‘Sedition Panda,’ a Jan. 6 rioter, is convicted of assaulting an officer
A Florida man who breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while wearing a costume panda head was convicted Friday of assaulting a police officer and other charges related to the events of that day.
Hundreds feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide
Unstable rubble and debris were complicating search and rescue efforts in rural Papua New Guinea on Saturday, a day after a massive landslide buried villages and killed at least three people. Local officials said the death toll was likely to be at least in the hundreds.
China slammed in G7 show of unity threatening trade escalation
China’s engagement in the global system of commerce was roundly criticized by Group of Seven finance chiefs in a show of unity accompanied by a threat of further escalation.
5 Mount Everest climbers are dead and 3 missing this summit season
High above the clouds on Earth’s highest peak, climbers are making the arduous trek up Mount Everest.
Biden addresses graduating cadets at West Point Military Academy
WEST POINT, N.Y. — President Joe Biden told West Point cadets Saturday that they owed an oath to the U.S. Constitution, not to their commander in chief, delivering a commencement message that echoed his campaign-year warnings about the looming threats to American democracy.
Condemnation slows, but does not stall, Israel’s assault on Rafah
JERUSALEM — Despite an international court order to stop its assault on Rafah, Israel says it will continue its operation, trying to walk a line between not angering its U.S. allies too much while trying to achieve strategic aims that it considers too important to abandon.
The Rolling Stones really might never stop
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — “This song’s for Manhattan!” Mick Jagger told the crowd on Thursday night at MetLife Stadium, before launching into a punchy rendition of “Shattered,” that agitated ode to late-70s New York City that closes out the band’s 1978 album “Some Girls.” In the ensuing 46 years, the city has changed in some superficial ways but somehow remained essentially the same — much, as they showed throughout an impressively energetic two-hour set, like the Rolling Stones.
New Jersey man gets 12 years for violent acts during Jan. 6 riot
(NYT) — A New Jersey man who started a brawl with police officers while rioting at the U.S. Capitol with other supporters of former President Donald Trump was sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday after being convicted of more than a dozen crimes.
Obeying the power of the Alps in Switzerland
I learned to respect the power of nature in the shadow of Switzerland’s towering Jungfrau, just south of Interlaken in the Lauterbrunnen Valley.
Senate Bill 1035: A win for access to health care
The passage of Senate Bill 1035 is a vital step forward in fostering a sustainable economic environment for Hawaii’s private practice doctors and dentists, and while this achievement has garnered widespread support across the state, it was the advocacy and leadership from Hawaii Island that were crucial to its success.
Wait times go down. Patient satisfaction goes up. What’s the matter with letting apps and AI run the ER?
My resident describes our next emergency room patient — a 32-year-old female with severe, crampy mid-abdominal pain, vomiting and occasional loose stools. The symptoms have been present for nearly a week, and there is tenderness to both sides of the upper abdomen. It could be a gallbladder problem, the resident says, hepatitis, pancreatitis, diverticulitis or an atypical appendicitis. She proposes routine blood tests along with an ultrasound and an abdominal CT scan.
HPP lot owner said to be seeking nearly $1.4M
A California woman being sued by a developer whose contractor mistakenly built a house on her Hawaiian Paradise Park lot in Puna is seeking more than $1.3 million in damages, according to both the developer and Hawaii County.
Trump tells Libertarians to nominate him, and mocks them when they boo
WASHINGTON — Early in his speech at the Libertarian Party’s national convention on Saturday, Donald Trump told the party’s delegates bluntly that they should nominate him as its candidate for president. He was vigorously booed.
What do students at elite colleges really want?
The meme was an image of a head with “I need to get rich” slapped across it. “Freshmen after spending 0.02 seconds on campus,” read the caption, posted in 2023 to the anonymous messaging app Sidechat.
‘It’s really bittersweet’: Demolition of historic Jaggar Museum begins
For the first time in nearly a century, Kilauea summit will soon be without a museum.
Celtics surge late vs. Pacers, take 3-0 lead in East finals
Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday went the entire day feeling under the weather before spending Saturday night making the Indiana Pacers feel sick.
Grayson Murray, winner of two PGA Tour titles, dies at 30
Grayson Murray, the professional golfer who won two PGA Tour titles and was outspoken about his battles with depression and alcohol, died Saturday. He was 30.
Oilers perplexed by lack of penalty calls on the Stars: ‘That’s a good question’
DALLAS — The Edmonton Oilers tend to make hay on their power play.
Dormant Dodgers offense drags them to fourth straight loss
CINCINNATI — Dave Roberts’ lineup card Saturday once again put a spotlight on what has been a pressing issue for the Los Angeles Dodgers manager’s star-laden roster.
