Biden warns Trump may not peacefully concede election

• By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters
• Oct. 4, 2024
• Last updated 5 p.m.
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State to reopen islet off Lanikai after monk seal pup weans

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Oct. 4, 2024
• Last updated 12:57 p.m.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources closed public access to the islet off Lanikai on July 13 to keep the monk seal mom, Wailea, and her pup safe. Read more

E-bike rider, 54, seriously hurt in King Street crash

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Oct. 4, 2024
• Last updated 1:36 p.m.
•  14

EMS responded to the scene fronting the Interstate Building at 1314 S. King St. at about 8:15 a.m. Read more

Dow registers record high close after solid jobs data

• By Caroline Valetkevitch / Reuters
• Oct. 4, 2024
• Last updated 11:34 a.m.
•  23

The data “basically tells us economic activity in the fourth quarter is likely to remain at a solid pace,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities in New York. Read more

Man, 34, critical after Waikiki stabbing; suspect arrested

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Oct. 4, 2024
• Last updated 11:15 a.m.
•  6

At around 5 a.m, a 43-year-old man assaulted the victim with “a dangerous instrument” on the 1700 block of Ala Moana Blvd., police said. Read more

Makeup artist’s lawsuit accuses Garth Brooks of rape

• By Lisa Richwine / Reuters
• Oct. 4, 2024
• Last updated 10:06 a.m.
•  13

In a complaint submitted to the Superior Court in Los Angeles, a woman identified as Jane Roe said she had provided hair and makeup services to Brooks from 2017 to 2020. Read more

Israel strikes Hezbollah intel HQ, Iran vows not to back down

• By Reuters
• Oct. 4, 2024
• Last updated 2:26 p.m.
•  9

The air attack on Beirut, part of a wider assault that has driven more than 1.2 million Lebanese from their homes, was reported to have targeted the potential successor to the leader of Iran-backed Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, assassinated by Israel a week ago. Read more

By mule and helicopter, volunteers deliver aid to Helene victims

• By Karl Plume and Nathan Frandino / Reuters
• Oct. 4, 2024
• Last updated 9:16 a.m.
•  6

One week after Helene slammed into the Florida Panhandle and devastated wide swaths of half a dozen states, untold thousands remained cut off around Asheville, North Carolina, with many roads impassable and telecommunications equipment damaged or destroyed. Read more

Deadly Israeli strike in West Bank shows how war is spreading

• By Ali Sawafta / Reuters
• Oct. 4, 2024
• Last updated 8:37 a.m.
•  2

More than 700 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank over the past year, according to health Palestinian authorities, many of them armed fighters but many also unarmed youths throwing stones during protests, or civilian passers-by. Read more

Study documents extinction of 610 bird species, including those from Hawaii

• By Will Dunham / Reuters
• Oct. 4, 2024
• Last updated 4:01 p.m.
•  3

The Dodo and Kauai ‘o’o, believed to have had fruit as part of their diets, were among those. Read more

Google tests verified check marks in search results

• By Deborah Sophia / Reuters
• Oct. 4, 2024
• Last updated 7:30 a.m.

Google already uses automated systems to identify pages with “scammy” or fraudulent content and prevent them from showing up in the search results. Read more

U.S. job growth blows past expectations, unemployment rate falls

• By Lucia Mutikani / Reuters
• Oct. 4, 2024
• Last updated 6:59 a.m.
•  68

The closely watched employment report also showed the economy added 72,000 more jobs in July and August than previously estimated. Read more

Liz Cheney, campaigning with Harris, says Trump ‘not fit to lead’

• By Jeff Mason, Nandita Bose, Trevor Hunnicutt and Gabriella Borter / Reuters
• Oct. 4, 2024
• Last updated 6:34 a.m.
•  73

Cheney and her father Dick Cheney, who was vice president under George W. Bush and is still vilified by Democrats for his bullish defense of the Iraq War, are staunch conservatives and two of the most prominent Republicans to have endorsed Harris against Trump in the Nov. 5 election. Read more

Trump rally in Michigan dominated by more false statements

• By Neil Vigdor / New York Times
• Oct. 4, 2024
• Last updated 6 a.m.
•  82

In the roughly 85 minutes that Trump was onstage, he repeated a pattern of untrue assertions that have characterized many of his events as the 2024 presidential race heads into its final weeks. Read more

Japan PM Ishiba tells cabinet to compile stimulus package

• By Makiko Yamazaki and Tim Kelly, Reuters
• Oct. 3, 2024

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba formally instructed his ministers on Friday to compile a fresh economic package to cushion the blow to households from rising living costs, as the new government makes its top priority an exit from deflation. Read more

Fever’s Clark named WNBA Rookie of the Year

• By Reuters
• Oct. 3, 2024
•  5

Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark was named the WNBA Rookie of the Year, the league said on Thursday, receiving 66 of 67 votes from a U.S. panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Read more

Seven & i exploring sale of retail, supermarket units, Bloomberg says

• By Reuters
• Oct. 3, 2024

Japan’s Seven & i Holdings has approached private equity funds and other parties about a potential sale of its Ito-Yokado stores and supermarkets, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Read more

Will Asheville’s once-booming riverfront art district ever recover from Helene?

• By Karl Plume and Rich McKay, Reuters
• Oct. 3, 2024
•  2

The river that runs through Asheville, North Carolina, is littered with artwork drifting downstream after deadly floods from Hurricane Helene decimated the mountain city’s arts district, a linchpin of tourism in the area that some residents fear will never recover. Read more