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date: 2024-03-28, updated: 2024-03-28, from: Marianas Variety
AS we celebrate Easter - a time of renewal and redemption - we are reminded of the powerful acts of forgiveness and reconciliation at the heart of the Christian faith. On our beautiful island of Saipan, three individuals have experienced journeys of forgiveness that can inspire us all.
date: 2024-03-28, updated: 2024-03-28, from: Marianas Variety
From local Saipan Facebook groups, Speak Up CNMI and Speak Up Taotao CNMI, a few wise voices among us offer insights into these powerful, though often challenging, processes of forgiveness and reconciliation.
date: 2024-03-28, updated: 2024-03-28, from: Marianas Variety
(TNS) — Easter is a time of celebration, marked by religious traditions infused with the colorful spring season. Central to this holiday’s traditions are Easter eggs. The eggs symbolize new beginnings, tracing back to ancient spring festivals, History reports, and for Christians, these eggs are a powerful reminder of Jesus’ resurrection and new life.
date: 2024-03-28, updated: 2024-03-28, from: Marianas Variety
POPE Francis has written a letter to Catholics of the Holy Land, released by the Vatican on March 27 in various languages, including Arabic.
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A plethora of Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) sporting events occurred around the island on Monday and Tuesday, ranging from volleyball to baseball and softball matchups.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>BOSTON — Connecticut coach Dan Hurley won’t shy away from the notion that his team has consistently been the best in college basketball this season. </p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Here’s what to watch for on MLB’s opening day: </p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>ATLANTA (AP) — Many Americans are unenthusiastic about a November rematch of the 2020 presidential election. But presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump appears to stoke more anger and fear among Americans from his opposing party than President Joe Biden does from his.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The 23-year-old mother of a 2-year-old girl police say is the victim of “heinous abuse and starvation” told officers her live-in boyfriend would violently strike the child or withhold food from her as punishment for not showing respect, court documents state.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>HONOLULU — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Wednesday some 3,000 people displaced by Lahaina’s wildfires are still living in hotels more than seven months after the August blaze but that up to 30 people are moving to longer-term housing each day.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A woman who purchased a vacant lot in Puna was surprised to find out a $500,000 house was built on the property by mistake.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at the New York judge who put him under a gag order ahead of his April 15 hush-money criminal trial, making a fallacious claim about his daughter and urging him to step aside from the case.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Hawaii-based nonprofit Child and Family Service celebrated its 125th birthday with a blessing ceremony for the future Hilo Community Resource and Counseling Center.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>HARTFORD, Conn. — Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain’s running mate eight years later, has died, according to a statement issued by his family.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — The Biden administration issued a final rule Wednesday aimed at curbing methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands, its latest action to crack down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating TikTok over its data and security practices, a probe that could lead to a settlement or a lawsuit against the company, according to a person familiar with the matter.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Clotilda “Tillie” DeMello, 97, of Honokaa died March 23. Born in Honolulu, she was a homemaker. Visitation 9-10 a.m. Friday, April 12, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Honokaa. Mass at 10 a.m. Burial at a later date. No flowers please. Condolences to: Skip DeMello, P.O. Box 172, Honokaa, HI 96727. Online condolences: homelanimemorialpark.com. Survived by children, Damien “Skip” (Dee) DeMello, Raymond “Sparky” DeMello and Cindy (Morgan) Matsumura, eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins. Arrangements by Homelani Memorial Park.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/28/obituaries/obituaries-for-march-28-9/
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>BALTIMORE — The cargo ship that lost power and crashed into a bridge in Baltimore underwent “routine engine maintenance” in port beforehand, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday, as divers recovered the bodies of two of six workers who plunged into the water when it collapsed. The others were presumed dead, and officials said search efforts had been exhausted.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>LOS ANGELES — A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>HEBBARIYE, Lebanon — A series of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed 16 people and a barrage of rockets fired by the militant group Hezbollah killed one Israeli man, making Wednesday the deadliest day in more than five months of fighting along the border.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Four people were killed and seven were hurt when a man went on a stabbing rampage Wednesday across multiple locations in a northern Illinois community, authorities said.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW ORLEANS — Texas’ plans to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold under a federal appeals court order that likely prevents enforcement of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s new immigration law until a broader decision on whether it is legal.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Protesters in Slovakia formed a human chain around the country’s public television and radio building Wednesday in anger over a takeover plan by the government whose populist, pro-Russia prime minister recently labeled several private media outlets his enemies.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>While gun violence declined last year, a closer look at the data reveals a striking and surprising trend. While the total number of shootings is going down, the lethality of shootings — the odds of someone dying in a shooting — seems to be going up. If that trend holds, it could have massive consequences for gun violence in America, with hundreds or thousands more homicides per year.</p>
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Bernie Sanders emerged from the land of the sugarplum fairies earlier this month to advocate for a 32-hour work week — all with no reduction in pay.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/28/opinion/more-free-stuff/
date: 2024-03-28, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>HECO responds
to commentary</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/28/opinion/your-views-for-march-28-6/
date: 2024-03-28, from: Guam Daily Post
date: 2024-03-28, from: Guam Daily Post
When St. John’s School goalkeeper Ha’ani Byerly stepped onto the pitch with her teammates at John F. Kennedy High School to play against Okkodo High School in the season-opener of the Interscholastic Girls High School Football League Friday afternoon, it…
date: 2024-03-28, from: Guam Daily Post
date: 2024-03-28, from: Guam Daily Post
For Guam basketball big man Ben Borja II, the sky’s the limit.
date: 2024-03-28, from: Guam Daily Post
A child care center in Sinajana had its sanitary permit suspended due to a cockroach infestation, according to last week’s sanitary inspection results from the Division of Environmental Health at the Department of Public Health and Social Services.
date: 2024-03-28, from: Guam Daily Post
The pain of abortion can be carried for years, but one program aims to provide a chance for healing.
date: 2024-03-28, from: Guam Daily Post
The Guam Memorial Hospital Authority is bidding farewell to its acting administrator of medical services, Dr. Vincent Duenas, after 45 years of service as an internal medicine doctor.
date: 2024-03-28, from: Guam Daily Post
The Guam Bar Association is asking the Supreme Court of Guam to appoint government attorneys, with the exception of prosecutors, to represent indigent defendants.
date: 2024-03-28, from: Guam Daily Post
A man accused of stealing a yellow bus and crashing it near Andersen Air Force Base pleaded not guilty to the charges.
date: 2024-03-28, from: Guam Daily Post
A man who appeared to be intoxicated was accused of breaking into a woman’s home.
date: 2024-03-28, from: Guam Daily Post
An attorney who represented Arnold “Dave” Davis in the lawsuit that ultimately saw Guam’s plebiscite law declared unconstitutional has written to the executive director of the Commission on Decolonization, warning him that any effort to enact a law “that offends”…
date: 2024-03-28, from: Guam Daily Post
The Guam Department of Education has 60 vacant teacher positions to fill across the school system to meet the Adequate Education Act’s requirement to have a certified teacher in every classroom.
date: 2024-03-28, from: Guam Daily Post
Sen. Joe San Agustin lauded the Guam Visitors Bureau for installing solar streetlights in the island’s tourism district, and said the initiative should be used as a steppingstone to convert streetlights islandwide.
date: 2024-03-28, from: Guam Daily Post
Branty Walliby will spend the next 21 years in prison for his involvement in a fatal attack that resulted in the death of Arnold Narruhn in December 2022.
date: 2024-03-28, from: Marshal Islands Journal
Marshall Islands Ambassador Doreen deBrum traveled to The Hague in The Netherlands last Friday to officially file the RMI’s written statement on climate change at the International Court of Justice. Ambassador deBrum also filed the Parties to the Nauru Office’s written statement at the request of the office based in Majuro. The Marshall Islands is […]
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https://marshallislandsjournal.com/rmi-appeal-for-climate-justice/
date: 2024-03-28, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Taking a cue from the sun-powered street lights in the tourist district of Tumon, Guam senators are…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/senators-push-for-solarization-of-guam-streets
date: 2024-03-28, updated: 2024-03-28, from: Marianas Variety
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Johnson & Johnson will get a new chance to contest the scientific evidence linking talc to ovarian cancer, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, potentially disrupting more than 53,000 lawsuits the company is now facing over its talc products.
date: 2024-03-28, updated: 2024-03-28, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday its senior employees, whose compensation includes more stock-related awards than cash, may not receive a cash pay raise this year.
date: 2024-03-28, updated: 2024-03-28, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — A U.S. appeals court has kept on hold a Republican-backed Texas law that would let state authorities arrest and prosecute people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border - a statute that President Joe Biden’s administration has argued intrudes on the authority of the federal government.
date: 2024-03-28, updated: 2024-03-28, from: Marianas Variety
MANILA (Reuters) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to a mutual defense treaty with the Philippines and criticized as “dangerous” China’s use of water cannon and disruption of a Philippine resupply mission last week.
date: 2024-03-28, updated: 2024-03-28, from: Marianas Variety
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A U.S. judge gave a skeptical reception on Wednesday to an attempt by President Joe Biden’s son Hunter to dismiss his criminal tax-evasion case on the grounds that he was selectively targeted for prosecution due to political pressure.
date: 2024-03-28, updated: 2024-03-28, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — A California state judge on Wednesday said attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law license for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump.
date: 2024-03-28, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
HONIARA, Solomon Islands 19th March – The Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara, Solomon Islands, hosted…
The post Solomon Islands Youth made considerable strides in the Anti-Corruption Pacific Youth Movement appeared first on University of the South Pacific.
date: 2024-03-28, from: Marshal Islands Journal
Japan is supporting the ongoing Sea Patrol Headquarters project in Delap with a multi-faceted grant which is worth over $6 million. The grant was confirmed by a signing of an Exchanges of Notes last Thursday by Japan Ambassador Tanaka Kazunari and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kalani Kaneko. The first part of the project is $1.3 […]
The post Japan’s $6m for Sea Patrol appeared first on The Marshall Islands Journal.
https://marshallislandsjournal.com/japans-6m-for-sea-patrol/
date: 2024-03-28, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff With rising crimes that comprise Guam’s economic environment, fence-sitting is no longer an option for…
date: 2024-03-28, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes With the assistance of the PACE students, they conducted field research and interviews, and developed solutions and prototypes.
The post UH innovation students mentor Japanese students in solving complex Hawaiʻi issues first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/27/pace-meijo-university-program/
date: 2024-03-27, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
date: 2024-03-27, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
date: 2024-03-27, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes New wildfire-based research examined the relationships between historical human land use, climate, and fire occurrence across Micronesian islands.
The post Study reveals: Pacific Islanders used fire to shape landscapes first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/27/pacific-islanders-used-fire-to-shape-landscapes/
date: 2024-03-27, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes ARL at UH is the fifth U.S. Navy-sponsored University-Affiliated Research Center, bringing in a total of $139 million since it was established in 2008.
The post ARL at UH innovative tech hub for Hawaiʻi, national defense first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/27/arl-at-uh-research/
date: 2024-03-27, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
date: 2024-03-27, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes The research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of the blood test for a specific biomarker of the disease.
The post $140K to advance Alzheimer’s detection in diverse populations first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/27/140k-alzheimers-detection/
date: 2024-03-27, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
date: 2024-03-27, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes This message was sent out to all University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa faculty, staff and students on March 27, 2024.
The post Engaging positively through conflict and disagreement over global and local events first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/27/engaging-positively-through-conflict-disagreement/
date: 2024-03-27, from: Pacific Island Times
By Emmanuel T. Erediano Saipan (Marianas Variety)– Saipan resident Jesse Torres wants to know why United Airlines is charging $580 for a…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/saipan-resident-challenges-united-s-pricing-policy
date: 2024-03-27, from: Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi (UH Manoa student newspaper)
date: 2024-03-27, from: Marshal Islands Journal
The Majuro Fuel Tank Refurbishment project, funded in part by both Marshalls Energy Company and the Asian Development Bank, is well underway. For many Majuro residents, the glimpses they can see driving by the MEC power plant and tank farm include a 180-foot tall boom crawler crane and scaffolding surrounding three tanks currently being worked […]
The post MEC tanks get overhauled appeared first on The Marshall Islands Journal.
https://marshallislandsjournal.com/mec-tanks-get-overhauled/
date: 2024-03-27, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes Lēʻahi Landscaping is managed by de Quevedo and Stanich, who both see the value of their UH education in the company’s success.
