Maui’s toxic debris could fill 5 football fields 5 stories deep. Where will it end up?

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Hinano Rodrigues remembers being 4 or 5 years old, carrying a bucket across a highway to the ocean in the Maui community where he still lives. It taught Rodrigues, 71, the value of ahupuaa, a Native Hawaiian system for dividing land from the mountains down to the ocean, with the residents Continue reading

Harris and Trump are getting ready for Tuesday’s debate in sharply different ways

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are veering sharply in how they gear up for Tuesday’s presidential debate, setting up a showdown that reflects not just two separate visions for the country but two politicians who approach big moments very differently. The vice president is cloistered in a historic hotel in downtown Pittsburgh Continue reading

Covid 19 India: Even record death toll may hide extent of India’s Covid crisis

Data vs cremations Counting struggles Bodies piling up at crematoriums and burial grounds across India are sparking concerns that the death toll from a ferocious new Covid-19 wave may be much higher than official records, underplaying the scale of a resurgence that is overwhelming the country’s medical system.Several cities across the South Asian nation have Continue reading

Man arrested for ISIS-inspired plot to ‘slaughter’ Jews in NYC: Prosecutors

A Pakistani national in Canada plotted to slaughter as many Jewish people as possible before he was charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS, federal prosecutors said on Friday. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, was arrested this week in Canada, where he planned to travel to New York to carry out a mass shooting Continue reading

Judge Postpones Trump’s Hush Money Sentencing Until After The Election

LOADING ERROR LOADING After months of delays, a New York judge set a sentencing date Friday for former President Donald Trump, who was convicted in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to a porn star in the waning days of the 2016 presidential election. New York Continue reading

Kamala Harris’s pain-free US election campaign faces first crunch moment

And as a noticeable chill is felt in the air, many more voters will start to take note of politics. Right on cue, as these eyes start to focus on the election, we have a presidential debate that will see Donald Trump and Kamala Harris go head-to-head for the first time. Before she dramatically replaced Continue reading

Man charged with plotting attack on N.Y. Jewish center on Oct. 7 anniversary

U.S. officials have charged a Canadian resident with plotting to travel to New York to try to carry out a mass shooting against Jewish people on the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks in southern Israel, authorities announced Friday. The Justice Department said Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a 20-year-old Pakistani citizen, was arrested Wednesday in Canada Continue reading

Columbia protesters’ demands have worked before. This time may be different.

Go to newsletter preferences Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Student protests are escalating there and other college campuses over the Israel-Gaza war and schools’ investments in Israeli entities, with demonstrators on Tuesday breaking into a Columbia campus building and occupying it. Continue reading

Columbia protesters’ demands have worked before. This time may be different.

Go to newsletter preferences Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Student protests are escalating there and other college campuses over the Israel-Gaza war and schools’ investments in Israeli entities, with demonstrators on Tuesday breaking into a Columbia campus building and occupying it. Continue reading

Donald Trump criminal sentencing delayed until after election

In his decision, Judge Merchan wrote that the case demands “a sentencing hearing that is entirely focused on the verdict of the jury”. “Their verdict must be respected and addressed in a manner that is not diluted by the enormity of the upcoming presidential election,” he said, setting sentencing to exactly three weeks after the Continue reading