News in Hilo
Iran insists on diplomatic solution after Trump rejects peace plan
WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS/DUBAI — Iran insisted on Sunday that only diplomacy can solve its conflict with the United States and Israel, after US President Donald Trump said he rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting.
South Africa reels from two shootings that kill 27 in one night
JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN — South African police were on Sunday hunting the perpetrators of two separate shootings that killed 27 people within hours of each other, highlighting the country’s rampant gun violence.
Giant pandas, icons of China’s soft diplomacy, arrive in Atlanta
ATLANTA — A special delivery landed in Atlanta on Sunday, three days after Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said his country would soon dispatch “envoys of friendship” to the United States.
News in brief for September 28
Pennsylvania measles outbreak grows to nearly 900 cases
Trump offered to sell arms to China, US ambassador says
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping whether he would like to buy U.S. weapons, David Perdue, the U.S. ambassador to China, said in a television interview Sunday.
Pope Leo pledges action on clergy abuse after meeting French survivors
LOURDES, France — Pope Leo reaffirmed his commitment to ending abuse of children by Catholic priests in a meeting with French abuse survivors on Sunday, the Vatican said, hours after the pontiff urged the Church to admit its own failings and heal its “deep wounds.”
Republicans pour money into dozens of US House races previously considered ‘safe’
NEW YORK — Republicans are pouring money into more than three dozen US House races previously considered “safe” after internal polling showed they could be vulnerable in the November 3 election, according to three Republican operatives familiar with the party’s thinking.
The UN is terrible, but we need it
What country surpasses Haiti, Somalia and Congo as a deadbeat and rogue nation?
Why Medicare for All is now possible
Across the country, candidates are running unapologetically on Medicare for All— and winning.
Hawaii County Surf Forecast for September 28, 2026
A broad area of rough short period east swell is lowering from east to west. As a result, the High Surf Advisory for east-facing shores of Oahu and Kauai...
El Niño causing busy Pacific hurricane season; prompting talk about traditional Hawaiian resilience practices
As climate change and El Niño fuels more storm activity, a Native Hawaiian organization is exploring the ancient ahupuaʻa system as a sustainable path to defense.
High gas and rising mortgage rates trouble Trump as midterms near
WASHINGTON — Gas prices climbed, mortgage costs soared and investors on Wall Street grew jittery this past week, intensifying a political maelstrom surrounding President Donald Trump with just over a month until voters cast their ballots in the 2026 midterm election.