Tupac Shakur’s killing under spotlight, police conduct search
LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas police confirmed Tuesday that they served a search warrant this week in connection with the long-unsolved killing of Tupac Shakur, propelling the case back into the spotlight nearly 30 years after his death.
Officials: Alaska man inadvertently films his own drowning
An Alaska man inadvertently filmed his own drowning on a glacial lake with a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet, but authorities who recovered the camera have not yet found his body, officials said Tuesday.
Report: Border Patrol fails to assess children’s medical needs
Border Patrol does not have protocols for assessing medical needs of children with preexisting conditions, according to an independent report made public Tuesday on the death of an 8-year-old girl from Panama who was in federal custody.
North Korea fires missiles as U.S. docks nuclear submarine
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea early Wednesday in what appeared to be a statement of defiance as the United States deployed a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in decades.
North Korea silent about apparent detention of US soldier
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea was silent about the highly unusual entry of an American soldier across the Koreas’ heavily fortified border although it test-fired short-range missiles Wednesday in its latest weapons display.
Exec tells UN council big tech can’t be trusted with AI safety
UNITED NATIONS — The handful of big tech companies leading the race to commercialize AI can’t be trusted to guarantee the safety of systems we don’t yet understand and that are prone to “chaotic or unpredictable behavior,” an artificial intelligence company executive told the first U.N. Security Council meeting on AI’s threats to global peace on Tuesday.
British Columbia wildfires burned a record amount of area
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Wildfires have already burned a record amount of area in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the situation will probably get worse due to more hot, dry weather, government officials said Tuesday.
Object washed ashore in Australia thought to be space junk
Authorities were investigating on Tuesday whether a cylindrical object about the size of a small car that washed up on a remote Australian beach is space junk from a foreign rocket.
Pearl Harbor sailor laid to rest in home state of Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine — A naval aviator killed during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was laid to rest more than 80 years later in his home state on Tuesday.
3 months adrift, Australian rescued by Mexican fishermen
MANZANILLO, Mexico — An Australian sailor who was rescued by a Mexican tuna boat after being adrift at sea with his dog for three months said Tuesday that he is grateful to be alive after setting foot on dry land for the first time since their ordeal began.
Keiki Bike Safety Day on Saturday in Lihu‘e
LIHU‘E — Hawai‘i Pacific Health announced the annual Keiki Bike Safety Day is at Wilcox Medical Center on Saturday from 8 to 11 a.m.
New Kilauea preschool opens in August
KILAUEA — A new public preschool classroom at Kilauea School is one of 10 others across the state set to open next month, as part of a more than $200 million plan to expand preschool and child care options in Hawai‘i.
A trio of Kaua‘i Golf Hall of Famers named
LIHU‘E — Mary Bea Porter-King, Winston Ogata and Art Fujita were inducted into the Kaua‘i Golf Hall of Fame through the efforts of Kaua‘i Golf Association President Dick Ueoka at the Mo‘ikeha Building, Lihu‘e Civic Center on Monday.
Tokioka named to HTA board of directors
LIHU‘E — Former County of Kaua‘i council Member James Kunane Tokioka added to his lengthy resume after being named to the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority board of directors.
Hawai‘i Gov. Green signs housing emergency proclamation
HONOLULU — Hawai‘i Gov. Josh Green on Monday signed a sweeping emergency proclamation on housing, slashing development regulations and creating a new streamlined process in an effort to rapidly meet the state’s housing demands.
Shark sighted at Kekaha Beach Park
KEKAHA — A shark sighting at Kekaha Beach Park on Monday afternoon prompted a no swimming advisory until further notice from the County of Kaua‘i Ocean Safety Bureau (OSB).
Letters for Tuesday, July 18, 2023
• Traffic nightmare • Bicycle safety
Obituaries for Tuesday, July 18, 2023
• Rudy Madrid Fernandez • Cecilio Soriano Sagucio
TS Calvin expected to pass close to Big Island
HONOLULU — Tropical Storm Calvin is expected to pass very close to Hawai‘i’s Big Island on Tuesday and Wednesday, the National Weather Service said Monday.
Calls to House committee to uninvite RFK Jr. after comments
NEW YORK — A Democratic watchdog group has called for a U.S. House committee to rescind an invitation to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after the Democratic presidential candidate was filmed falsely suggesting COVID-19 could have been “ethnically targeted” to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.
How Benjamin Franklin laid groundwork for the U.S. dollar
SAN FRANCISCO — Benjamin Franklin was so busy as an inventor, publisher, scientist, diplomat and U.S. founding father that it’s easy to lose track of his accomplishments.
Actors, writers on strike united and determined
LOS ANGELES — Solidarity and stamina were picket-line themes Monday as striking screenwriters and actors in New York and Los Angeles braced for a long, hot summer standoff with studios.
U.S. endures extreme weather, smoke up north, heat in the West
WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. — Pennsylvania authorities drew on 100 people, drones and cadaver dogs Monday in their search for two missing children whose family’s car was swept away in flash flooding that ravaged the East Coast over the weekend. Other parts of the country endured threateningly high temperatures and severe air pollution from Canadian wildfires.
VP Kamala Harris matches record for tiebreaking votes
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kamala Harris, who made history as the first woman, the first Black person and the first person of South Asian descent to serve as vice president, has made history again by matching the record for most tiebreaking votes in the Senate.
Russia halts landmark Ukraine grain export deal
LONDON — Russia on Monday halted a breakthrough wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty.