Arctic Circle Studio, Updates from Alaska with Ray Tsuchiyama and Ryan “Sal” Salcido

Hosts Ted Ralston and Jay Fidell speak with Ray Tsuchiyama (Deputy DirectorNa, tional Disaster Preparedness Training Center) and Sal Salcedo (Hawaii Drone Club) about using UAVs for disaster preparation/management and recreation in Hawaii. The hosts for this episode were Jay Fidell, Ted Ralston. The hosts for this episode were Jay Fidell, Ted Ralston. The hosts […]

The Development of IT Professionals Statewide with Art Garbiso

Hosts Gordon Bruce and Andrew Lanning speak with Art Garbiso (President, Hawaii Information, Communication and Technology Association) about professional development, information dissemination and networking for technology professionals in Hawaii. The hosts for this episode were Andrew Lanning, Gordon Bruce. The hosts for this episode were Andrew Lanning, Gordon Bruce. The hosts for this episode were […]

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Senate Approves Aid Bill for Ukraine and Israel, Sending It to Biden

The overwhelming bipartisan vote for the long-stalled $95.3 billion aid package capped a tortured journey for the legislation on Capitol Hill. President Biden is expected to quickly sign it. [...]

Congress Passed a Bill That Could Ban TikTok. Here’s What Happens Next.

After President Biden signs the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it, the legislation will face court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s [...]

Midnight Deadline to End Protest Encampment at Columbia University Passes With No Sign of Police

The university, which asked the police to arrest protesters last week, said student protesters had agreed to remove some tents and continue talks. [...]

Columbia University Protests: Inside a Week of Unrest on Campus

In a Washington war room, Columbia’s president, Nemat Shafik, decided to call police officers to arrest protesting students. The backlash now threatens her leadership. [...]

Trump Trial Judge Questions Defense Lawyer’s Credibility as Pecker Testifies

Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan is off to an ominous start for the former president, and it might not get any easier in the days ahead. [...]

'Show respect', Nottingham victim's mum urges police over graphic WhatsApp

Emma Webber has urged the author of a graphic post in a police Whatsapp group to contact her. [...]

Former Labour minister Frank Field dies aged 81

The crossbench peer spent 40 years as MP for Birkenhead and was a leading voice on welfare reform. [...]

US Congress approves $95bn aid package for Ukraine and Israel

President Biden is expected to sign the package, which includes a potential TikTok ban, into law. [...]

TikTok faces US ban as bill set to be signed by Biden

The app's owner, ByteDance, has nine months to sell its stake or face being blocked in the US. [...]

Warning over 30 hours' free childcare rollout

The National Audit Office says a £35m pilot to test the expansion of free childcare in a few areas was cancelled. [...]

Australian police arrested seven people in connection with an investigation into a 16-year-old accused of stabbing a priest in western Sydney. Officials said those arrested represented an "unacceptable risk and [...]

Germany will reestablish cooperation with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the government said. Meanwhile, Israel has thanked the US Senate for approving billions in miliary aid. Follow [...]

Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov, who was once accused by the team of the late Alexei Navalny of living a lavish lifestyle, is suspected to have taken bribes. [...]

A North Korean Cabinet minister who led a delegation visit to Moscow earlier this month is in Iran, according to Pyongyang state media. [...]

The move comes a year after three children and three staff were killed in a school shooting in Nashville. The bill will now be sent to Republican Governor Bill Lee [...]

Senate overwhelmingly passes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with bipartisan vote

The bill passed the Senate on an overwhelming 79-18 vote late Tuesday after the House had approved the package Saturday. Biden is expected to quickly sign the legislation. [...]

Tesla profits have plummeted. Elon Musk remains all-in on robotaxis

Tesla's sales are down. It's slashing car prices and laying off staff. Yet CEO Elon Musk remains bullish on a future that's self-driving and battery-powered. [...]

Trump to score additional $1.2 billion windfall thanks to his Truth Social app

Trump is getting additional shares in his social media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, as part of his current agreement. He still can't cash in yet though. [...]

Scrambled GPS: the New Electronic Fog of War

Two stories of how our reliance on GPS becomes problematic in regions experiencing war. In Ukraine, the power grid's use of GPS becomes a liability. And in the Middle East [...]

A hunk of space junk crashed through a Florida man's roof. Who should pay to fix it?

"It was not like anything I had ever seen before," Alejandro Otero says. It turned out his home was hit by debris from the International Space Station that had been [...]

A top Russian military official arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe has been sent to pre-trial detention after appearing before a court in central Moscow [...]

The U.S. secretary of state is on his second visit to China in a year, but progress on issues including Ukraine and sparring in the South China Sea will be [...]

Argentine journalist Juan Pedro Aleart said he wanted to share what had happened to him to encourage other male survivors of sexual abuse to talk and seek help. [...]

Students were arrested during pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia, Yale and NYU, while encampments were launched at schools including MIT. Here’s what to know. [...]

The Senate overwhelmingly passed the $95 billion foreign aid bill, which includes $26 billion in funds for Israel and humanitarian aid for Gaza and other places. [...]

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