The post Eco-friendly endeavor: UH alumni form Lēʻahi Landscaping first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/27/shidler-business-leahi-landscaping/
date: 2024-03-27, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes The free series will provide tools to help the campus navigate the divisive conflicts from around the world impacting our communities.
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https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/03/27/e-hoomalu-mai/
date: 2024-03-27, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute Miyahira is the owner of Business Strategies, a company that provides consulting services to family owned and closely held businesses.
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date: 2024-03-27, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute This week’s image is from UH Hilo’s Jim Mellon.
The post UH News Image of the Week: International Night—Mexico first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
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date: 2024-03-27, from: Pacific Island Times
· By Mar-Vic Cagurangan Guam’s combat readiness is marked urgent, hence the Pentagon’s recent move to chop off layers of military…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/pentagon-cuts-military-bureaucracy-for-guam
date: 2024-03-27, from: Guam Daily Post
Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero has filed her replies to Attorney General Douglas Moylan in the matter before the Supreme Court of Guam regarding the AG’s withdrawal from agencies under investigation by his office. And she did so publicly, shedding some…
date: 2024-03-27, updated: 2024-03-27, from: Marianas Variety
SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) — Chinese e-commerce vendors that want to sell products on TikTok Shop in the U.S. as an alternative to Amazon are upset by moves they say the short video app has made to tighten enforcement of its rules for overseas sellers opening shops on the platform.
date: 2024-03-27, updated: 2024-03-27, from: Marianas Variety
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Visa and Mastercard reached an estimated $30 billion settlement to limit credit and debit card fees for merchants, with some savings likely to be passed on to consumers through lower prices.
date: 2024-03-27, updated: 2024-03-27, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden pledged that the federal government will pay the full cost to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, one of the nation’s busiest arteries that collapsed hours earlier on Tuesday after being struck by a massive freight ship.
date: 2024-03-27, from: Pacific Island Times
Vanuatu will witness a referendum on two constitutional amendments designed to strengthen the party system on May 29. The proposed…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/squaring-a-vicious-circle-political-party-laws-in-vanuatu
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — The U.S. warning to Russia couldn’t have been plainer: Two weeks before the deadliest attack in Russia in years, Americans had publicly and privately advised President Vladimir Putin’s government that “extremists” had “imminent plans” for just such slaughter.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A planned combination bus hub and library for Pahoa is making progress toward possible completion in 2027.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/27/hawaii-news/pahoa-bus-hub-library-moves-ahead/
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Donald Trump’s social media company rose about 16% in the first day of trading on the Nasdaq, boosting the value of Trump’s large stake in the company as well as the smaller holdings of fans who purchased shares as a show of support for the former president.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Legislation that would reduce the threshold for drunken driving from 0.08% blood alcohol content to 0.05% is dead for this year.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/27/hawaii-news/bac-measure-dies-again/
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Lawmakers and Hawaii residents alike appear to be vibing with a proposal to make the shaka the official state gesture of Hawaii.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The tale of Lucy 
the stray canine</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/27/opinion/your-views-for-march-27-7/
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>George K. Young Jr., a retired U.S. Army Ranger master sergeant and Vietnam War veteran whose decade-long legal battle resulted in the feds ruling Hawaii’s counties must issue concealed-carry gun permits to law-abiding citizens, died March 19 at home in Hilo. He was 74.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Congratulations to the newly minted multimillionaires who made bank last week with the IPO of Reddit stock. Under the ticker RDDT on the New York Stock Exchange, the now-public company can fairly be considered one of the giant social media platforms.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Hawaiian Electric is asking its customers on the Big Island to conserve electricity usage due to generation supply shortages that the utility blames on an “independent” power producer. The power producer being blamed happens to be an affiliate of the utility itself. </p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/27/opinion/heco-failed-to-disclose-ties-to-hep/
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The Kamehameha Schools - Hawai‘i baseball and softball teams hosted Ka‘u High in BIIF Division II action on Tuesday in Kea‘au.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>MILWAUKEE — Staring at a double-digit deficit midway through the fourth quarter without LeBron James available, Austin Reaves and the Los Angeles Lakers faced a clear choice.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>KTA Superstars</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NFL owners were busy this week, approving a series of rule changes that address player safety, overhaul the kickoff and expand the use of instant replay. </p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>SPOKANE, Wash. — Utah coach Lynne Roberts said her team experienced a series of “racial hate crimes” after arriving at its first NCAA Tournament hotel and was forced to change accommodations during the event for safety concerns.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A convicted child molester has been sentenced to 220 years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material and hacking the jumbotron at the Jacksonville Jaguars stadium after the team learned he was a registered sex offender and fired him. </p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday promoted their health care agenda in the battleground state of North Carolina, arguing that Democrats like themselves would preserve access to care while Republicans would reverse gains made over the past decade and a half.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — NBC News cut ties Tuesday with former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel less than a week after hiring her as an on-air political contributor, a decision that followed a furious protest by some of its journalists and commentators.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>LOS ANGELES — A Southern California police department has been handcuffed by Lego after the toy company asked the agency to stop adding Lego heads to cover the faces of suspects in images it shares on social media.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>OAKLAND, Calif. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. chose Nicole Shanahan on Tuesday to be his vice presidential pick, adding a wealthy but nationally unknown figure to his independent White House bid that’s trying to appeal to voters disaffected by a rematch of the 2020 election.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Gregory Palmer, 77, of Honaunau died Feb. 2. He was born in Ontario, Canada and lived in Hawaii for 50 years. Survived by wife, Diane Palmer of Honaunau; daughters, Shawnay Palmer of Montana Tanya Palmer of California; brother, Lee Palmer of Ontario, Canada; a grandson. Arrangements by Ballard Family Mortuary.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/27/obituaries/obituaries-for-march-27-8/
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>BALTIMORE — A cargo ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, destroying the span in a matter of seconds and plunging it into the river in a terrifying collapse that could disrupt a vital shipping port for months. Six people were missing and presumed dead, and the search for them was suspended until Wednesday morning.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>HOUSTON — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday agreed to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution under a deal to end criminal securities fraud charges that have shadowed the Republican for nearly a decade.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>LONDON — A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty, giving the WikiLeaks founder a partial victory in his long legal battle over the site’s publication of classified American documents.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday blasted a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a Gaza cease-fire that his country’s top ally, the United States, chose not to block. He said the resolution had emboldened Hamas and he vowed to press ahead with the war.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — A New York judge Tuesday issued a gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial, citing the former president’s history of “threatening, inflammatory, denigrating” remarks about people involved in his legal cases.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials persisted Tuesday in saying Ukraine and the West had a role in last week’s deadly Moscow concert hall attack despite vehement denials of involvement by Kyiv and a claim of responsibility by an affiliate of the Islamic State group.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>LOS ANGELES — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyer said Tuesday that the searches of the rapper’s Los Angeles and Miami properties by federal authorities in a sex trafficking investigation were “a gross use of military-level force” and that Combs is “innocent and will continue to fight” to clear his name.</p>
date: 2024-03-27, from: Guam Daily Post
A man is facing federal charges related to possessing methamphetamine and a stolen weapon during a drug trafficking crime.
