Afghans protest US move to unfreeze $3.5B for 9/11 victims
KABUL, Afghanistan — Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital on Saturday condemned President Joe Biden’s order freeing up $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of America’s 9/11 victims — saying the money belongs to Afghans.
Obituaries: February 13, 2022
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Thompson has 33 in best game of return, Warriors edge Lakers
SAN FRANCISCO — Klay Thompson scored 16 of his season-high 33 points in the fourth quarter, Stephen Curry made a clutch layup with 46 seconds remaining, and the Golden State Warriors held off the Los Angeles Lakers 117-115 on Saturday night, spoiling another scoring milestone by LeBron James.
BIIF paddling championships: Favored canoes from Keaau, Kamehameha, HPA take titles
As expected, all the favorites — the Keaau girls, Kamehameha boys and Hawaii Prep mixed crews — won at the BIIF canoe paddling championships on Saturday at Hilo Bay, where Kealakehe was the only one to qualify all three crews for the state championships.
BIIF basketball: Kamehameha pushes past Waiakea
KEAAU – It was all fun and games early on for Kamehameha’s Darius Olloway at well-attended Koai’a Gym, where the only question was: one hands or two?
Gambling measure moves forward
A bill that would require the Department of Hawaiian Homelands to study potential revenue generation as well as public health and safety concerns arising from “limited casino gaming” on DHHL lands is moving through the state Legislature.
US, Japan, South Korea meet in Hawaii to discuss North Korea
HONOLULU — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met his Japanese and South Korean counterparts Saturday on Oahu to discuss the threat posed by nuclear-armed North Korea after Pyongyang began the year with a series of missile tests.
Biden warns Putin of ‘severe costs’ of Ukraine invasion
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis but “equally prepared for other scenarios,” the White House said Saturday. It offered no suggestion that the hourlong call diminished the threat of an imminent war in Europe.
Roth considering charging tourists to visit beach parks, zoo
Charging tourists to visit county beach parks and the zoo is being considered as a potential way to help pay for facilities, Mayor Mitch Roth said.
Fireworks bills move forward
Five of seven fireworks bills introduced by the state House of Representatives this session cleared their initial committee hurdle, with amendments, while two were shelved.
BIIF D-II boys soccer: Kamehameha earns first-round bye with draw
Elijah Dinkel’s 14th goal helped Kamehameha’s ever-busy boys soccer team find its second wind.
US aims to counter China by opening Solomon Islands embassy
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The U.S. says it will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, laying out in unusually blunt terms a plan to increase its influence in the South Pacific nation before China becomes “strongly embedded.”
New Zealand tries old earworm hits to flush out protesters
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Some countries might send in a riot squad to disperse trespassing protesters. In New Zealand, authorities turned on the sprinklers and Barry Manilow.
Teenage fentanyl deaths are soaring
Overdose deaths linked to synthetic opioids like fentanyl tripled among teenagers and went up five times among Black teens in the past two years, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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GOP pushes US schools to post all class materials online
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican state lawmakers across the U.S. are trying to require schools to post all course materials online so parents can review them, part of a broader national push by the GOP for a sweeping parents bill of rights ahead of the midterm congressional elections.
Ryder aces wild 16th, Theegala holds onto Phoenix Open lead
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Sam Ryder brought down the house with a hole-in-one on the stadium 16th hole Saturday in the WM Phoenix Open, where newcomer Sahith Theegala topped a leaderboard as crowded as the course.
Keep it clean and the Lombardi Trophy could be yours
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Stay clean. Avoid the critical mistakes.
Whittaker prepares for rematch with Adesanya in UFC 271
HOUSTON — After Israel Adesanya knocked out Robert Whittaker for the middleweight title at UFC 243 in 2019, Whittaker was not in a good place and took time off to work on himself.
Scant progress the final blow to on-time MLB spring training
NEW YORK — The final blow has been dealt to an on-time start to spring training, with Major League Baseball making a new offer Saturday that the players’ association received as only scant progress in the drawn-out labor talks.
