New river of lava threatens even more buildings on La Palma
LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands — A new river of lava belched Saturday from the La Palma volcano, spreading more destruction on the Atlantic Ocean island where over 1,000 buildings have already been engulfed or badly damaged by streams of molten rock.
Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., which since September has banned most abortions in the nation’s second-most populous state.
Island Life: Heron today, gone tomorrow
A juvenile black-crowned heron looks perplexed poolside at a Kailua-Kona home. (Elizabeth Weintraub/Community contributor)
COVID-19 creates dire US shortage of teachers, school staff
SAN FRANCISCO — One desperate California school district is sending flyers home in students’ lunchboxes, telling parents it’s “now hiring.” Elsewhere, principals are filling in as crossing guards, teachers are being offered signing bonuses and schools are moving back to online learning.
Obituaries: September 23, 2021
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Searches, sorrow in wake of Ida’s destructive, deadly floods
ELIZABETH, N.J. — Police went door to door in search of more possible victims and drew up lists of the missing as the death toll rose to 49 on Friday in the catastrophic flooding set off across the Northeast by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
Island Life: Cardinal at the beach
A red-crested cardinal fluffs up for a bath at Ai’opio Beach. (Georg Balandran/Community contributor)
Worst-Case Scenario: Firms wrestle with supply bottlenecks
WASHINGTON — Toy maker Eric Poses created a card game last year he called The Worst-Case Scenario, a wry reference to the way the coronavirus had upended normal life.
Announcements: July 31, 2021
KidX Back to School Celebration is finishing its school supply drive today in collaboration with Get Ready Hawaii, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the Keauhou Shopping Center. The event will feature keiki crafts, yard games, selfie station, face painting, giveaways and more. Get Ready Hawaii will be giving away one free book per child while supplies last.
Bezos’ comments on workers after spaceflight draws rebuke
NEW YORK — The world’s richest man wanted to say thanks to the people who made his brief trip into space Tuesday possible.
Island Life: Pointy protea
A protea in bloom July 14 in Kona. (Dave Goble/Community contributor)
Some seek more boxes to check for variants of Pacific Islander
HONOLULU — A few months into the pandemic, data showed Pacific Islanders suffered the highest infection rates in Hawaii.
‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’ burdens busy US hospitals
The COVID-19 comeback across the U.S. is putting pressure on hospitals at a time when some of them are busy just trying to catch up on surgeries and other procedures that were put on hold during the pandemic.
In Brief: July 16, 2021
Biden: US will protect Haiti embassy, won’t send troops
Island Life: Wrong tern
A lone Inca Tern at South Point — the only one of its species to ever have been spotted in the US and Hawaii, as it was blown in during a storm, all the way from South America. (Christiana Hetzel/Community contributor)
Island Life: Far off in space
The moon and Venus seen between palms on the Kohala coast. (Tammy Barr/Community contributor)
Public service in the US: Increasingly thankless, exhausting
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — He scurries through his apartment, downing a quick mug of coffee, brushing his teeth, feeding his pet rabbit, Auggie, before leaving. Not so long ago, Bill Mathis would have headed to his high school classroom to discuss great literature like “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Odyssey” with his freshman.
In Brief: May 9, 2021
String of satellites baffles residents, bugs astronomers
Study: Residents left big metros during pandemic for family
Cece Linder was living in a 770-square-foot apartment outside Washington, D.C., last spring when the area went into lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden aims to vaccinate 70% of American adults by July 4
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden set a new vaccination goal to deliver at least one shot to 70% of adult Americans by July Fourth as he tackles the vexing problem of winning over the “doubters” and those unmotivated to get inoculated.