date: 2024-03-27, from: Guam Daily Post
The Consolidated Commission on Utilities has approved the power utility’s requested amendments to its energy conversion agreement with Guam Ukudu Power LLC, the company that will be operating the 198-megawatt combined cycle power plant being built at Ukudu, Dededo.
date: 2024-03-27, from: Guam Daily Post
The University of Guam welcomed its new dean of the School of Engineering, Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, according to a press release from the institution.
date: 2024-03-27, from: Guam Daily Post
An independent body is needed to oversee and “positively impact” the effectiveness of legal services provided to indigent defendants, according to a report.
date: 2024-03-27, from: Guam Daily Post
The University of Guam welcomed two new members of the UOG board of regents. According to a press release from UOG, Joanna Chun and Christopher “Chris” L.C. Duenas join the board with their respective private sector career insights.
date: 2024-03-27, from: Guam Daily Post
An employee of the Office of the Attorney General is on administrative leave after she was charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct as a second-degree felony.
date: 2024-03-27, from: Guam Daily Post
date: 2024-03-27, from: Guam Daily Post
A man was accused of punching a man and a woman in Mangilao.
date: 2024-03-27, from: Guam Daily Post
A man pleaded not guilty to charges related to sexually assaulting two girls, age 11 and 13.
date: 2024-03-27, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff At least two charter schools on Guam have seen mounting student enrollment rates that proportionately…
date: 2024-03-27, from: Guam Daily Post
A two car collision in Dededo has resulted in seven people being hospitalized.
date: 2024-03-27, from: Guam Daily Post
A child care center in Sinajana had its sanitary permit suspended due to a cockroach infestation, according to last week’s sanitary inspection results from the Division of Environmental Health at the Department of Public Health and Social Services.
date: 2024-03-27, updated: 2024-03-27, from: Marianas Variety
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Donald Trump was issued a judge’s gag order on Tuesday barring him from publicly commenting about witnesses and court staff ahead of his April 15 criminal trial involving hush money paid to a porn star.
date: 2024-03-27, updated: 2024-03-27, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The top U.S. agency for consumer financial protection will scrutinize credit card reward programs after a surge in customer complaints, its chief said on Tuesday.
date: 2024-03-27, updated: 2024-03-27, from: Marianas Variety
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to North Carolina on Tuesday to contrast their healthcare agenda with Republican policy aims as their reelection campaign seeks to flip the state for the first time since 2008.
date: 2024-03-27, updated: 2024-03-27, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — The Biden administration on Tuesday gave final approval to Orsted and Eversource’s Sunrise Wind offshore wind facility, which is expected to provide power to more than 320,000 homes in New York.
date: 2024-03-27, updated: 2024-03-27, from: Marianas Variety
NEW YORK (Reuters) — The Colonial Pipeline Company on Tuesday paused nominations to ship fuel on cycles 15 and 16 on Line 32, which delivers products to its Curtis Bay facility in the port of Baltimore, according to a notice seen by Reuters.
date: 2024-03-27, updated: 2024-03-27, from: Marianas Variety
NEW YORK (Reuters) — U.S. automakers General Motors and Ford will reroute affected shipments after a bridge collapse in the U.S. shuttered the Port of Baltimore, but the companies said on Tuesday the impact will be minimal.
date: 2024-03-27, updated: 2024-03-27, from: Marianas Variety
OTTAWA, March 26 (Reuters) — The Bank of Canada (BoC) on Tuesday said businesses urgently needed to boost investment to increase productivity, saying this would help insulate the economy against the threat of inflation.
date: 2024-03-27, from: Guam Daily Post
Guam Fire Department units responded to an area near the Hagatña Wastewater Treatment Plant for two distressed swimmers at around 12:06 p.m., according to a statement from the department.
date: 2024-03-27, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
The new literature and art magazine, Niu, launched today by the School of Pacific Arts,…
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date: 2024-03-27, from: Pacific Island Times
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan The Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs today announced an investment of $8.48 million in…
date: 2024-03-26, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Funding for the submarine industrial base on Guam and to repair infrastructure damaged by Super…
date: 2024-03-26, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute Lehulehu—Multitude, crowd, the public; numerous, very many, innumerable.
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date: 2024-03-26, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — A New York appeals court on Monday agreed to hold off collection of former President Donald Trump’s more than $454 million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175 million within 10 days.</p>
date: 2024-03-26, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Condolences are pouring in via social media for two women killed early Saturday evening in a three-vehicle traffic collision in Hilo.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/26/hawaii-news/two-women-die-in-3-car-crash-in-hilo/
date: 2024-03-26, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Hawaiian Electric is asking all Hawaii Island customers to reduce or shift their electricity use over the next month.</p>
date: 2024-03-26, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — The first of Donald Trump’s four criminal trials will begin April 15, a Manhattan judge ruled Monday after tearing into the former president’s lawyers for what he said were unfounded claims that the hush-money case had been tainted by prosecutorial misconduct.</p>
date: 2024-03-26, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Advocates, parents, educators and county leaders held a rally Friday to convey the need for high-quality, accessible early childhood education and care.</p>
date: 2024-03-26, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — House Republicans threatened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he did not turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents.</p>
date: 2024-03-26, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer was shot and killed Monday during a traffic stop, the city’s mayor said. It marked the first slaying of an NYPD officer in two years.</p>
date: 2024-03-26, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A 31-year-old Mountain View man accused of what police called the “heinous abuse and starvation of a two-year-old girl” remained in custody late Monday afternoon at Hawaii Community Correctional Center, unable to post $85,000 bail.</p>
date: 2024-03-26, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>LOS ANGELES — Thousands of Southern California hospitality workers overwhelmingly ratified a new contract with 34 hotels after repeated strikes since the summer, their union announced Monday.</p>
date: 2024-03-26, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A high school teacher and two students sued Arkansas on Monday over the state’s ban on critical race theory and “indoctrination” in public schools, asking a federal judge to strike down the restrictions as unconstitutional.</p>
date: 2024-03-26, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council on Monday issued its first demand for a cease-fire in Gaza, with the U.S. angering Israel by abstaining from the vote. Israel responded by canceling a visit to Washington by a high-level delegation in the strongest public clash between the allies since the war began.</p>
date: 2024-03-26, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>John W. Cooper, 80, of Mountain View died March 3. No services. No family members. Survivors are asked to call Hilo Medical Center at (808) 932-3500, option 4.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/26/obituaries/obituaries-for-march-26-8/
date: 2024-03-26, from: Island Times
Sights of car accidents continues to be common every weekend. The weekend accident caused multiple vehicle damages, including a building when a speeding vehicle slammed into parked vehicles and into PIDC store, damaging the entrance as well as the park vehicles. Overturned vehicles along the Compact Road are also common sight over the weekends.
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date: 2024-03-26, from: Island Times
Two young Palauan men died by self-harm in March, reigniting calls for the implementation of a 2022 law mandating psychological autopsies for suicide deaths. The first death occurred on March 15th in Ngaraard, followed by another on March 24th in Aimeliik. Both cases involved young men. Senator Dr. Stevenson Kuartei, Chair of the Senate Committee […]
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date: 2024-03-26, from: Guam Daily Post
A man involved in an inheritance scheme is set to plead guilty in the District Court of Guam on Thursday.
date: 2024-03-26, from: Guam Daily Post
With an average of 75 children per social worker at the case management unit within Child Protective Services at the Department of Public Health and Social Services, the caseloads for these workers sum up to be about two to three…
date: 2024-03-26, from: Guam Daily Post
A 9-year-old girl accused her 40-year-old neighbor of touching her inappropriately.
date: 2024-03-26, from: Guam Daily Post
A man was accused of driving a stolen car while drunk and crashing it into a concrete pole.
date: 2024-03-26, from: Guam Daily Post
Beginning in April 2024, cancer patients living in Guam and members of their support team, including family and friends, are invited to participate in a psycho-oncology support program provided by Pay-Less Markets Community Foundation, according to a press release from…
date: 2024-03-26, from: Guam Daily Post
American Medical Center LLC has filed suit against the government of Guam, the governor and the Department of Public Health and Social Services over the alleged uncompensated taking and use of its facilities, supplies and personnel during the COVID-19 public…
date: 2024-03-26, from: Island Times
President Surangel Whipps Jr. is urging Palau’s national congress, the Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK), to ratify a treaty on mutual legal assistance with Taiwan. The agreement, signed in 2022 by Vice President and Justice Minister J. Uduch Sengebau-Senior, aims to “combat transnational crime and strengthen global security,” according to a letter from the President’s office. […]
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date: 2024-03-26, from: Island Times
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. has requested the Legislature to schedule his State of the Republic Address (SORA) on April 25, 2024, according to a letter sent to lawmakers. Whipps said in the letter that he is “looking forward to the opportunity to address the Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK) and the Palauan people to discuss […]
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date: 2024-03-26, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau (AP) – The Palau Public Utilities Corporation (PPUC) is seeking $787,683.90 from the Palau National Congress to fund community service projects that would provide utilities to underserved areas. In a letter to the Senate, PPUC CEO Frank Kyota said the funding would be used to complete 11 “Community Service Obligations” (CSOs) projects aimed […]
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date: 2024-03-26, from: Island Times
HONOLULU, Hawaii (March 22, 2024) – Rear Adm. Greg Huffman, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) Senior Military Official for the Republic of Palau, U.S. Ambassador to Palau Joel Ehrendreich, along with Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr., and senior leaders from INDOPACOM and Palau met March 20-21 for the biannual bilateral Palau Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) […]
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date: 2024-03-26, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau (AP) — Palau Senator Secilil Eldebechel led the Palau National Group to the 86th Council Meeting and 52nd General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarians’ Union (APPU) held in Tokyo, Japan, from March 11-13, 2024. It was the first APPU meeting since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The delegation, which included Delegates Warren […]
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date: 2024-03-26, from: Island Times
KOROR, Palau – The Australian Embassy hosted the inaugural Australia Awards Alumni Event on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Ambassador Turner highlighted how the Australia Awards program strengthens shared values, recognizing tertiary education as crucial for a nation’s development. The event served as a platform to connect and acknowledge the significant contributions Australian alumni have made […]
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date: 2024-03-26, from: Island Times
Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield will be broken. -King Solomon (Proverbs 22:8 NIV) That wisdom makes me understand Critical thinking. It is a kind of thinking in which you question, analyse, interpret, evaluate and make a judgement about what you read, hear, say, or write. Do you ever wonder why […]
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date: 2024-03-26, from: Island Times
Dozens of outstanding issues expose threats to ocean life, new study finds By Chris Pickens NEW YORK/KINGSTON (PEW) — Even as various companies and governments advance their plans to mine the deep seabed in international waters, the intergovernmental organisation that regulates such activity is woefully short on the rules it needs to carry out its […]
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date: 2024-03-26, from: Island Times
WASHINGTON, 25 MARCH 2024 (PACIFIC ISLAND TIMES) — Washington and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) have reaffirmed their defence and security ties, toasting a fresh economic package under the newly signed Compact of Free Association that cemented the United States’ foothold in the Pacific island nation. Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III hosted […]
