Harris begins final phase of accelerated VP search
The law firm hired by the Harris campaign to investigate potential vice presidential candidates has completed its work, leaving the final decision — the most important yet of the still-new campaign — squarely in Vice President Kamala Harris’ hands.
Not one of us: Trump uses old tactic to sow suspicion about Harris
She is not one of us.
US sues TikTok over child privacy violations
The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, accusing it of illegally collecting children’s data and escalating a long-running battle between the U.S. government and the Chinese-owned app.
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.
Three picked for state House seat, governor now will choose who will replace deceased Rep. Nakashima
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.
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: Popular downtown Hilo event will return in January
After a year’s delay, the 28th KWXX Ho‘olaule‘a will return to downtown Hilo next year on Jan. 18.
County homeless camp relocated: Former site in Hilo has been restored
A downtown Hilo homeless shelter has been closed and relocated elsewhere in town, to the surprise of some of its new neighbors.
Trump questions Harris’ racial identity, saying she only ‘became a Black person’ recently
CHICAGO — Former President Donald Trump questioned Vice President Kamala Harris’ identity as a Black woman Wednesday in front of an audience of Black journalists, suggesting his opponent for the presidency had adopted her racial profile as a way to gain a political advantage.
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.
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.
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.
Sides spar in case to decide whether Schweitzers deserve compensation
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.
UH’s Ashlock and Heimuli are true brothers in the braddahhood
County’s eminent domain plan heads to court
A plan by Hawaii County to take private land in Puna in order to restore Pohoiki Road has gone to court.
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.
Biden calls for major changes to Supreme Court
AUSTIN, Texas — President Joe Biden, warning that the country’s courts were being weaponized to push an “extreme and unchecked” conservative agenda, said Monday that he would push for legislation that would bring major changes to the Supreme Court, including imposing term limits and creating an enforceable code of ethics on the justices.
Over 10,000 claims due to Maui fires top $3.29B in losses and damage
