BIIF track and field: HPA girls, Waiakea boys lead the way in Waimea
WAIMEA – The Hawaii Prep girls looked right at home on Saturday.
BIIF glance, April 5
BASEBALL
Big day for Big Isle baseball ‘Bows in 9-7 win at USC
No University of Hawaii baseball team victory would be complete without a heaping helping of contributions from its Big Island contingent.
Zelenskyy to address UN amid outrage over civilian deaths
BUCHA, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy planned to speak Tuesday to U.N. Security Council diplomats outraged by growing evidence that Russian forces have deliberated killed civilians, many of them shot in yards, streets and homes, and their bodies left in the open.
DHHL to break ground on Honomu ag project Friday
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands will break ground this week on a new subsistence agriculture project in Honomu.
UN warns Earth ‘firmly on track toward an unlivable world’
BERLIN — Temperatures on Earth will shoot past a key danger point unless greenhouse gas emissions fall faster than countries have committed, the world’s top body of climate scientists said Monday, warning of the consequences of inaction but also noting hopeful signs of progress.
E-waste program suspended due to lack of funds
A county program to recycle electronic waste has been discontinued until at least July.
Candidate filing for House seats gains momentum after a late start
Hawaii Island’s newly redefined and open District 6 seat in the state House of Representatives has so far attracted two Republican candidates seeking to represent the Kona district.
State briefs for April 5
Officials consider new uses for virus screening tech
Suddenly, Twitter’s biggest stakeholder is Tesla’s Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has acquired a 9% stake in Twitter to become its largest shareholder while joining other critics in questioning the social media platform’s dedication to free speech and the First Amendment.
Study finds higher homicide risk in homes with handguns
NEW YORK — Most U.S. gun owners say they own firearms to protect themselves and their loved ones, surveys show. But a study published Monday suggests people who live with handgun owners are shot to death at a higher rate than those who don’t have such weapons at home.
Parkland, Florida, school shooter’s jury selection begins
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The first day of jury selection in the worst U.S. mass shooting to go to trial was slow, methodical and painstaking — a process that is expected to drag on for two months.
WHO says 99% of world’s population breathes poor-quality air
GENEVA — The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air quality, calling for more action to reduce fossil-fuel use, which generates pollutants that cause respiratory and blood-flow problems and lead to millions of preventable deaths each year.
Obituaries for April 5
Shirley R. “Tutu” “Mrs. B” Benevides, 86, of Hilo died March 21 at home. Born in Pepeekeo, she and was a homemaker. Visitation 9:30-10:30 a.m. Monday (April 11) at Dodo Mortuary Chapel . Funeral service at 10:30 a.m. Burial to follow at Hawaii Veterans Cemetery No. 2. Casual attire is requested. On-line condolences: dodomortuary.com. Survived by sons, Richard “Ricky” (Dawn) Benevides of Chowchilla, Calif., Darren (Andrea) Benevides of Hilo and Scott Benevides of Merced, Calif.; brother, Edward (Kathy) Reis of Hilo; sisters, Mary Jane Camacho of Paauilo and Linda Correia of Hilo; sisters-in-law, Joyce Reis of Paukaa and Carol Reis of California; three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; nephews, nieces and cousins. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Democratic, GOP Senate bargainers reach $10B COVID agreement
WASHINGTON — Senate bargainers reached agreement Monday on a slimmed-down $10 billion package for countering COVID-19 with treatments, vaccines and other steps, the top Democratic and Republican negotiators said, but ended up dropping all funding to help nations abroad combat the pandemic. The compromise drew quick support from President Joe Biden, who initially pushed for a $22.5 billion package. In a setback, he ended up settling for much less despite administration warnings that the government was running out of money to keep pace with the disease’s continued spread in the U.S.
Your Views for April 5
Not the animals’ fault
The U.S. House passes a sane marijuana decriminalization bill; the Senate should follow suit
Eighteen states all over the physical and political map, including California, Arizona, Virginia, Michigan, Montana, Illinois, Oregon, Nevada, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, now permit the recreational use of cannabis, opting to regulate and collect taxes from adult use of the substance rather than continue to treat it as a problem to be contained through cops, courts, jails and prisons. Thirty-seven states have made medical marijuana legal. Yet the federal government still lists the weed as a Schedule I narcotic “with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse,” classifying it among the most dangerous substances in America.
After another mass shooting in Sacramento, the crisis before us is clear: It’s the guns
The energy that downtown Sacramento lost during two years of pandemic restrictions had just started returning when six people were killed and at least 12 were wounded early Sunday in Sacramento’s second mass shooting in five weeks.
Let’s Talk Food: Baking soda, an essential ingredient
Baking soda is sodium hydrogen carbonate or bicarbonate of soda. Its chemical formula is NaHCO3. If you taste it, you will know it is a salt with some alkaline flavors.
