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MIDPINES, Calif. — On a gentle slope on the western side of the Sierra Nevada, where a towering green canopy of ponderosa pines had stood for centuries, wildfires have transformed roughly 1,700 acres into brown, bare shrubland. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
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While helping families recover from Hurricane Lala, Kimberly “Aulani” Fanene spent last Thursday preparing her community resilience hub on the edge of Punaluu for the potential effects of Tropical Storm Moke, protecting food supplies and coordinating meal deliveries. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
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NAALEHU — As Hurricane Lala battered the Ka‘u district on Big Island, lifelong Naalehu resident Ja’MeLe Oyama, 39, watched the floodwaters rise around her pickup truck as she tried to get her two sons to safety. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
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With today’s start of the fall semester, the Hawaii football team shifts from preseason training to game-week focus for Saturday’s season opener against Stanford. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
Blake Snell delivered his third consecutive strong outing in his return from an elbow procedure and the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a three-game sweep over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates with a 4-0 victory Sunday. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
by Conor Langs / 6h
WAIMEA — With Hurricane Lala in the rearview, Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) football returned to action over the weekend with plenty of matchups across the island, including one on the mainland. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump capped celebrations of the U.S. 250th anniversary with a first-of-its-kind auto race through the streets of Washington, closing a summer of sports and spectacle as drivers sped past the capital’s iconic landmarks. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
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Two Phoenix police officers fired, arrested after violent traffic stop The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this weekend that his former defense minister was wrong to call for national elections and that holding a vote in the middle of war could divide Ukraine. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
by New York Times / 6h
WASHINGTON — When Mandela Barnes dropped out of the Wisconsin governor’s race two weeks before the Democratic primary, he declared, “It has become very clear who our nominee is going to be.” The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the House minority leader, met privately in recent weeks with Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and top outside adviser, and discussed potential areas of common ground, according to five people with knowledge of the meeting. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
Nearly 40,000 bottles of eye drops are being recalled across the country over concerns related to potential contamination, federal safety regulators said. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
DUBAI — Iran’s foreign minister dismissed the threat of new U.S. sanctions as a sign of desperation on Sunday and said the expected new measures would fail to defeat Tehran. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
A wildfire burning in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and moving toward Reno, Nevada, has forced thousands of evacuations, shuttered two hospitals and prompted emergency declarations from state officials. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
by New York Times / 6h
Psychologist John Gottman said that nothing is so destructive to a marriage as contempt. Couples can come back from many sorts of conflicts, but not festering disgust — a sense, by one or both people, that the other is beneath them. That’s why, if blue and red America were spouses, the relationship would look hopeless. Call it irreconcilable differences. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune
In October 1986, President Reagan met Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavik, Iceland, to resolve the question of whether we were destined for nuclear war or if we could step back from the brink. At a moment when 70,000 nuclear weapons existed throughout the world, these two fierce adversaries sat down across from each other and looked past decades of fear and suspicion to find a middle gro
Yesterday
Kyle Tucker hit a go-ahead two-run single in the fifth inning, Tarik Skubal had 11 strikeouts over seven innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 4-3 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Rams coach Sean McVay changed the script in the battle to back up star quarterback Matthew Stafford. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
Former Division II quarterback Jack Strand threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score, leading the visiting Atlanta Falcons to a convincing 34-6 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday afternoon in preseason action. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
OTTAWA, Ontario — The morning after he pulled negotiators from trade talks in Washington and set off a new round of U.S. tariffs, Prime Minister Mark Carney called the U.S. proposal “a bad deal” and said Canada was “at war” with the United States. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
A team from the Cicero Institute, an upstart think tank, flew to Indiana this year to help make it a crime for homeless people to sleep on the street. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
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PAHALA — Six days after Hurricane Lala battered southern Big Island, Lorene Agustin was still without electricity. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
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Solutions sought for neighbor’s barking dogs The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
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Stretching across roughly 750 miles, Europe’s highest mountain range, the Alps, arcs across eight countries, from the Mediterranean coast of France to the eastern fringes in Austria and Slovenia. Along the way, alpine cultures and landscapes offer a fascinating variety of experiences. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
Did you feel that earthquake? Time to check the location and magnitude. Do you need to find out how much Kilauea summit region has repressurized since the last eruption? You can check tiltmeter data in about three clicks. Is the eruption forecast window open? Turn on those livestreaming cameras to see if lava is flowing. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
by New York Times / 1d
TOKYO — For 158 years, Tokyo has stood as Japan’s glittering capital, a world-famous nexus of food, culture, business and government. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
GARY, Ind. — It was Day 11 without power in Gary, Indiana, and Pierre Ervin was beyond fed up. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
SENATOBIA, Miss. — The fatal police shooting of a 1-year-old Black toddler in June became a flash point in Senatobia, Mississippi, after years of complaints from residents about discriminatory and overzealous policing. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
WASHINGTON — The Postal Service on Friday published regulations that would restrict mail voting, its latest effort to comply with President Donald Trump’s call to restrict the popular practice just months before the midterm elections. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
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Kwan Sik Choi, 79, of Hilo died July 30 at home. Born in South Korea, he was a retired mechanical engineer for Korean Airlines and owner of Seoul Construction Co. Private services held. Survived by wife, Kyung Sook Choi of Hilo; daughters, Rebecca Choi of Hilo and Jane Choi of Placentia, Calif.; sisters, Young Sook Choi of Seoul, South Korea, and Eun Sook Choi of Los Angeles; brother, Tae San Cho
A Black teenager who was convicted of murder in the fatal stabbing of a white peer at a high school track meet last year will not receive a new trial, a Texas judge ruled on Saturday. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
by New York Times / 1d
Trump administration officials have hailed it as a goal of the Make America Healthy Again movement: barring people who receive food assistance from spending that money on soda. Does it work? The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
MEXICO CITY — The Mexican governor accused by U.S. prosecutors of helping a cartel smuggle drugs announced Friday that he was back in office, defying charges that set off a scandal in Mexico and inflamed tensions with the United States. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
A decade ago, wildfire smoke was barely on many Americans’ radar. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
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MIAMI — Florida, of all places, just became the stage where Democrats will act out their national existential drama dividing the insurgent left and pragmatic center. The post appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
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