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date: 2024-03-26, from: Island Times
SUVA/SYDNEY, 25 MARCH 2024 (SMH) — Fiji’s prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka has called on China to retreat from the South Pacific and warned that Beijing’s “unwarranted influence” risks the region’s stability. Rabuka’s comments – his most forthright on China since his election in December 2022 – came as Australian researchers unearthed an extraordinary Chinese security […]
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date: 2024-03-26, from: Island Times
By DASHA LITVINOVA and KOSTYA MANENKOV Associated Press The auditorium at Crocus City Hall was about three-quarters full, with the crowd waiting to see Picnic, a band popular since the Soviet days of the early 1980s. But the concert was sold out in the 6,200-seat hall, so some of the audience was still likely getting […]
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date: 2024-03-26, from: Island Times
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis had 36 points and 16 rebounds, LeBron James added 26 points and 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers produced their franchise’s highest-scoring performance in 37 years in a 150-145 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night. Spencer Dinwiddie scored 26 points […]
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date: 2024-03-26, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute Swimmers Karol Ostrowski, Jakub Ksiazek, Jordan Meacham, Grant Stoddard, and diver Mackaby Pennington to represent UH Mānoa.
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date: 2024-03-26, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute For the second consecutive week and third time this season, UH Mānoa’s Louis Sakanoko was named Big Wests Freshman of the Week.
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date: 2024-03-26, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute UHMānoa centerfielder/pitcher Chloe Borges earned her first save of the season shutting down the rally against CSUN to earn Big West Field Player of the Week honors.
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date: 2024-03-26, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes The HyTI satellite will gather valuable data for understanding Earth’s surface processes, including monitoring volcanic activity, wildfires and soil moisture levels.
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date: 2024-03-26, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes The inaugural cohort has engaged in culturally-based activities such as moʻokūʻauhau, mālama ʻāina and oli.
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date: 2024-03-26, from: University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
Time is running out for media people and academics wanting to tell their innovative stories…
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date: 2024-03-26, from: INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI
Dogs killed two people in Hawai‘i within the last year. Are owners held accountable…
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date: 2024-03-25, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 2 minutes This is the third UH Mānoa team in four years to win at either the graduate or undergraduate level.
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date: 2024-03-25, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: 3 minutes Murmann wants to connect with leaders in the industry to help establish a pipeline to get UH Mānoa graduates into well-paying and impactful jobs in Hawaiʻi.
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date: 2024-03-25, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
Reading time: < 1 minute UH Hilo softball player Victoria Macias and baseball player Arthur Soto were recognized for leading the team with their slugging percentages.
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date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawai’i Pacific Review (HPU Literary Magazine)
by Richard Schiffman When he called a month later, I asked him how he was doing, and he said, weeks of hell, weeks of hell. And I nodded, though he couldn’t see me. No doubt he nodded back (ruefully I … Continue reading
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date: 2024-03-25, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Guam Visitors Bureau has partnered up with Visa to help boost travel to Guam and enhance visitor…
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date: 2024-03-25, from: Pacific Island Times
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan (This article has been updated to include remarks from Rear Adm. Gregory C. Huffman in his presentation before the…
date: 2024-03-25, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Guam Del. James Moylan is proposing that federal inspectors with the U.S. Environmental Protection…
date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Hilo drivers are advised to expect delays around Lanikaula Street for the next year when a rehabilitation project begins in May.</p>
date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A state lawmaker has joined some Hilo residents in their concerns about a planned government-sanctioned homeless encampment near the Hilo Lagoon Center.</p>
date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>MOSCOW (AP) — Four men accused of staging the Russia concert hall attack that killed more than 130 people appeared before a Moscow court Sunday showing signs of severe beatings as they faced formal terrorism charges. One appeared to be barely conscious during the hearing.</p>
date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>BOSTON — Thousands of hardy souls across New England spent Sunday digging out after a major weekend storm dumped more than two feet of snow in some areas, caused multiple road accidents, downed power lines and left hundreds of thousands across the Northeast in the dark, some perhaps for days.</p>
date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A surge in cases of children being groomed into sharing compromising photos with strangers who then extort them for money or more images has prompted law enforcement to remind parents to monitor online activity.</p>
date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinians who fled an ongoing Israeli raid of Gaza’s main hospital described mass arrests and forced marches past bodies in interviews on Sunday, while the United Nations said Israel is now blocking its main agency helping Palestinians from sending food aid to the enclave’s devastated north.</p>
date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>KYIV, Ukraine — Poland demanded an explanation from Russia on Sunday after one of its missiles strayed briefly into Polish airspace during a major missile attack on Ukraine, prompting the NATO member to activate F-16 fighter jets.</p>
date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>PARIS — Usain Bolt’s sprint world records were never in danger. Then again, even the world’s fastest-ever human likely wouldn’t have been so quick while balancing a tray with a croissant, a coffee cup and a glass of water through the streets of Paris, and without spilling it everywhere.</p>
date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>NEW YORK — Former NBC News “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd criticized his network Sunday for hiring former Republican National Committee head Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor, saying on the air that many NBC journalists are uncomfortable with the decision.</p>
date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>KAILUA-KONA — The Kona Community Aquatic Center (KCAC) is a special place to many in the community. It’s a gathering site where everyone — regardless of swim level — can escape reality and cool off from the West Hawaii sun by participating in almost any aquatic activity imaginable. Some pool ventures include two age-group swim teams, Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) swimming, BIIF water polo, another recreational swim team, water aerobics, keiki swim lessons and more.</p>
date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>By CONOR LANGS</p>
date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>By CONOR LANGS</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/25/sports/photos-biif-judo-goes-to-the-west-side/
date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Houston Cougars breathed a sigh of relief celebrating their latest Sweet 16 berth. </p>
date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Scott Kirby, the chief executive of United Airlines, recently sent a “message on safety” to United’s customers, acknowledging that the airline “experienced a number of incidents” — eight in two weeks, five of them on Boeing planes. The incidents, he said, were unrelated but “have our attention and have sharpened our focus.”</p>
date: 2024-03-25, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A semiautomatic rifle equipped with a “bump stock” can fire at a rate of up to 800 rounds a minute. Does that make it a machine gun? Joe Biden and Donald Trump have said yes. The Supreme Court appears divided.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/25/opinion/a-bump-stock-ban-is-common-sense/
date: 2024-03-25, from: Guam Daily Post
Work to improve the educational facilities across the Guam Department of Education is making slow but steady progress as several projects are moving forward.
