West Hawaii Today

OTTAWA, Ontario — It was a call that Canadians had never been able to shout on their own soil to their new monarch: “God Save The King.”

For many, Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, a holiday from work and a day for the beach and backyard barbecues.

Patrick Hart studies birds so intently on Hawaii Island, he’s nearly becoming one.

President Donald Trump memorialized the nation’s fallen soldiers in a speech at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, recognizing the families of servicemen and servicewomen who died fighting for their country hours after airing grievances and attacking his political opponents on social media.

Frederik Andersen made 20 saves for the Carolina Hurricanes to help them avoid elimination with a 3-0 win against the Florida Panthers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night in Sunrise, Fla.

PITTSBURGH — The U.S. Open is generally the toughest of the four major golf tournaments, so it is appropriate it will be played this year for the 10th time ever at Oakmont, a course generally regarded as one of the five toughest in the United States.

Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault showed a subtle grin when a reporter asked what he learned about his team Monday night.

President Donald Trump on Sunday condemned the decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin to unleash one of the largest offensives in Russia’s war against Ukraine and said he was considering imposing more sanctions on Russia in response.

LIVERPOOL, England — A car plowed into a crowd of Liverpool fans during a parade celebrating their side’s Premier League soccer title on Monday, hospitalizing 27 people, with two seriously injured, but police said they did not believe the incident was terrorism-related.

On my recent trip to Los Angeles to visit my son Reid, he took me to lunch at Panda Inn, the original restaurant that started Panda Express.

President Donald Trump redefined America’s role in the world during last week’s four-day trip to the Middle East.

KAILUA-KONA — The fourth HCRA event of the 2025 Big Island paddling season took place last Saturday at Kailua Pier for the second straight week, hosting clubs from all across the isle.

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 20 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and collected a game-high 15 points to help the New York Knicks notch a crucial 106-100 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on Sunday night at Indianapolis.

NEW YORK — It had been 641 days since Shohei Ohtani last threw a pitch to a live hitter from a big-league mound.

(Reuters) — Shareeduh McGee is fighting to keep the memory of her cousin George Floyd alive.

Some 41% of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine’s 2025 graduating class is staying in Hawaii for residency training — a 10-point increase from last year that will help chip away at Hawaii’s critical physician shortage.

Seven people celebrated returning to themselves at the 73rd Big Island Drug Court commencement ceremony at Hilo’s Third Circuit court on May 15. Judge Peter Kubota said it was the biggest group of program graduates he’d presided over since becoming a Drug Court judge in 2022.

An American citizen was charged with trying to firebomb a U.S. Embassy office in Tel Aviv, Israel, after he approached the building with Molotov cocktails and had threatened to kill President Donald Trump in a series of social media posts, federal prosecutors said Sunday.

JERUSALEM — It began Friday afternoon with an immense boom that residents say reverberated throughout the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis.

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia unleashed one of its largest drone and missile barrages of the war on Ukraine overnight, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens across the country in an hourslong assault that Ukrainian officials said showed Moscow had no interest in a truce.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM — Israeli airstrikes killed at least six Palestinians guarding aid trucks against looters, Hamas officials said on Friday, as the head of the United Nations warned that only a “teaspoon” of aid was getting in following Israel’s 11-week-long blockade.

The test of intelligent analysis of American foreign policy under President Donald Trump is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

The wise minds at Moody’s Investors Service finally acknowledged last week what the other two main credit rating agencies did years ago: America has a debt problem. Now it’s time for America to recognize that solving its debt problem will require addressing another hard truth: Americans have a retirement problem — specifically, they retire too soon.

For entrepreneurs who want a loan, a government contract or just some advice, the Small Business Administration is generally a first stop. But over the past few months, getting the agency’s help has become more difficult.

LONDON — Is it a negotiating tactic, a credible threat or a howl of rage?

If it happened to Harvard University, could it happen anywhere?

NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani’s pitching rehabilitation from a second major elbow ligament reconstruction is taking its latest, largest tangible step.

Run-ins with humans are the leading cause of death for humpback whales — and new research may explain why these gentle giants are so vulnerable to collisions with boats and entanglement in fishing nets.

A highlight of one of my European -summers was a day I spent hiking in the Swiss Alps, on a hillside above the Berner Oberland’s Lauterbrunnen Valley. I was with a wonderful group of traveling friends, all eager for a ramble in the high country.

(Reuters) — Switzerland secured a 7-0 victory to bring Denmark’s fairytale run to an end on Saturday and reach the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship final against the United States.

Providing care for Hawaii’s veteran kupuna is both a responsibility and a privilege. At our 95-bed Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo, we serve long-term care residents whose lives reflect decades of service, sacrifice and community connection.

The voyaging canoes Hokule‘a and Hikianalia were celebrated during the Hokule‘a ho‘olaule‘a Saturday in Hilo before continuing on to French Polynesia. The canoes are fully loaded for the next leg of the Moananuiakea Voyage, a four-year circumnavigation of the Pacific that will traverse approximately 43,000 nautical miles as the vessels visit 36 countries and archipelagos, nearly 100 indigenous te

Harvard University’s links to China, long an asset to the school, have become a liability as the Trump administration levels accusations that its campus is plagued by Beijing-backed influence operations.

WASHINGTON — The day after House Republicans approved an expensive package of tax cuts that rattled financial markets, President Donald Trump pivoted back to his other signature policy priority, unveiling a battery of tariff threats that further spooked investors and raised the prospects of higher prices on American consumers.

INDIANAPOLIS — When the final horn sounded Saturday, Caitlin Clark didn’t want to accept it. Trailing by two points with 2.2 seconds remaining, the Indiana Fever star attempted what would’ve been a potential game-winning 3-pointer. But before she could even get into her upward shooting motion, New York Liberty guard Natasha Cloud poked the ball free. As it bounced down the lane and into the arms

Team USA hammered co-hosts Sweden 6-2 on Saturday to advance to Sunday’s final of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship, giving the Americans a chance at their first gold medal at the tournament for more than 90 years.

Honoring May as Mental Health Awareness Month, health professionals and anti-tobacco advocates are offering education on the connection between vaping and mental health issues.

President Donald Trump ripped U.S. diversity and inclusion policies, knocked NATO, and took credit for building up the military on Saturday in a campaign-style commencement speech at the prestigious West Point Military Academy in New York.

(Reuters) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed on Saturday that it was drafting a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the United States and would be published after interagency review.

FULLERTON, CALIF. — Inspiration can be measured on a sign on the outfield fence at Goodwin Field: “Only 1,544 miles to Omaha.”

FULLERTON, Calif. >> In a knock-out game, the Hawaii baseball team KO’d Cal State Fullerton with Friday’s 16-4 victory at Goodwin Field on the CSUF campus.

A group of Native Hawaiians and three environmental organizations are challenging the legality of a move by President Donald Trump to permit commercial fishing within a Pacific marine monument.

Jade Palace Two, located at 75-5595 Palani Road in Kailua-Kona was allowed to reopen after passing a follow-up inspection by the state Health Department, which issued a green “pass” placard on