Rep. Ed Case defeated a primary challenger in Hawaii’s 1st District, the Associated Press projected, defying a recent trend of progressive challengers ousting moderate incumbents. With 91% of the vote counted, Case had a nearly 14-point lead over his nearest challenger, state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole. Keohokalole had criticized Case for his vote to send military…
If you only pay attention when the Powerball jackpot enters record territory, now is the time to play. The drawing on Saturday night has grown to the largest total of the year: $856 million. For those who choose to take the lump sum, the total works out to $370.7 million. Of course, both of those…
Hawaii voters go to the polls on Saturday for primaries in the heavily Democratic state, with Rep. Ed Case facing a primary challenger in the 1st District. Case, 73, has represented the 1st District, which includes Honolulu and other parts of Oʻahu, since 2019, having previously represented the 2nd District, which includes more rural parts…
In Buxton, a village on one of the barrier islands of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, it’s go time for Dare County Manager Bobby Outten and his crew in their efforts to restore several miles of eroded shoreline. “We have a huge economy that we need to protect, and the only reason anybody comes to Dare…
An Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire in waters off the main island of Java on Sunday, leaving at least five people dead and dozens missing as rescuers and passing vessels evacuated hundreds from the burning ship, officials said. The Mutiara Sentosa 2 ferry was traveling from Indonesia’s second-largest city of Surabaya in East…
Most of the 60,000 North African migrants who entered the Spanish territory of Ceuta had been returned to Morocco by Sunday, officials said, but a cloud remains over the tiny enclave. Shops in Ceuta reopened, and the usual blend of residents and tourists in the city of 84,000 were filling the open-air terraces, restaurants and…
Spain’s Ministry of the Interior said more than 25,000 migrants who arrived at the border of the tiny territory of Ceuta have been sent back to Morocco. More than 150 migrants are being removed from Ceuta per minute, the ministry said. The statement came shortly after the president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, estimated that 60,000 migrants…
FIFA lodged disciplinary charges against two Argentina players Wednesday for striking Spain opponents moments after the World Cup final and charged Argentina’s soccer federation for players showing a political banner about the Falkland Islands after beating England in the semifinals. A list of disciplinary cases opened by FIFA against Argentina also include “discriminatory chants and…
Puerto Rico and Curaçao may be small islands, but the support they showed was massive as elite center fielders Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Both joined slugging second baseman Jeff Kent as the newest members before an estimated crowd of 12,000 fans at the Clark…
A seaplane with 11 people on board crashed and caught fire a short time later in the Puget Sound area north of Seattle Thursday evening. All 11 survived, authorities said. Kenmore Air said in a statement that one of its planes, a de Havilland DHC-3 Otter carrying ten passengers and a pilot from Seattle to…
