Wandering the cobbled streets of old Córdoba, I’m drawn to a commotion on a square. It’s almost midnight — everyone’s out, savoring a cool evening. Short men with raspy tobacco voices and big bellies — called curvos felicidad (happiness curves) — jostle and bark as a dozen little school girls…
As flames, spatter and lava flows erupted from the north and south vents in Halema‘uma‘u at the summit of Kilauea on the night of Sept. 30, magma was also making a new path below the surface of the caldera. How does an intrusion happen during an ongoing eruption? The post Volcano Watch: An…
Hatsue Akamine, 103, of Hilo died Aug. 17 at a private care home. Born in Wailea, she worked at the former family business, Hilo Foodtown Super Market and JC Penney, was a member of Hilo Meishoin and Hui Okinawa, enjoyed sewing/craft classes at Kamana Senior Center, attended Hawaii Island Adult…
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Michigan, has a simple pitch to voters. Imagine, he says, a health-insurance plan with “no premium, no copay, no deductible — just healthcare when you need it.” El-Sayed and other proponents call the idea Medicare for All. The post The flawed…
The U.S. Coast Guard was searching Saturday for a medical transfer plane that went missing while flying from Bermuda to Boston with six people on board, officials said. The post Medical plane goes missing carrying 6 people from Bermuda to Boston appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald .
NEWPORT, Ore. — When the Trump administration started dismantling a $368 million ocean monitoring system earlier this year, scientists fought back. So did fishermen. And Congress. On Saturday, a 238-foot ship set sail to reinstall the first batch of monitors in the waters of the Pacific. The post…
The failed effort to kill Christa Pike has placed a harsh spotlight on the practice of capital punishment in America, one of 17 countries to carry out an execution last year, as well as the regularity with which those executions go awry. The post Failed execution is the latest grisly error in…
Brazil’s Natalia Silva claimed the vacant women’s flyweight championship Saturday night at UFC 332, securing a unanimous decision victory over China’s Wang Cong to headline a milestone card in Salt Lake City that marked the promotion’s first full main-card broadcast on CBS. The post Natalia Silva…
Austin Simmons threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns, Jamal Roberts ran for 211 yards and three scores, and No. 25 Missouri’s defense shut down star running back Jadan Baugh in a 45-17 victory Saturday afternoon over No. 8 Florida in Columbia, Mo. The post NCAA roundup: No. 25 Mizzou runs it up in…