By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — A picturesque staircase leading to a Hawaiian beauty spot is being torn down as tourists continued to access the off-limits site. The Haiku Stairs, an Oahu landmark often called the Stairway to Heaven, will be removed from the end of April, according to a press release from the Honolulu
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press A woman accused by scam victims of crisscrossing the U.S. claiming to be an Irish heiress will now learn next month whether she will be extradited to the United Kingdom. Fifty-four-year-old Marianne Smyth will be in federal court in Maine for the hearing that relates to allegations she stole more
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations appealed for $2.8 billion on Tuesday to provide desperately needed aid to 3 million Palestinians, stressing that tackling looming famine in war-torn Gaza requires not only food but sanitation, water and health facilities. Andrea De Domenico, the head of the U.N. humanitarian
Continue ReadingBy TERRY TANG and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are more likely than the overall adult population to believe in human-caused climate change, according to a new poll. It also suggests that partisanship may not have as much of an impact on this group’s environmental
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer An engineer at Boeing said Wednesday that the aircraft company, in rushing to produce as many planes as possible, is taking manufacturing shortcuts that could lead to jetliners breaking apart. “They are putting out defective airplanes,” the engineer, Sam Salehpour, told members of a Senate subcommittee. Salehpour was testifying
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Going to college is supposed to be the path to a more prosperous life. But the cost of getting a degree has become a financial albatross, weighing down borrowers from the day they graduate to the day they retire — if retirement is even possible. Student loan
Continue ReadingBy James Legge, CNN (CNN) — Kelly Slater, widely regarded as the greatest surfer of all time, suggested he may have surfed his last competitive wave after crashing out of a tournament in Western Australia — but gave fans hope of one final outing. The 52-year-old American, an 11-time world champion, missed the World Surf League’s
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said as it freed more than 3,000 prisoners under an amnesty to mark this week’s traditional New Year holiday.
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Bob Graham, a former US senator and two-term Democratic governor who was one of Florida’s most popular politicians, has died. He was 87. “We are deeply saddened to report the passing of a visionary leader, dedicated public servant, and even more importantly, a loving husband, father,
Continue ReadingCNN By Alisha Ebrahimji and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — What was supposed to be a time of celebration for Asna Tabassum – the University of Southern California’s 2024 valedictorian – has turned to disappointment after the university denied her the chance to give a speech at commencement over security concerns. “Over the past several
Continue ReadingCNN By Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman and Zeena Saifi, CNN (CNN) — At least 13 people were killed, including seven children, and more than 25 injured after a strike targeted Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza on Tuesday, according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital officials. Graphic video, obtained exclusively by CNN from eyewitness Nihad
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan recorded a trade deficit for the third straight fiscal year as the costs of energy and other imports rose and the yen remained weak. The data released Wednesday showed the deficit was $38 billion for the fiscal year that ended in March. The biggest trade
Continue ReadingCNN By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Investors in Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock are throwing in the towel. Shares of TMTG (DJT) tumbled 14% Tuesday after closing 18% lower Monday. Driving the stock lower Tuesday: The company’s premier product, Truth Social, announced a major expansion into streaming, a notoriously cost-intensive business
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — No one was injured when a small plane carrying two people landed in a sprawling park in Hawaii’s tourist mecca of Waikiki. City of Honolulu spokesperson Scott Humber says the plane lost power Tuesday and landed safely in Kapiolani Park. Emergency responders determined there were no
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Chalkbeat discusses how pandemic relief from the federal government gave schools a means to provide families direct aid.
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Charlie Health examines the gender-based disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD.
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El Senado de Brasil aprobó este martes una reforma a la Constitución para establecer como delito la posesión o portación de cualquier cantidad de drogas ilícitas. La propuesta se avaló en dos rondas de votación —la primera de 53 votos a favor por nueve en contra, y la segunda
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Former US Justice Department official Shomari Figures will win the Democratic primary runoff in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, CNN projects, a seat that was redrawn under a new map that could result in two Black House members from Alabama serving together for the first time in
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 87. Graham’s family announced the death Tuesday in a statement
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, Kristen Holmes, Kate Sullivan and Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN New York City (CNN) — Donald Trump is trying to turn the tables on Alvin Bragg. The former president ended the second day of his hush money trial in Manhattan by visiting a Harlem bodega where, in 2022, store clerk Jose Alba stabbed an
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