PacWest golf: HPU holds off furious UHH rally to take title
The Hawaii Pacific men’s golf team won its first Pacific West Conference Championship on Wednesday by winning a 10-man team playoff against UH-Hilo after the two teams tied after three rounds at the Wigwam Resort’s Gold Course in Park, Ariz.
BIIF Division I baseball: Waiakea, Hilo romp into championship game
Hilo High’s Devin Saltiban cleared the fence at UH-Hilo, while down the road Waiakea sprayed hits all over its field.
Oahu wahine wins Miss Aloha Hula 2022
After a night of competition Thursday, Piʻikea Kekihenelehuawewehiikekauʻonohi Lopes from halau Ka La ʻOnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe on Oahu was named as Miss Aloha Hula at the 2022 Merrie Monarch Festival.
BIIF playoffs: Water polo semis go as expected; Waiakea’s top seeds hold serve in tennis
KEAAU – Waiahuli Akau was pleasantly passive for Kamehameha’s BIIF water polo semifinal.
All-BIIF soccer: Kamehameha’s Wong Yuen joins the sisterhood as player of the year
When Nanea Wong Yuen was younger, there were whispers that she, athletically speaking, was the chosen one in her family.
US drone company Zipline starts delivering medicine in Japan
TOKYO — Zipline, an American company that specializes in using autonomously flying drones to deliver medical supplies, has taken off in Japan.
A century of wisdom: Holocaust survivor celebrates 100th birthday
A Kailua-Kona woman, who as a young Jew fled Nazi Germany, recounted her life on the occasion of her 100th birthday Saturday afternoon.
Plans for bridge work unveiled: Weight limit on Kolekole could be lifted in June
Kolekole Bridge is on track to reopen to heavy truck traffic by June, state officials said Thursday.
BOE OKs requests to reduce class time: More than 200 noninstructional days authorized statewide
The state Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to approve more than 200 requests from schools for noninstructional days, decreasing the number of hours students will spend in the classroom for the 2022-2023 school year.
Biden announces heavy artillery, other weapons for Ukraine
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden pledged an additional $1.3 billion Thursday for new weapons and economic assistance to help Ukraine in its strong but increasingly difficult battle against the Russian invasion, and he promised to seek much more from Congress to keep the guns, ammunition and cash flowing.
UK lawmakers OK probe into PM Boris Johnson’s alleged lies
LONDON — British lawmakers on Thursday ordered a parliamentary investigation into Prime Minister Boris Johnson for allegedly lying about whether he broke coronavirus restrictions by attending illegal gatherings during the pandemic.
Satellite photos show possible mass graves near Mariupol
KYIV, Ukraine — Satellite images released Thursday showed what appeared to be mass graves near Mariupol, and local officials accused Russia of burying up to 9,000 Ukrainian civilians there in an effort to conceal the slaughter taking place in the siege of the port city.
Macron woos leftist voters as French campaign nears end
SAINT-DENIS, France — French President Emmanuel Macron visited a multicultural, working-class suburb north of Paris on Thursday to woo leftist voters ahead of Sunday’s presidential runoff vote against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen.
Boston urges masks as battle brews over transit rule
Boston has urged people to start wearing masks, and the Biden administration is weighing its next legal step in a court fight over the abrupt end of the national mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit. In early April, Boston followed New York, Los Angeles and other major U.S. cities in relaxing pandemic restrictions as officials pushed for more normalcy after two grueling years of the pandemic. Philadelphia last week became the first big city to bring back a mask mandate, responding to a rise and infections and hospitalizations. The Boston Public Health Commission cited a 65% increase in cases in its decision Thursday.
Oldest Texas death row inmate executed for officer’s death
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Texas’ oldest death row inmate was executed Thursday for killing a Houston police officer during a traffic stop nearly 32 years ago.
Disney self-government in peril after Florida House vote
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday gave final passage to a bill that would dissolve Walt Disney World’s private government, handing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis a victory in his feud with the entertainment giant over its opposition to a measure that critics have dubbed the ” Don’t Say Gay ” law.
Obituaries for April 22
Shirley Temple Bolton, 80, of Naalehu died April 9 at home. Born in Gilbert, W.Va., she was an entrepreneur and restaurateur. Private services. Online condolences: dodomortuary.com. Survived by husband, Richard Bolton of Naalehu; son, Jim (Gemma) DeWitt of Philippines; daughters, Lorri Bolton and Rhonda Bolton-Ruggles of Naalehu; brother, Robert Carter of West Virginia; four grandchildren. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Benedict XVI turns 95 as book focuses on anomaly of 2 popes
VATICAN CITY — Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI turned 95 this past weekend, a significant milestone on its own but even more given he has now been a retired pope longer than he was a reigning one.
Big Pharma won’t be happy about marijuana cutting into its profits
Before I start talking about pot and why the federal prohibition should end, here are some numbers for you to consider.
Why members of Congress should trade their stock portfolios for a shred of credibility
Few issues in Congress transcend partisan polarization as reliably and consistently as members’ stock portfolios. Americans across the ideological spectrum overwhelmingly agree that their federal representatives should not be buying and selling securities given their obviously advantageous access to information that is not available to most investors. And judging by the persistence of robust market participation on Capitol Hill, members of Congress from both parties broadly concur that they relish leveraging that privilege to enrich themselves.
