Baseball: UHH salvages split of doubleheader at HPU
Joseph Gallagher stroked a two-run, two-out double in the sixth inning Friday against his former team, and UH-Hilo beat Hawaii Pacific 7-4 to split a doubleheader in Waipahu, Oahu.
HHSAA: Maui Prep deals Kohala their first loss; Waiakea girls soccer loses in semifinals
A big performance by their leader just wasn’t enough.
President refuses to flee, urges Ukraine to ‘stand firm’
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops stormed toward Ukraine’s capital early Saturday as explosions reverberated through the city and the president urged the country to “stand firm” against the siege that could determine its future. He refused American help to evacuate, saying: “The fight is here.”
‘Coffee with a cop’ on Monday in Waimea
Hawaii Police Department’s South Kohala Community Policing Section invites you to join them for “Coffee with a Cop” from 9-11 a.m. Monday at Waimea Starbucks in the Parker Ranch Center.
Putin waves nuclear sword in confrontation with the West
WARSAW, Poland — It has been a long time since the threat of using nuclear weapons has been brandished so openly by a world leader, but Vladimir Putin has just done it, warning in a speech that he has the weapons available if anyone dares to use military means to try to stop Russia’s takeover of Ukraine.
Biden nominates Jackson, first Black woman, to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed American segregation.
Key inflation gauge hit 6.1% in January, highest since 1982
WASHINGTON — An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.1% in January compared with a year ago, the latest evidence that Americans are enduring sharp price increases that will likely worsen after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Kona man killed in towing accident
A 58-year-old Honaunau man died after a two-vehicle collision Thursday on an unnamed side road off of the mauka side of Mamalahoa Highway, 0.1 mile south of the 106-mile marker in South Kona.
Fire destroys Papaikou home
Fire destroyed a Government Road home in Papaikou late Thursday night.
In trans people, GOP candidates find latest ‘wedge issue’
SCRANTON, Pa. — Dr. Mehmet Oz leans in to ask a little girl, “Do you remember when your parents thought you were a boy?”
Priest’s new assignment: Helping those he invalidly baptized
PHOENIX — Families came one by one to the baptismal font in a Phoenix church where the Rev. Andrés Arango, whose baptisms up until last summer are presumed to be invalid, poured holy water over the heads of a dozen people in a do-over of the Catholic ritual.
J&J, distributors finalize $26B landmark opioid settlement
CAMDEN, N.J. — Drugmaker Johnson &Johnson and three major distributors finalized nationwide settlements over their role in the opioid addiction crisis Friday, an announcement that clears the way for $26 billion to flow to nearly every state and local government in the U.S.
CDC: Many healthy Americans can take a break from masks
Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday.
‘Stand your ground’ laws proliferate after Trayvon spotlight
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The “stand your ground” self-defense law had been in effect in Florida for more than six years when it became part of the national vocabulary with the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012. When the 17-year-old was fatally shot, Florida was still one of the few states with the law that removes the duty to retreat before using deadly force in the face of danger.
What the UN should do about Russia
How does the world confront a Russian leader who is acting like Hitler?
A new, unfiltered Trump social platform where lies will know no boundary
Former President Donald Trump, infamous for having lied tens of thousands of times during his presidency and now facing a subpoena in New York for possibly having lied on his financial forms and tax returns, is now launching an ironically named new social media app, Truth Social. The premise is the same as he has asserted since 2016, that traditional news media cannot be trusted and that they, not Trump, are the liars.
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
Tropical Gardening: Hawaii Rhododendron Society meets again
Finally, after almost two years of avoiding people due to the pandemic, plant societies like the Hawaii chapter of the America Rhododendron Society are digging out of hibernation and having safe gatherings again. This means they can share their love, knowledge and starts with one another and those folks interested in this amazing family of plants. As we head in to spring, March is likely to be the month that many of the COVID-19 restrictions are eased and we can once again connect with folks in social settings.
