Vuls suffer error-filled mess ahead of Davies’ gem
The UH-Hilo baseball team’s warts showed up in the fifth inning against Fresno Pacific in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday.
HHSAA swimming and diving championships: BIIF’s best settle for silver
KEAAU – Michelle Axelson appreciated her backstroke, tipping her cap to the only swimmer who could beat her.
HHSAA soccer: Kamehameha claims D2 boys soccer title
Lucas Kay Wong already had helped keep his Kamehameha teammates calm after a shocking penalty kick miss.
BIIF volleyball: Kamehameha gets ‘cobwebs’ out in sweep of Waiakea
Kamehameha and Waiakea produced a sloppy but entertaining BIIF volleyball match Friday night in the season-opener.
Seven BIIF girls wrestlers reach state semifinals
While BIIF boys already were shut of the race for gold Friday, seven female wrestlers, three of them from Kamehameha, reached the semifinals at the HHSAA championships in Honolulu.
Baseball: Vulcans rally to split with Fresno Pacific
Rocked in the first game of Friday night’s doubleheader, UH-Hilo’s baseball team got back to what it does best: producing late-inning heroics.
HHSAA boys soccer: Hilo, Kaniaupio stop Kaiser in PKs, gain chance at first state crown
Hilo High goalkeeper Tysen Kaniaupio dove to his left to deflect the ball, picked himself up, raised his arm and ran to his teammates.
Hotel fire causes $2M in damage: Blaze at former Uncle Billy’s hotel being investigated as arson
The Hawaii Police Department has assumed the investigation of a Friday morning fire that caused an estimated $2 million damage to the shuttered Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel on Banyan Drive.
Attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant triggers worldwide alarm
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops Friday seized the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe after a middle-of-the-night attack that set it on fire and briefly raised worldwide fears of a catastrophe in the most chilling turn yet in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
‘I love Berlin’: Jewish refugee kids reach safety in Germany
BERLIN — Maxim and Shaul had spent the last 52 hours on a bus full of dozens of Jewish refugee children that took them from war-torn Ukraine in the dark of night and across six European borders to safety in Berlin.
Russia cracks down on dissenting media, blocks Facebook
DUSSELDORF, Germany — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday intensified a crackdown on media outlets and individuals who fail to hew to the Kremlin line on Russia’s war in Ukraine, blocking Facebook and Twitter and signing into law a bill that criminalizes the intentional spreading of what Moscow deems to be “fake” reports.
State urges ‘heightened posture’ regarding cybersecurity
HONOLULU — In the wake of continued geopolitical tensions and related cybersecurity attacks affecting Ukraine and other countries in the region, the Hawaii Office of Homeland Security has been working hand-in-hand with its partners to identify and rapidly share information about cybersecurity threats that could threaten the operations of critical infrastructure in Hawaii.
Firefighters extinguish Puna car, structure fires
Firefighters responding to an early Friday morning automobile fire in lower Puna got more than they bargained for — an additional fire of an unpermitted nearby structure.
Big cities drop more COVID-19 measures in push for normalcy
NEW YORK — New York City and Los Angeles are lifting some of their strictest COVID-19 prevention measures as officials in big cities around the U.S. push for a return to normalcy after two grueling years of the pandemic.
Strong job growth points to COVID’s fading grip on economy
WASHINGTON — In a buoyant sign for the U.S. economy, businesses stepped up their hiring last month as omicron faded and more Americans ventured out to spend at restaurants, shops and hotels despite surging inflation.
Pence hits Trump: No room in GOP for ‘apologists for Putin’
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Mike Pence urged Republicans to move on from the 2020 election and declared that “there is no room in this party for apologists for Putin” as he further cemented his break from former President Donald Trump.
As planet warms, less ice covering North American lakes
GRAND LAKE, Colorado — With a backdrop of mountain vistas and a rink of natural ice, the annual ice hockey tournament at Grand Lake offers a picturesque snapshot of Colorado’s beauty. What’s not apparent is the problem brewing under players’ skates.
Finally, US goes over Putin’s head
On news screens everywhere, the world is watching the destruction of two nations: Ukraine, inevitably; and Russia, most assuredly.
Affirmative action is under attack
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear two cases, one against Harvard and the other against the University of North Carolina. Filed by the conservative activist group Students for Fair Admissions, the cases challenge the legality of affirmative action, which allows colleges and universities to consider racial disparities — along with other identity-based factors — as part of admissions.
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Aroundup 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:
