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No. 3 Hawaii sweeps Lindenwood as Wieter closes it out against former team
Clay Wieter ended the night against his old team with his eighth kill on Hawaii’s third match point and the third-ranked Rainbow Warriors men’s volleyball team swept Lindenwood (Mo.) 25-13, 25-20, 27-25 tonight. Read more
Hawaii island police kill murder suspect, 28, in shootout
The two officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave while the review is conducted, which is standard procedure. Read more
2 Kailua kitesurfers taken to hospital in critical condition
Honolulu lifeguards this morning responded to two kitesurfers with medical emergencies in separate incidents at Kailua Beach Park. Read more
Hawaii AG helps secure national injunction on NIH funding cuts
U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston issued a nationwide injunction at the request of 22 Democratic state attorneys general, medical associations and universities that argue the National Institutes of Health’s planned funding cuts were unlawful. Read more
Trump officials remove list of federal properties for possible sale
The changes stirred up confusion over the Trump administration’s plan to offload a vast amount of federal property. Read more
Tesla owners ditch EVs over Elon Musk’s politics
The buyer’s remorse is playing out at a volatile moment for Tesla, as stocks dropped by double digits in the past week, wiping out most of a postelection surge for Musk’s company. Read more
Wall Street ends higher as markets eye easing of trade tensions
Earlier, Wall Street had lost ground following mixed economic data and as investors also worried about a trade war. Read more
Elon Musk says Post Office, Amtrak should be privatized
“I think logically we should privatize anything that can reasonably be privatized,” Musk said at a Morgan Stanley conference. Read more
VA plans to cut 80,000 jobs in Trump-led downsizing effort
The memo directed agency staff to work with tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to make the cuts. Read more
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Trump exempts some automakers from Canada, Mexico tariffs for one month
Trump is also open to hearing about other products that should be exempted from the tariffs, which took effect Tuesday, the White House said. Read more
Pedestrian, 81, critically hurt after being struck on Ward Avenue
According to the Honolulu Police Department’s Traffic Division, the incident occurred around 4:04 p.m. when the pedestrian fell while attempting to cross Ward Avenue in a marked crosswalk. Read more
Apple unveils new MacBook Air with M4 chip, lowers price
Pre-orders will begin today and the devices will be available in-store from March 12. Read more
U.S. cuts intelligence to Ukraine, pressuring Zelenskyy on peace
The suspension, which could hurt Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russian missile strikes, followed a halt this week to U.S. military aid to Kyiv. Read more
Supreme Court rules Trump must pay foreign aid groups
Handing a setback to Trump, the court in a 5-4 decision upheld Washington-based U.S. District Judge Amir Ali’s order that had called on the administration to promptly release funding to contractors and recipients of grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department for their past work. Read more
Slotkin reaches for political center in rebuttal to Trump
Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, steered clear of inflammatory rhetoric and sought to relate to Americans on both sides of the political aisle by claiming “shared values” like bolstering national security and fighting for democracy. Read more
U.S. farmers brace for harm from retaliatory tariffs
Farms are a target because agricultural products account for a large portion of U.S. exports, said Lynn Kennedy, a professor of agricultural economics at Louisiana State University. Politics are probably a factor, too. Read more
Adidas closes Yeezy chapter with final sneaker sale
Adidas has been trying to put the Yeezy episode behind it since public anti-Semitic rants by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, forced it to end the highly profitable partnership, denting revenues and driving the company to an annual loss in 2023. Read more
Tokuda wears opposition to Trump on her pink sleeves
Hawaii Rep. Ed Case called Trump’s address “by far the most divisive, polarizing and destructive” out of 11 he’s witnessed while in Congress, including seven by Republican presidents and four by Democratic presidents. Read more
Police hunt for ‘armed and dangerous’ suspect after fatal shooting in Puna
The suspect is 28-year-old Isaiah Kaleo Jiaan Fourshey of Mountain View, police said. Read more
Trump addresses Congress for first time since returning to power
The partisan rancor was reflective of the tumult that has accompanied Trump’s first six weeks in office upending U.S. foreign policy, igniting a trade war with close allies and slashing the federal workforce. Read more
DOGE cost-cutting claims questioned after major revisions
Musk has said he is operating transparently in his cost-cutting effort, but budget experts like Martha Gimbel, director of the Budget Lab at Yale, a non-partisan budget analysis organization at Yale University, disagree. Read more
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