date: 2024-03-25, from: Guam Daily Post
The Tokyo Football Association’s U16 Girls Team on Sunday survived a field of five youth clubs to win the Tokyo FA Friendlies Tournament, the third of three main events celebrating AFC Women’s Football Day.
date: 2024-03-25, from: Guam Daily Post
After a competitive middle school boys volleyball season that ended with the St. Francis Catholic School Crusaders narrowly defeating the Santa Barbara Catholic School Spartans, the Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam recently announced the league’s All-Island team.
date: 2024-03-25, from: Guam Daily Post
There is nothing easy about running a marathon. But with driving rain, gusting wind and the majority of the race taking place under the cloak of darkness, the 51st Guam Running Club Marathon and Team Relay on Sunday was both…
date: 2024-03-25, from: Guam Daily Post
The 2024 Pacific Cup mountain bike course Saturday in Brisbane, Australia, challenged riders, and Guam’s Edward Oingerang and Brian Cabaccang proved they were up to the task.
date: 2024-03-25, from: Guam Daily Post
The Guam Board of Medical Examiners reached a milestone, closing a case involving a doctor with a substance abuse disorder who has completed all conditions set by the board to maintain his license and practice medicine on the island.
date: 2024-03-25, from: Guam Daily Post
Dog and cat owners will be able to get their animals spayed and neutered in Sinajana in the next two weeks.
date: 2024-03-25, from: Guam Daily Post
The Office of the Attorney General has drafted and submitted for consideration a set of rules for the chemical castration pilot program signed into law more than eight years ago.
date: 2024-03-25, from: Guam Daily Post
A settlement is in the works in the Civil Service Commission appeal filed by June Perez, the former Guam Memorial Hospital Authority program coordinator terminated last year for allegedly interfering with medical care while attempting to arrange a clergy and…
date: 2024-03-25, from: Guam Daily Post
A man stands accused of assaulting a minor girl last week.
date: 2024-03-25, from: Guam Daily Post
Guam Department of Education Superintendent Kenneth Erik Swanson has an internal team weighing what schools to close and what student populations to combine to “right size” the department as early as the end of this school year.
date: 2024-03-25, from: Guam Daily Post
The trial for a man accused of sexually assaulting a teen since she was 7 is underway in the Superior Court of Guam.
date: 2024-03-25, updated: 2024-03-25, from: Marianas Variety
COLOMBO (Reuters) — McDonald’s has ended an agreement with its local partner in Sri Lanka and all 12 outlets in the country have been closed, an attorney for the U.S. company said on Sunday.
date: 2024-03-25, updated: 2024-03-25, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — A mountain lion killed a 21-year-old man and gravely wounded his younger brother on Saturday in the foothills of northern California’s Sierra Nevada, marking the first fatal cougar attack in the state in 20 years, authorities said.
date: 2024-03-25, updated: 2024-03-25, from: Marianas Variety
CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — A man was injured in a shootout with deputies Saturday on I-20 near the Alabama border, officials said, one of three officer-involved shootings across Georgia over a four-hour span that morning.
date: 2024-03-25, updated: 2024-03-25, from: Marianas Variety
CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Three years after Colorado stopped requiring doctors to report newborns who tested positive for drugs as possible child abuse victims, the number of families referred to child protective services for prenatal drug use is down 25% — but hospitals are still learning how best to support new mothers battling addiction.
date: 2024-03-25, updated: 2024-03-25, from: Marianas Variety
CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — For Nataly Velasquez, a counselor at a teen crisis center in Concord, Calif., just getting through the day can feel like a small miracle.
date: 2024-03-25, updated: 2024-03-25, from: Marianas Variety
CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Leave no man behind.
date: 2024-03-25, updated: 2024-03-25, from: Marianas Variety
(Reuters) — An Australian-born High Court judge whose aborted deportation two years ago from Kiribati sparked a judicial crisis in the Pacific Islands nation will appear in court on Tuesday, in a case closely watched by the United Nations and international legal groups.
date: 2024-03-25, updated: 2024-03-25, from: Marianas Variety
PARIS (Reuters) — The French government is raising its terror alert warning to its highest level following the shootings on Moscow, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on Sunday after a meeting with senior security and defense officials with President Emmanuel Macron.
date: 2024-03-25, updated: 2024-03-25, from: Marianas Variety
CAIRO (Reuters) — Israeli forces besieged two more Gaza hospitals on Sunday, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, and Israel said it had captured 480 militants in continued clashes at Gaza’s main Al Shifa hospital.
date: 2024-03-25, updated: 2024-03-25, from: Marianas Variety
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Moscow’s Basmanny district court ruled on Sunday that the first suspect in Friday’s deadly concert hall attack in which at 137 people were killed should be put into custody for two months pending trial, Interfax news agency reported citing the court.
