Kilauea eruption ends after six days
Kilauea has stopped erupting, less than a week after the latest eruption began.
Trump refuses to say in a TV interview how he watched the Jan. 6 attack unfold at the US Capitol
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined in an interview aired Sunday to answer questions about whether he watched the Capitol riot unfold on television, saying he would “tell people later at an appropriate time.”
Tens of thousands march to kick off climate summit, demanding end to warming-causing fossil fuels
NEW YORK — Yelling that the future and their lives depend on ending fossil fuels, tens of thousands of protesters on Sunday kicked off a week where leaders will try once again to curb climate change primarily caused by coal, oil and natural gas.
Trial of 3 Washington officers charged with murder, manslaughter in death of Black man set to begin
SEATTLE — Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged in the death of a 33-year-old Black man who was tackled, punched, shocked with a Taser and held face-down on a sidewalk in March 2020, just two months before George Floyd met a similar fate.
Atlantic storm Lee delivers high winds and rain before forecasters call off all warnings
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Atlantic storm Lee — which made landfall at near-hurricane strength, bringing destructive winds and torrential rains to New England and Maritime Canada — kept weakening Sunday after officials withdrew warnings and predicted the storm would disappear early this week.
County pool woes continue: Lack of lifeguards leads to unpredictable hours at many of the facilities
Residents continue to raise concerns about the lack of transparency pertaining to Hawaii County’s swimming pools.
Israel criticizes UN vote to list ruins near ancient Jericho as World Heritage Site in Palestine
JERICHO, West Bank (AP) — A U.N. committee voted Sunday to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision that angered Israel, which controls the territory and does not recognize a Palestinian state.
$250K reward offered as detectives search for assailant who shot Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy
PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities asked for the public’s help and offered a $250,000 reward as investigators searched Sunday for the assailant who shot and killed a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy as he sat in his patrol car at an intersection.
Rural hospitals are closing maternity wards. People are seeking options to give birth closer to home
Alisha Alderson placed her folded clothes and everything she needed for the last month of her pregnancy in various suitcases. She never imagined she would have to leave the comfort of her home in rural eastern Oregon just weeks before her due date. But following the abrupt closure in August of the only maternity ward within 40 miles, she decided to stay at her brother’s house near Boise, Idaho — a two-hour drive through a mountain pass — to be closer to a hospital.
First two cargo ships arrive in Ukrainian port after Russia’s exit from grain deal
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two cargo ships arrived in one of Ukraine’s ports over the weekend, using a temporary Black Sea corridor established by Kyiv following Russia’s withdrawal from a wartime agreement designed to ensure safe grain exports from the invaded country’s ports.
UAW justifies wage demands by pointing to CEO pay raises. So how high were they?
NEW YORK — It’s been a central argument for the United Auto Workers union: If Detroit’s three automakers raised CEO pay by 40% over the past four years, workers should get similar raises.
Kevin McCarthy is pushing a Biden impeachment inquiry so thin you can see right through it
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s announcement that he is commissioning a formal inquiry into impeaching President Joe Biden — without first securing a vote by the full House — is cynical and unjustified.
Faux-centrist ‘No Labels’ is just a dark money con job that would give us Trump 2.0
Recently, we’ve received a couple of messages from readers extolling the promise of the supposedly centrist group No Labels.
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Mostert runs for 2 TDs, Tagovailoa throws for another as Dolphins hold off Patriots 24-17
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tua Tagovailoa has heard a lot during his NFL career about his shortcomings. Beating the New England Patriots continues not to be one of them.
Cowboys football falls short to Daggers
KAPAAU — In a back-and-forth affair where it felt like either team could take the victory, Kohala football fell in close fashion to Pahoa by a score of 14-13 on Saturday at home. While the Cowboys were in control for a majority of the game, the Daggers’ physical run game and ability to force turnovers late proved to be the deciding factor.
AP Top 25: No. 13 Alabama is out of the top 10 for the first time since 2015. Georgia remains No. 1
No. 13 Alabama is out of the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in eight years, and Georgia remained No. 1 on Sunday.
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