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Rainbow Wahine sweep at Cal Poly
Hawaii junior Caylen Alexander put down a match-high 18 kills and junior middle Jacyn Bamis added a career-high 15 kills to lead Hawaii to a 25-21, 29-27, 25-21 sweep of Cal Poly today at Mott Athletics Center in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Read more
Hawaii island man arrested for allegedly shooting at cars with BB gun
Officers found the man walking on Mamalahoa Highway carrying what appeared to be a rifle and disarmed him without incident. Read more
Honolulu police arrest 4 after several business burglaries
All four were arrested on suspicion of second-degree burglary. Read more
S. Korea: N. Korean troops in Russia prepare for Ukraine combat
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) also said it had been working with the Ukrainian intelligence service and had used facial recognition artificial intelligence technology to identify North Korean officers in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region supporting Russian forces firing North Korean missiles. Read more
Universal Epic Orlando theme park will open in May
Initially, tickets for the general public will be sold only for the new area, Universal Epic Universe, which is the first major park to open in Orlando, Florida, in 26 years, as part of multiday packages, the resort said Thursday. Read more
3 decades later, 1st brown dwarf ever found offers surprise
Researchers now have taken a fresh look at that brown dwarf and learned that it actually is not a single brown dwarf but rather two of them orbiting astonishingly close to each other while circling a small star. This was documented in two new studies using telescopes in Chile and Hawaii. Read more
Dow, S&P hit record highs boosted by Netflix, tech gains
All three major Wall Street benchmarks also comfortably secured a sixth straight weekly gain, their longest weekly winning streaks since late 2023. Read more
Harris will campaign with the Obamas next week
Democrats have long waited to deploy the former first couple as surrogates for Harris. Read more
Israel eyes strategic gains before U.S. election after Sinwar death
With U.S. elections approaching, Israel is rushing to inflict maximum damage on Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and seizing the moment to carve out de facto buffer zones in a bid to create an irreversible reality before a new president takes office in January, eight sources told Reuters. Read more
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Cuba’s power grid fails, plunging country into darkness
The Communist-run government earlier in the day closed schools and non-essential industries and sent most state workers home in a last-ditch effort to keep the lights on for residents. Read more
More evidence released in Trump election subversion case
The hundreds of pages, many of which were blanked out and marked “sealed,” include material referenced in a sweeping court filing from Special Counsel Jack Smith made public earlier this month that argued that Trump, the Republican presidential candidate in this year’s election, is not immune from the remaining allegations in the case. Read more
Amazon AWS CEO: Quit if you don’t want to return to office
Speaking at an all-hands meeting for AWS, unit CEO Matt Garman said nine out of 10 workers he has spoken with support the new policy, which takes effect in January, according to a transcript reviewed by Reuters. Read more
Meta releases AI model that can check other AI models’ work
The release follows Meta’s introduction of the tool in an August paper, which detailed how it relies upon the same “chain of thought” technique used by OpenAI’s recently released o1 models to get it to make reliable judgments about models’ responses. Read more
Kauai flood advisory canceled as heavy rains ease
Today’s forecast for most of the state calls for partly to mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers in windward and mauka areas, while leeward areas may see isolated showers. Read more
Trump blames Zelenskyy for starting war, despite Russian invasion
Russia launched afull-scale invasion of its neighbor in 2022. Read more
U.S. investigates Tesla’s Full Self-Driving after fatal crash
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) preliminary evaluation is the first step before the agency could seek a recall of the vehicles if it believes they pose an unreasonable risk to safety. Read more
Duterte’s accusations of Marcos’ incompetence widen rift
Duterte, the daughter of Marcos’ predecessor, resigned from cabinet in June, signaling the collapse of a formidable political alliance that helped her and Marcos, son and namesake of the late strongman, secure their 2022 electoral victories. Read more
Gold breaks $2,700 barrier for first time on safe haven demand
Spot gold rose 0.7% to $2,711.75 per ounce by 0933 GMT, having hit an all-time high of $2,714.00 earlier in the session. Bullion has gained over 2% so far this week. U.S. gold futures gained 0.7% to $2,726.90. Read more
Girl, 17, killed and 3 other teens seriously hurt in Big Island crash
This was Hawaii island’s 24th traffic fatality this year compared with 15 at this time last year. Read more
Ferrari unveils new $3.9 million F80 supercar
The hybrid butterfly-door F80 is a highlight in Ferrari’s model roll-out strategy aimed at keeping its wealthy customers engaged, as it prepares to launch its first and so far highly secretive purely electric car at the end of next year. Read more
Harris campaign tacks as anxiety rises over Trump gains
The Democratic nominee is in a statistical dead heat in crucial states with Trump, the Republican former president, according to public and internal campaign polls cited by Democratic sources, sparking a round of finger-pointing and second-guessing from some corners. Read more
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