Families unleash grief and anger on Parkland school shooter

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Families of the 17 children and staff members Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz murdered cursed him to hell, wished him a painful death and called him a coward Tuesday as they got their one chance to address him directly before he is sentenced to life in prison.

Mauka Makai Drag Show set for Honokaa

From the mountains to the sea, award-winning artists from Denver and Hawaii Island join forces for the Mauka Makai Drag Show on Saturday at Honokaa People’s Theatre.

‘Manmade disaster’: Officials criticized over Seoul deaths

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seoul police assigned 137 officers to manage a crowd of Halloween revelers anticipated to number more than 100,000 over the weekend — a decision that has come under intense criticism following the deaths of more than 150 people when the group surged.

Obituaries for November 1

Julian Tin Cho Chang, 92, of Mountain View, died July 5. He worked for Mutual Telephone Company and Hawaiian Tel. Celebration of life to be held Nov. 4 at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Mountain View. Visitation begins at 9 a.m., with a 10 a.m. eulogy and Mass to follow. Survived by sons Jacob (Darlene) Chang, Michael (Stephanie) Chang, Francis (Nina) Chang and Gregory (Alexandria) Chang; daughters Julie-Ann (Dartagnon) Bicoy, Catherine (Ivan) Kawamae and Malia (Michael) Moniz; 26 grandchildren, 53 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren. Arrangements by Homelani Cremation Services.

Victims of affordable housing scheme start lining up

Hawaii County has declared itself a victim of an employee who pleaded guilty to stealing affordable housing credits, and its attorneys are asking the court to return property currently under forfeiture by the federal government.

The horrifying attack on Paul Pelosi is an attack on democracy

America is now a nation where acts of political violence are so predictable that for months before an assailant broke into the San Francisco home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacked her husband, Paul Pelosi, on Friday, experts have warned such an incident was likely.

Just one case of polio is a global threat

Few Americans remember when polio-stricken children relied on seven-foot-long iron cylinders to breathe. At its peak in early 1950s, polio caused more than 15,000 cases of paralysis a year and over 3,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. In the decades that followed, a massive vaccination campaign nearly eradicated the disease from the globe. Now, a perfect storm of factors has made polio a threat once again. Eliminating the virus is still possible, but only if global leaders shake off their complacency.