Nation and world news in brief for Tuesday, April 16,2024
Retail sales surge 0.7% in March as Americans seem unfazed by higher prices with jobs plentiful
BIIF track and field competes at HPA for the second time
WAIMEA — The Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) hosted its sixth meet of the track and field season on Saturday at Hawaii Preparatory Academy.
NBA Play-In Game Preview: West games today. East games on Wednesday. Eliminations on Friday
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are back in the play-in tournament. So is Stephen Curry, as he and Golden State will be fighting for their season. And Jimmy Butler returns as well, after this round last year was the first step on Miami’s way to the NBA Finals.
PHOTOS: BIIF judo championships at Kealakehe
By CONOR LANGS
Jackie Robinson remembered around MLB on 77th anniversary of him breaking baseball’s color barrier
LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball marked the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier on Monday.
Caitlin Clark taken No. 1 in the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever, as expected
NEW YORK — Caitlin Clark admitted she was a bit nervous before being chosen with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever, even though it was no surprise.
Trump’s historic hush money trial gets underway; 1st day ends without any jurors being picked
NEW YORK — The historic hush money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former president with falsifying business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life.
HPP man posts bail after being charged with multiple offenses
Police have charged 31-year-old Dylan Jessen Gapp of Hawaiian Paradise Park with numerous firearms offenses and violation of a court order.
Woman accused of beating, kicking dog in Kona
A 26-year-old woman accused of beating and kicking her dog at McDonald’s in Kailua-Kona has been freed on supervised release over the objection of prosecutors.
Testifiers: No PTA land swap
People statewide urged the Board of Land and Natural Resources on Friday to reject a proposed land exchange between the state and the U.S. Army that would allow it to continue to use land in the Pohakuloa Training Area and elsewhere.
More rolling outages possible, Hawaiian Electric warns
Hawaiian Electric on Monday again asked customers to conserve power to avoid the need for additional rolling outages after more than 21,000 customers lost power Sunday.
Police arrest suspect in Kona robbery
Police arrested 21-year-old Peter Melling of Kailua-Kona on April 12 for a robbery that occurred at a shopping center on the 75-5800 block of Alii Drive on April 11.
Nene gosling found dead in popular Hilo park
Patrons of Lili‘uokalani Park and Gardens in Hilo were disheartened recently to learn about the death of a nene gosling in the park.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shut down airport highways and key bridges in major U.S. cities
CHICAGO — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked roadways in Illinois, California, New York and the Pacific Northwest on Monday, temporarily shutting down travel into some of the nation’s most heavily used airports, onto the Golden Gate and Brooklyn bridges and on a busy West Coast highway.
IAEA warns that attacks on a nuclear plant in Russian-controlled Ukraine put the world at risk
UNITED NATIONS — Russia and Ukraine on Monday traded blame before the United Nations Security Council for the attacks on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said have put the world “dangerously close to a nuclear accident.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson pushes towards a vote on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing toward action this week on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, unveiling an elaborate plan Monday to break the package into separate votes to squeeze through the House’s political divides on foreign policy.
Bureau of Prisons to close California women’s prison where inmates have been subjected to sex abuse
LOS ANGELES — The beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons said Monday it will close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse.
Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts.
I was homeless in college. California can do more for students who sleep in their cars
When I first came to California to apply for graduate school in the late ’80s, I drove to Santa Monica and parked my car. There were more homeless people than I’d ever seen, living here in tents on the grass by the ocean under palm trees.
House, Senate play politics on impeachment
Democrats have a tendency to elevate short-term political gain above more comprehensive strategies — sometimes with results they later regret. Harry Reid’s “nuclear option” on federal judges comes to mind as an example of a gambit that came back to backfire spectacularly on the party.
