News in Hilo
BIIF cross country: McDowell, Eckert clinch gold at Waiakea
HILO — It was third time’s the charm for Hawaii Prep’s Micah McDowell and Waiakea’s Shannon Eckert at Saturday’s BIIF cross country meet at Waiakea High.
Quick fix: Fish Piccata
Here’s a simple, elegant dinner featuring tender cod fillets topped with a silky lemon-caper sauce. The bright lemon complements the mild cod, while briny capers add just the right amount of savory flavor.
Let’s Talk Food: Bitter melons are easy to grow
Bitter melon, or Momordica charantia , has many names including bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam pear and it belongs to the Curcurbitaceae family, along with cucumber, pumpkin and zucchini.
Sizing up a 2028 bid, he used a weight-loss drug to drop 80 pounds
WASHINGTON — Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois has traveled to early primary states.
Man shot by ICE agents in Texas says he is in detention with bullet in back
A man identified as the Venezuelan who was shot and wounded by a federal immigration agent in Texas said on Monday that he was in pain and being held at an ICE detention center with a bullet lodged in his back.
Man convicted of attempted murder in shooting of three Palestinian students in Vermont
WASHINGTON — A man was convicted by a jury of attempted murder in the late 2023 shooting of three Palestinian American students in Vermont, two of whom were wounded and one was left paralyzed from the waist down, prosecutors said on Monday.
Trump approval falls to record low of 32% as high costs bite, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s approval rating fell to 32% — the lowest of his political career — as his fellow Republicans soured on his handling of the cost of living amid the unpopular Iran war, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
Paramount wins Warner Bros takeover after settling states, union lawsuits
Paramount Skydance emerged victorious on Monday from a legal battle over its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery after settling with a California-led group of US states and a Hollywood writers union, paving the way for one of the largest media mergers in history.
Presley Gerber, son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, dies at 27
Presley Gerber, the only son of supermodel Cindy Crawford and her husband, Rande Gerber, died Sunday.
Two killed in helicopter crash while fighting Yosemite wildfire
Two people working on a contract for the U.S. Forest Service died on Sunday when their helicopter crashed while fighting a wildfire in Yosemite National Park, officials said.
Thousands of US flights snarled before FAA resolves telecom problem
WASHINGTON — Thousands of flights across the US were snarled on Monday, with incoming flights halted for hours at major East Coast airports, before the Federal Aviation Administration resolved a telecommunications problem late in the afternoon.
AI’s logic is no substitute for human emotion
Artificial intelligence may be the closest thing our age has produced to “Star Trek”’s Mr. Spock: brilliant, analytical and seemingly governed by pure logic.