University of Hawaii students protesting the construction of a $1.4 billion telescope are expected to have class options allowing them to remain on the mountain, a report said. The plan to start construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on the Big Island has been thwarted for more than three weeks by a group of Native […]
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U.S. fencer Race Imboden has revealed the inspirational role his mother played in his decision to protest President Donald Trump by taking a knee during a medal ceremony at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, on Friday. On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” Imboden recalled reading a social media post from his mom saying
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U.S. consumer prices rose 0.3% in July, pushed higher by more expensive gas, medical care and housing. The consumer price index increased 1.8% compared with a year earlier, up from 1.6% in June, the Labor Department said Tuesday. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices moved up 0.3% in July and 2.2% from
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Image copyright AFP Image caption The stewardess caught the disease in April An Israeli air flight attendant who fell ill with measles on an El Al flight from New York to Israel has died, Israeli media say. The 43-year-old woman became unwell on the flight in April. It is unclear where she contracted the disease.
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Maybe too much so, Jimmy Kimmel suggested on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Monday. Trump rhapsodized recently over a “beautiful” three-page letter he received from Kim and claimed on Saturday that the missive included an apology for North Korea’s recent testing of short-range missiles. North Korea had said the launches were a warning to the United States
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The NCAA has backtracked on new certification standards and will no longer require a bachelor’s degree for a sports agent to represent Division I men’s basketball players who declare for the NBA draft while maintaining college eligibility. The requirement drew criticism last week when the certification standards were revealed, including a social media blast by
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Image copyright Shutterstock Image caption JD Salinger was “horrified” by Facebook The works of The Catcher in the Rye author JD Salinger are finally being published in ebook format, nearly 10 years after his death. Salinger’s work has remained offline because the writer hated computers and technology, his son Matt told the New York Times.
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Amazon has never revealed how it decides which products are awarded the “Choice” label Amazon is being told to reveal how it decides which products get the “Amazon’s Choice” label in its online store. Two US senators have written to Amazon asking it to say whether people or algorithms are
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Hong Kong International Airport has suspended check-in for departing flights after protesters blocked access to the departure gates. This is the second day in a row that departing flights have been disrupted at the airport, which is one of the busiest in the world. The BBC’s South East Asia correspondent, Jonathan Head, is at the
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Donald Trump Jr., visiting Indonesia’s capital on Tuesday to promote two Trump-branded resorts, defended his father, President Trump, and their family’s company against allegations that their global business presented conflicts of interest for the president. The president’s son, an executive vice president of the Trump Organization, said that the company had walked
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