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date: 2024-08-11, updated: 2024-08-11, from: Marianas Variety
ROSEMARIE D. Embile, a dedicated educator with over a decade of teaching experience and who loves writing, is excited to announce the release of her debut children’s book, “Saving Billy: A Quest for Clean Seas and Happy Turtles.”
date: 2024-08-11, updated: 2024-08-11, from: Marianas Variety
LAST week we discussed various issues related to shipwreck exploration and exploitation. Numbering in the millions, these wrecks are the objects of great interest by families, historians and governments. They are also the source of potential uncountable riches.
date: 2024-08-11, updated: 2024-08-11, from: Marianas Variety
THE Natives will not end the regular season of the 2024 Tan Holdings Saipan Baseball League empty-handed after beating the White Sox, 8-4, at the Francisco “Tan Ko” Palacios baseball field on Friday.
date: 2024-08-11, updated: 2024-08-11, from: Marianas Variety
THE Northern Mariana Islands Basketball Federation will host a Back 2 School 3x3 Bash basketball tournament on the Labor Day weekend from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 at the Koblerville gym.
date: 2024-08-11, updated: 2024-08-11, from: Marianas Variety
THE newly formed NMI Softball Association successfully hosted its inaugural T-Ball League, which concluded Saturday at the Francisco “Tan Ko” Palacios baseball field.
date: 2024-08-11, updated: 2024-08-11, from: Marianas Variety
THE Northern Mariana Islands Basketball Federation will hold a general membership meeting this Saturday, Aug. 17, at 11 a.m. in the conference room of the Ada gym.
date: 2024-08-11, updated: 2024-08-11, from: Marianas Variety
PARIS (AP) — At just the right moment, Mallory Swanson yelled at teammate Sophia Smith not to go near the ball as it came through.
date: 2024-08-11, updated: 2024-08-11, from: Marianas Variety
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — A runaway win in one relay and another that was oh-so-close. A long-awaited celebration for France and a high jump competition that felt like it would never end.
date: 2024-08-11, updated: 2024-08-11, from: Marianas Variety
SENATE Vice President Donald Manglona has introduced Senate Bill 23-67, which would allow licensed physicians from foreign countries to practice medicine at the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.
date: 2024-08-11, updated: 2024-08-11, from: Marianas Variety
(PSS) — A Tinian Elementary School third-grade teacher is the CNMI recipient of the prestigious Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>BELZONI, Miss. — The last day Byron Stribling spent with his wife, Harmony, was the Fourth of July in 2021.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>State Sen. Lorraine Inouye once again defeated challenger Laura Acasio in the Democratic Primary Election Saturday night.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/08/11/hawaii-news/inouye-lee-loy-cruise-to-easy-wins/
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Two Hawaii County Council members from East Hawaii appeared to keep their seats Saturday while a third is headed for a runoff after a close Primary Election.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Many veteran observers of local politics thought the Primary Election mayoral race would spawn a runoff in the General Election on Nov. 5 between incumbent Mitch Roth and challenger Kimo Alameda — and that’s what happened.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Of the four Hawaii County Council Primary Election races in West Hawaii, three incumbents won their seats outright Saturday night, while a fourth race will go to a General Election runoff on Nov. 5.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Name recognition may have helped career politicians Peter Apo and Lei Ahu Isa stand out in a crowded field for the single seat open for the at-large trustee race for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. But the race appeared too close to call after the first announced results Saturday night, with incumbent Kelii Akina, who has served as trustee since 2016, holding a nearly 7,000-vote lead over Ahu Isa, and Apo just behind her. The two top candidates will go on to the general election.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A family advocacy group is suggesting that parents affected by the public school bus driver shortage go to the state Board of Education to voice their frustrations and concerns.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/08/11/hawaii-news/handling-of-school-bus-crisis-blasted/
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>CARACAS, Venezuela — Hundreds of people gathered several days ago outside a detention center in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, huddled around lists of prisoners.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>KYIV, Ukraine — Russia is pushing back against Ukraine’s largest assault into Russian territory since the start of the war, sending troop reinforcements, establishing strict security measures in border areas and conducting airstrikes, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. One of the strikes on Ukrainian troops involved a thermobaric missile that causes a blast wave and suffocates those in its path, the ministry said.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Tamae Iwamoto, 96, of Honokaa died June 5 at home. Born in Holualoa, she was a retired accountant for the former Hawaiian Holiday Macadamia Nut Co., worked at the field office of the former Hamakua Sugar Co, and was a member of Honokaa Methodist Church. Visitation 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday (Aug. 17) at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Memorial service at 10:30 a.m. Casual attire. Survived by daughters, Beryl (David Kamau) Iramina of Hilo and Myra Iwamoto of Honokaa; son, Russell (Cathy) Iwamoto of Edgewater, Fla.; sisters, Fujie Fujimoto of Honokaa and Harumi DeMello of Makakilo, Oahu; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/08/11/obituaries/obituaries-for-august-11-8/
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Vice President Kamala Harris leads former President Donald Trump in three crucial battleground states, according to new surveys by The New York Times and Siena College, the latest indication of a dramatic reversal in standing for Democrats after President Joe Biden’s departure from the presidential race remade it.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>CAIRO — An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school compound housing displaced Palestinian families killed around 100 people, the Gaza Civil Emergency Service said on Saturday, while Israel said the toll was inflated and 19 militants were among the dead.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>VINHEDO, Brazil — Brazilian emergency crews on Saturday recovered the remains of the 62 victims aboard an airliner that plunged to the ground in the town of Vinhedo, near Sao Paulo the day before, killing all on board.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The intelligence world’s relationship with assassination is threefold: analytical (uncovering and assessing an event’s details), exploitative (leveraging news of an attack for propaganda gains) and executive (affecting a hit). As details of the 13 July attempt on our former president’s life continue to emerge, and reactions continue to range from stoic to lunatic, let’s look at the evolving situation through an intelligence lens to bring a few things into better focus.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Matt Olson hit a grand slam and two-run shot to drive in a career-high six runs, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Colorado Rockies 11-8 in Denver on Saturday night.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The U.S. women’s national team are Olympic gold medalists again.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>PARIS — America’s recurring dream continues.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Top overall draft pick Caleb Williams passed for 95 yards over two drives and the Chicago Bears rolled to a 33-6 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Saturday in Orchard Park, N.Y.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>At 42 years old, University of Connecticut legend Diana Taurasi knows the end of her basketball career is a lot closer than the beginning. She is averaging just 11 minutes per game for Team USA at the Paris Olympics, and the team’s 88-74 quarterfinal win over Nigeria was her first time coming off the bench for an Olympic game since 2004.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Customers of Hawaii’s largest electrical utility should not see bill increases due to the utility’s portion of a pending $4 billion Maui wildfire litigation settlement.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>As the Loire River glides gently east to west, officially separating northern from southern France, it has come to define one of France’s most popular tourist regions.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>If you’ve ever caught a fish, you know that keeping hold of them is hard.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/08/11/opinion/keeping-our-food-off-drugs/
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Pass the farm bills
to deter tax cheats</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/08/11/opinion/your-views-for-august-11-8/
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Within hours of Vice President Kamala Harris announcing her running mate, certain corners of the internet had exploded with “Tampon Tim” memes, a reference to a bill that Tim Walz signed ensuring free period products in Minnesota public schools.</p>
date: 2024-08-11, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Remember when a little puddle of green water was spotted in Halema‘uma‘u? Time flies, because that was late July 2019 — over five years ago! And because we’ve had multiple eruptions and intrusions since then, the water lake sometimes feels forgotten in the larger history of Kilauea.</p>