Police seek 4 possible suspects for school property damage

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Today
• Last updated 1:19 p.m.
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The four allegedly damaged the glass louvers at Lunalilo Elementary School some time between about 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26 to about 7 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 28. Read more

At 17, she just passed the state bar of California

• By Alexandra E. Petri / New York Times
• Today
• Last updated 12:30 p.m.
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The California bar is among the most difficult licensing requirements exams in the country, and just under 54% of the 8,291 people who took it in July passed. Read more

Indian billionaire indicted in U.S. bribery case

• By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel / Reuters
• Today
• Last updated Noon
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Authorities charged Adani and two other executives at Adani Green Energy, his nephew Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain, with agreeing between 2020 and 2024 to pay more than $250 million in bribes to Indian government officials to obtain solar energy supply contracts expected to yield $2 billion in profits. Read more

House Ethics panel deadlocked on release of Gaetz report

• By Bo Erickson, Katharine Jackson and David Morgan / Reuters
• Today
• Last updated 11:51 a.m.
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“There was no consensus on this issue,” Democratic U.S. Representative Susan Wild told reporters. Read more

Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years for Archegos fraud scheme

• By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel / Reuters
• Today
• Last updated 10:30 a.m.
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Hwang was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan, where a jury convicted Hwang in July on 10 criminal charges including wire fraud, securities fraud and market manipulation. Read more

Biden administration approves Ukraine’s use of anti-personnel mines

• By Andrew E. Kramer and Helene Cooper / New York Times
• Today
• Last updated 10:11 a.m.
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The decision is the latest in a series of moves by Russia and the United States related to the war in Ukraine that have escalated tensions between the two. Read more

Apple urges judge to end smartphone monopoly case

• By Jody Godoy and David Shepardson / Reuters
• Today
• Last updated 9:35 a.m.

U.S. District Judge Julien Neals in Newark, New Jersey, heard arguments from lawyers for Apple who said the government’s case should be dismissed on multiple grounds and asked the judge to limit the discovery process. Read more

Deadly storm pounds Northwest, leaves half a million without power

• By Brendan O’Brien and Rich McKay / Reuters
• Today
• Last updated 9:19 a.m.
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Winds should die down across the region by midday, but the storm has moved to California and is set to bring extreme rainfall by the end of the week, according to forecasters. Read more

Bitcoin surges to record high near $95,000

• By Medha Singh, Ankur Banerjee and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss / Reuters
• Today
• Last updated 7:57 a.m.
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Bitcoin has soared more than 40% since the Nov. 5 presidential election, as traders bet that Trump’s stated commitment to support cryptocurrencies would lead to a less restrictive regulatory environment, lifting the sector overall. Read more

Venezuelan migrant found guilty of killing Laken Riley in Georgia

• By Rick Rojas / New York Times
• Today
• Last updated 7:23 a.m.
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Riley, 22, was attacked in February while running on a trail on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. Read more

Trump picks former WWE CEO Linda McMahon as education secretary

• By Jasper Ward / Reuters
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Trump said she will fight “tirelessly” to expand universal school choice across the U.S. Read more

OpenAI launches free AI training course for teachers

• By Anna Tong / Reuters
• Today
• Last updated 6 a.m.

The move comes as OpenAI is stepping up efforts to highlight the positive role in education of its ChatGPT chatbot whose launch in November 2022 kicked off a generative AI craze and made it one of the world’s fastest-growing applications. Read more

Judge bars prosecutors from using Diddy’s jail notes in case

• By Luc Cohen / Reuters
• Today
• Last updated 5 a.m.
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During a hearing in Manhattan federal court, U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian said prosecutors should not consult the notes while he considers the defense argument that they were subject to attorney-client privilege. Read more

Dollar recovers after three-day slide

• By Medha Singh and Kevin Buckland / Reuters
• Today
• Last updated 12:55 a.m.

The yen dropped to 155.67 against the greenback, retracing the previous day’s gains. Read more

Kamala Harris, husband vacation on Hawaii island

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Nov. 19, 2024
• Last updated 8:48 a.m.
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The Federal Aviation Administration imposed temporary flight restrictions for “VIP Movement” until noon Monday for Kona and Waimea. Read more

Hawaii Health Department alerts residents of recalled carrots

• By Nina Wu
• Nov. 19, 2024
• 1

There have so far been 39 cases tracked in 18 states. To date, Hawaii is not one of them. Read more

Hawaii police ID possible drowning victim at Kealakekua Bay

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• Nov. 19, 2024

Adm. Paparo: Ukraine, Middle East wars ‘eating into’ U.S. air defense stocks

• By Reuters
• Nov. 19, 2024
• Last updated 3:59 p.m.
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Paparo said the expenditure of U.S. air defenses “imposes costs on the readiness” to respond in the Asia-Pacific. Read more