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Hawaii women’s volleyball team ends seven-set losing streak to UC Santa Barbara
Caylen Alexander led a balanced offensive attack with a match-high 19 kills and 13 digs and the Hawaii women’s volleyball team ended a seven-set losing streak to UC Santa Barbara in a 25-14, 25-21, 25-17 sweep of the Gauchos tonight. Read more
Shark bite severs surfer’s leg at popular Maui surf spot
Police officers applied tourniquets to control bleeding but first responders said the man’s leg was severed below the knee. Read more
U.S. deploys B-52s, warships to Middle East amid tensions
The Pentagon said in a statement that deployments would take place in the coming months and demonstrated the flexibility of the U.S. military movements around the world. Read more
U.S. blames Russia for fake video alleging Georgia voting fraud
Georgia is one of seven battleground states expected to determine the winner in Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election between Republican former President Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. Read more
Wall Street gains as Amazon’s rise offsets weak job growth
Amazon.com rose 6.2% after it reported earnings on Thursday that revealed strong retail sales, boosting profit above Wall Street estimates. Read more
U.S. labor market staggers after blow from hurricanes, strikes
The Labor Department’s closely watched employment report today was the last major economic data before Americans head to the polls to choose Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris or Republican former President Donald Trump as the country’s next president. Polls show the race is a toss-up. Read more
Arizona prosecutor investigating Trump for saying Cheney should face gunfire
Trump has drawn outrage for comments he made about former lawmaker Liz Cheney at a campaign event in the battleground state of Arizona on Thursday. Read more
Democrats plan response if Trump claims early election victory
“We are sadly ready if he does and, if we know that he is actually manipulating the press and attempting to manipulate the consensus of the American people … we are prepared to respond,” Harris said in an interview with ABC on Wednesday. Read more
Trump fraud claims revive fears of election interference
Trump continues to falsely claim his 2020 loss to Democratic President Joe Biden was the result of widespread fraud in multiple states that Trump lost, while he and his supporters have spread baseless claims about this election in Pennsylvania. Read more
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Voting machine firm staff prepare for doxxing, swatting threats
Following the 2020 election, which Republican candidate Donald Trump falsely claimed he had won, some workers at election technology vendors reported that they had been “doxxed” — private information about their homes, such as pictures of their front doors, had been shared online, according to Sara Cutter, the executive director of the American Council for Election Technology. Read more
Waimanalo 20-inch main affects water supply, traffic in area
The rupture disrupted service for much of the area and closed Waimanalo Elementary & Intermediate School for the day. Read more
Google brings AI answers to map applications
Widely perceived to have relinquished an early lead on AI development to rivals like Microsoft-backed OpenAI, Google has attempted to catch up by incorporating research advances into existing apps and devices with large user bases. Read more
Former Trump advisers call him ‘liar,’ ‘fascist’ and ‘unfit’
Former generals, admirals, diplomats, intelligence officers and security strategists have publicly or privately accused Trump of being a liar who lacks basic knowledge about the world and represents a danger to democracy. Read more
Japan’s government pension fund posts $60B investment loss
GPIF, one of the world’s largest pension funds, reported an investment loss of 9.13 trillion yen ($60 billion) in the July to September second quarter. That was its worst quarterly performance since the three months to March 2020. Read more
Federally funded EV charging station opens at Aloha Tower
The Aloha Tower station offers four, 150-kilowatt, direct current chargers — or fast chargers — fronting Pier 7 along Aloha Tower Drive. Read more
Motorcyclist dies after North Shore crash
The collision occurred around 4:45 p.m. when a 26-year-old man riding a motorcycle northbound attempted to overtake a 27-year-old female driver traveling in front of him. Read more
Hawaii DLNR investigating ‘cruel’ cat killings at Keehi harbor
DOBOR Administrator Meghan Statts called the killings “cruel and inhumane behavior.” Read more
Monk seal on Maui taken to hospital for emergency care
In late September, volunteers noticed monk seal RS52, a year-old male born on Lanai, was losing significant weight. Read more
Mother, 44, critical after solo collision in Haiku
The Maui Police Department said the crash happened at about 5:55 a.m. on West Kuiaha Road in Haiku. Read more
OpenAI adds new search function to ChatGPT
The AI giant is venturing into a territory long dominated by Alphabet’s Google, also placing it in competition with OpenAI-backer Microsoft’s Bing and emerging services such as Perplexity. Read more
Stocks tumble with Meta, Microsoft; dollar dips
The earnings reports added to concerns among investors that the pay-off for heavy spending on AI may take longer than many had hoped. Read more
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