date: 2024-03-25, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff Attorney General Douglas Moylan is urging the Department of Corrections to implement a dormant law…
date: 2024-03-25, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff A Chinese-born businessman in Fiji is under watch by Australian authorities on suspicion that he…
date: 2024-03-24, from: Pacific Island Times
By Pacific Island Times News Staff The United States stood with the Philippines and condemned Beijing’s activities in the South China…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/us-backs-philippines-in-south-china-seas
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth laid out his administration’s accomplishments and vision Friday at the State of the County address at the West Hawaii Civic Center.</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>PHOENIX — The room sits behind a chain-link fence, then black iron gates. Guards block the entrance, which requires a security badge to access. The glass surrounding it is shatterproof.</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>MOSCOW (AP) — The suburban Moscow music hall where gunmen opened fire on concertgoers was a blackened, smoldering ruin Saturday as the death toll in the attack surpassed 130 and Russian authorities arrested four suspects. President Vladimir Putin claimed they were captured while fleeing to Ukraine.</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Complaints continue to be filed in the case of a tax preparer who apparently disappeared during tax season in 2023.</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The long-anticipated legalization of recreational marijuana in Hawaii is only a few votes away from the desk of Gov. Josh Green.</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The 64th annual Haili Volleyball Tournament came to a close as adult teams played their title rounds on Saturday at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>KAILUA-KONA — The Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) recently released its All-BIIF selections for the 2023-24 basketball season, including the player and coach-of-the-year awards.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/24/sports/all-biif-basketball-teams-released/
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p><strong>BASEBALL: HILO 5 - KEALAKEHE 2</strong></p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/24/sports/vikings-bounce-back-to-defeat-waveriders/
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>LONDON — Support poured in from around the world Saturday for Kate, the Princess of Wales, after she revealed in a candid video message that she is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer following major abdominal surgery.</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>PARKLAND, Fla. — Vice President Kamala Harris toured on Saturday the bloodstained classroom building where the 2018 Parkland high school massacre happened, then announced a program to assist states that have laws allowing police to temporarily seize guns from people judges have found to be dangerous.</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — Download the mental health chatbot Earkick and you’re greeted by a bandana-wearing panda who could easily fit into a kids’ cartoon.</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Gwendolynmae Keonaona Kamanu, 70, of Kalapana died March 3 at home. She was born in Honolulu and was a bus driver for the former Bragado Bus Service and worked for the former Kalapana Drive Inn. Memorial services at a later date. Survived by brothers, Edward K. (Mary) Kamanu of Kalapana and Stanley A. (Jeanne) Kamanu of Hilo; hanai sister, Vivian Maunakea of Honolulu; cousins, nieces and nephews, grand- and great-grandnieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/24/obituaries/obituaries-for-march-24-10/
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>BOSTON — It may officially be spring, but wintry weather blanketed the U.S. on Saturday with New England and California seeing a mix of rain, heavy snow and gusty winds.</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A scheduled “Drag Queen Story Hour” at a Pennsylvania library that had drawn opposition was canceled Saturday after a suspicious package was found in the building and two blocks were evacuated after threats were reported, authorities said.</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>In 2012, steam began to rise from beneath the cracked concrete of a telecommunication station at the summit of Pico Basile volcano on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, in western Africa. The steaming lasted several days and extended to two nearby summit craters.</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills in the early morning hours Saturday, a long overdue action nearly six months into the budget year that will push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Nahale-a should
be the next mayor</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/03/24/opinion/your-views-for-march-24-7/
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>In many ways, nuclear energy and renewable energy are the inverse of each other. One is reliable and efficient, but has a terrible reputation and faces onerous government regulations. The other is unreliable and inefficient but is widely popular and receives many government advantages</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Crossing up and over the fabled Donner Pass in the northern Sierra Nevada and descending to Lake Tahoe is one of those essential rites of passage for Californians.</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>CHICAGO — The last time we saw James Bond he was being blown to bits.</p>
date: 2024-03-24, from: Guam Daily Post
date: 2024-03-24, from: Guam Daily Post
On Monday afternoon, an informational hearing will look into foster parent recruitment, which is a continuous effort of the Department of Public Health and Social Services Division of Children’s Wellness and Child Protective Services.
date: 2024-03-24, from: Guam Daily Post
Police early Friday morning arrested a man on suspicion of possession of illegal drugs while he was in a vehicle identified as being stolen.
date: 2024-03-24, from: Guam Daily Post
If you have relatives who live in the continental U.S. or Hawaii, who you haven’t seen in a while because of the high cost of travel, now is the time to let them know that they can come home in…
date: 2024-03-24, from: Guam Daily Post
On June 13, 2023, a Yigo homeowner returned to find his home had been rummaged through, the man told police, and the culprits allegedly broke a window to gain entry.
date: 2024-03-24, from: Guam Daily Post
Recognizing that the public school system needs to improve in many areas, the Guam Department of Education asked a third group of parents and teachers to evaluate the department’s performance and for a group of employees, public perception was high…
date: 2024-03-24, from: Guam Daily Post
After a 15-mile torch run with military and local law enforcement groups, the 48th annual Special Olympics Guam track and field event began early Saturday morning and finished later that afternoon at Okkodo High School in Dededo.
date: 2024-03-24, from: Guam Daily Post
The Guam Department of Education is actively trying to meet the 14 points required by law to ensure every child is given an adequate education, according to the department. Among those points is the proper ventilation of classrooms to 78…
date: 2024-03-24, from: Guam Daily Post
“I was unemployed for quite some time, my wife is here to testify. It opened my eyes, this is a fantastic, fantastic program. Like any new program, I think there’s kinks to be worked out. But we got through it,”…
date: 2024-03-24, from: Guam Daily Post
Angel Rose Quinata allegedly was caught red-handed attempting to gain access to a stolen vehicle.
date: 2024-03-24, from: Guam Daily Post
The Guam Department of Education announced they are proud to congratulate Nikolette Salas, an 11th-grade student at Tiyan High School, for securing first place in the prestigious Annual Poetry Out Loud Competition, according to a press release from GDOE.
date: 2024-03-24, from: Guam Daily Post
If you have a relative who lives in the continental U.S. or Hawaii, who you haven’t seen in a while because of the high cost of travel, now is the time to let them know that they can come home…