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Hawaii Wahine volleyball team defeats Cal Poly
Caylen Alexander put down a match-high 20 kills and Stella Adeyemi and Kate Lang each had two big kills late in the fourth set to help Hawaii defeat Cal Poly 25-19, 25-12, 15-25, 25-20 tonight. Read more
Hilton, hotel workers reach tentative agreement to end strike
Workers are expected to hold a ratification vote Monday. If the deal is ratified, they are expected to return to work Tuesday. Read more
‘Bows rally from 13 down to win at Fresno in final seconds
The Rainbow Warriors improved to 4-6 overall and 2-3 in the Mountain West. Read more
Swarm of small quakes shakes undersea volcano off Hawaii island
Kama’ehuakanaloa volcano, formerly called Lo’ihi Seamount, “entered a period of heightened seismic unrest” around 6 p.m. Friday, USGS scientists said. Read more
GAME DAY BLOG: Hawaii football team rallies to defeat Fresno State, 21-20
The Warriors ended a three-game losing streak with last week’s 34-13 victory over Nevada to improve to 3-5 overall and 1-2 in the Mountain West. Read more
Iran’s leader threatens Israel with ‘crushing response’ to strikes
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has the authority as commander in chief to order strikes on Israel. Read more
Trump’s microphone trouble in Milwaukee leaves him ‘seething’
The rally was Trump’s final scheduled event in Wisconsin, but his closing pitch was derailed just minutes into his remarks, when members of the crowd began chanting, “Fix the mic!” Read more
Tropical storm forms in East Pacific but expected to dissipate
Lane is expected to dissipate by Monday to a “post-tropical remnant low” in the East Pacific, far from land. Read more
Teen critically hurt after being stabbed multiple times in Nimitz area
Police have opened a second-degree attempted murder investigation and had made no arrests as of early this morning. Read more
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TGI Friday’s U.S. operator files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Privately owned by TriArtisan Capital Advisors, TGI Fridays has been a beloved dining destination since its inaugural bar opened in Manhattan in 1965. Read more
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
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
Work continues on broken 20-inch water main in Waimanalo
The rupture disrupted service for much of the area and closed Waimanalo Elementary & Intermediate School on Friday. Read more
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