Hensel selected as next UH president
UPDATE: Teen girl killed in W. Hawaii crash identified
UPDATE 4:01 p.m.
Supreme Court paves way, for now, for EPA rule limiting power plant emissions
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court temporarily cleared the way Wednesday for the Environmental Protection Agency to limit carbon emissions by power plants.
UPDATE: Route 190 reopens following crash
UPDATE 11:20 a.m.
BIIF volleyball: Warriors avenge Vikings; ‘Riders and Cowgirls dominate
HILO — Waiakea girls volleyball avenged Hilo on Tuesday night in Hilo after falling to the Warriors in five sets in late September.
Dodgers display late power, blank Mets for 2-1 NLCS edge
NEW YORK — Enrique Hernandez and Shohei Ohtani hit multi-run homers to provide the Los Angeles Dodgers insurance in an 8-0 win over the New York Mets on Wednesday in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series.
Sabrina Ionescu’s late 3 gives Liberty 2-1 Finals lead vs. Lynx
MINNEAPOLIS — By her own admission, Sabrina Ionescu hit the biggest shot of her career Wednesday night.
Tom Brady’s job as Fox broadcaster got tougher as Raiders owner. Commitment to what excellence?
LOS ANGELES — Viewers may never know whether Tom Brady is a transcendent football analyst or an unlistenable bore because he’s chosen to handcuff himself by becoming a part owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.
NFL has some monster Week 7 matchups
NFL Week 7 has some monster matchups. The lineup features a Super Bowl “rematch” between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers and a battle for control of the best division in the league between the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions. Both of these marquee games have odds hovering right around a two-point spread. The 49ers and Vikings are favored.
Nation and world news in brief for October 17
One Direction singer dies in Argentina after fall from balcony
Israel allows some aid into northern Gaza after US warning
A day after the United States said it had told Israel that a failure to allow more humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip could prompt a cutoff of military supplies, one of the starkest U.S. warnings since the war began, there was no official response from the Israeli government.
Georgia judge blocks rule requiring hand-count of ballots
A Georgia judge on Tuesday temporarily halted a new rule requiring poll workers to hand count ballots in November’s U.S. elections, in a defeat for Donald Trump, whose Republican allies pushed the change after he lost the battleground state in 2020.
JD Vance says Trump did not lose the 2020 US election
After dodging the issue for weeks, Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance said unequivocally on Wednesday he believes false claims that Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election.
Nebraska law allowing felons to vote upheld by state court
Nebraska’s top state court on Wednesday upheld a state law allowing felons who have completed their sentences to vote, enabling thousands more people to cast ballots in the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election.
Harris grilled on Fox News on immigration, Biden’s fitness for office
WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pennsylvania — Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris was grilled in a TV interview on Wednesday on the Biden administration’s efforts to tackle a surge in illegal immigration at the southern border, and laid the blame on Republicans for failing to pass a border bill.
FTC takes on subscription traps with ‘click to cancel’ rule
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission adopted a final rule on Wednesday requiring businesses to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions and memberships as it is to sign up, in the agency’s last major rulemaking before the Nov. 5 election.
Easter Island battles global vortex of plastic waste
HANGA ROA, Easter Island (Reuters) — Easter Island, the tiny remote speck of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is stuck in an oceanic vortex of plastic.
Panicked Democrats try desperate tactics to prevent a 2016 repeat
Increasingly desperate Democrats — fearing a repeat of 2016 — are resorting to a round of last-minute tactics like demanding more debates, shaming voters, changing the rules and doctoring interviews in a sign that panic may be setting in the party.
Women are making strides in politics — Why it matters
The “Year of the Woman” label is too often thrown around when women break a barrier that should often be the norm. In 1992, it was used when five women were elected to the U.S. Senate. It was used in 2016 when Democrat Hillary Clinton became the first woman to lead a ticket for a major political party. We heard it again in 2018 during the so-called “pink wave,” when more than 100 women were elected to the U.S. House. There will likely be temptations to dub 2024 the Year of the Woman, especially if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the White House.
Your Views for October 17
Pohakuloa and the Red Flag Warning
