formally certified the results of the 2022 general election on Tuesday in the western battleground state where just over half of all ballots were cast by mail.
NASA capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Orion capsule reached the moon Monday, whipping around the far side and buzzing the lunar surface on its way to a record-breaking orbit with test dummies sitting in for astronauts.
Biden opens holidays, pardons turkeys Chocolate and Chip
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden continued a 75-year tradition Monday and pardoned a pair of Thanksgiving turkeys named after his favorite flavor of ice cream while cracking jokes about his political party’s better-than-expected performance in this month’s midterm elections.
Flu, RSV cases on the rise
Virus season hit Hawaii early this year, with cases of flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, increasing in October and November.
Kaloko property in ‘zoning limbo’ gets another chance
A 21-acre Kaloko Drive parcel that had been approved for rezoning 24 years ago got a new lease on life recently, when the Leeward Planning Commission agreed to a five-year time extension for the new owners to complete the conditions of the rezoning.
County to partner with two ‘mentor’ cities to explore hydrogen energy opportunities
Hawaii County is partnering with cities in California and Japan to develop hydrogen energy technology as the state transitions toward carbon neutrality.
East Hawaii could see high winds, possible flooding on Thanksgiving
Rainfall has been picking up as of late in East Hawaii, especially after nightfall, and there is daily rain in the National Weather Service’s seven-day forecast for Hilo International Airport.
Obituaries for November 22
Douglas Cataraha, 80, of Kailua-Kona died Nov. 9 at home. Born in Hawaii, he was a retired heavy equipment operator and welder for EM Rivera Construction Co. Services at a later date. Survived by wife, Caroline Cataraha; sons, Douglas Cataraha Jr. and Scott Cataraha; daughters, Cheryl (Garrett) Cataraha Cagampang and Donna (Fred) Guillermo; brothers, Ronald Cataraha, Steven (JaneEllen Poggioli) Cataraha and Willy Cataraha; sisters, Gloria (William) Hing and Cholae (Tim) Penovaroff; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Gay bar shooting suspect faces murder, hate crime charges
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The man suspected of opening fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs was being held on murder and hate crime charges Monday, while hundreds of people gathered to honor the five people killed and 17 wounded in the attack on a venue that for decades was a sanctuary for the local LGBTQ community.
New York issues first licenses for legal pot dispensaries
NEW YORK — New York issued its first 36 cannabis dispensary licenses on Monday, taking a monumental step in establishing a legal — and lucrative — marketplace for recreational marijuana.
Correia named East Hawaii Officer of the Month for September
For his proactive police work in two cases, Hawaii Police Department Officer Cody Correia was honored Oct. 27 as Officer of the Month for September 2022 by the Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaii during a ceremony in Hilo.
Your Views for November 22
Councilman’s response
The House GOP needs to put its priorities in the right place
In the midterms, Republicans who focused on inflation, crime and other concrete problems made gains. Those who slung the slop of Trumpite invective and conspiracy theories, insisting the 2020 election was stolen, overwhelmingly remained stuck in the muck.
