News across Hawaii County
Cody Bellinger drives in 4 as Yankees cap one-sided sweep of Red Sox
NEW YORK — Cody Bellinger hit a three-run homer during a six-run sixth inning and finished with four RBIs as the New York Yankees pulled away for a 9-2 rout of the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday and a two-game sweep of an American League wild-card series.
Dave Reardon: Clippers approaching UH training camp as business trip
One day and a six-hour plane ride put the Los Angeles Clippers’ long-term problems on the back burner.
Warriors’ woes are all fixable, coaches contend
In a mall-like map, the University of Hawaii football team is here:
EEOC sues Harvard for data on diversity in hiring practices
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a federal judge to compel Harvard University to hand over records in the agency’s investigation into what it described as “systemic discrimination” in the university’s employment practices, particularly against white men.
‘No beardos, no weirdos, no wimps’: Hegseth lays out his military vision
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gathered hundreds of junior officers and enlisted troops at a base in Virginia on Wednesday to extol the virtues of basing Pentagon policy on culture-war issues and to complain about the news media.
Former hoops star Alika Smith sentenced in theft case
A longtime Hawaii basketball figure was sentenced Wednesday to four years of probation and ordered to seek treatment for a gambling addiction.
Bloody attack in the cockpit of a flight to Israel, and a terrifying plunge
JERUSALEM — At first, it seemed like turbulence. Then like something worse than merely rough air on the flight Wednesday from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Tel Aviv, Israel.
Trump unveils $200 billion South Korean investment in US; Seoul hedges on Alaska pipeline
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump unveiled plans on Wednesday for South Korea to invest some $200 billion in US projects, but Seoul quickly suggested one key element, a $54 billion pipeline for an LNG project in Alaska, was not yet set in stone.
Paramount gets court green light on Warner Bros deal, names Mattel’s Kreiz co-CEO
A US judge entered an order on Wednesday allowing Paramount to close its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros, ending a months-long holdup, as the company named Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz as co-CEO to help run the combined business.
US inflation rises below expectations in August, gives the Fed breathing space
WASHINGTON — U.S. inflation increased less than expected in August and price pressures were more moderate in the prior month than previously reported, likely reducing the urgency for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates again in October.
Iran says it receives US response to latest proposal as Washington pulls out of Iraq
BAGHDAD/DUBAI — Iran said on Wednesday it had received a U.S. response to its latest proposal to resurrect the collapsed ceasefire in the Gulf, days after President Donald Trump said he had rejected it.
More than 270 priests in Massachusetts abused children over decades, state probe finds
BOSTON — More than 270 Catholic clerics sexually abused nearly 1,000 children across three Massachusetts dioceses over decades, according to an investigative report the state’s attorney general released on Wednesday.