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In the Direction of the FFA – Charles Devaney and Clayton Inskeep

Where the Drone Leads… Pretty much in the direction defined by the emerging Federal rules for the System and by sensor payload evolution driven by manufacturers. Join us as newcomer and Oahu-origin Clayton Inskeep of Drone Aviation talks with local host Ted Ralston and DC-based Chuck Devaney about recent developments in rules and sensors. ThinkTechHawaii.com […]

Sovereignty, Mortality Rates and Happy Meals – Kim Ku’ulei Birnie and Elise Dela Cruz-Talbert

Life expectancy for Native Hawaiians in Hawai’i is a DECADE shorter than for Asians. What is being done, and where are the barriers? Native Hawaiian wahine active in public health initiatives diagnose the situation. ThinkTechHawaii.com streams live on the Internet from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows […]

Eradication, Extinction and Ethics

A recent MIT Technology Review article on gene drivers has peaked the interest of our Likable Scientist. Join Ethan Allen and Jay Fidell for a for a dialog on eradication, extinction and ethics. ThinkTechHawaii.com streams live on the Internet from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through […]

Cyber Security at KCC – David Stevens

Most of society is unaware when it comes to necessary cyber security practices. Dave Stevens of Kapiolani Community College shares how he is teaching the next generation of college students to be cyber security literate. Gordon, Andrew, and Dave also share their to cyber security Do’s and Don’ts. ThinkTechHawaii.com streams live on the Internet from […]

Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi – Green Opportunties with Kanekoa Kukea-Shultz

Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi is a community-based non-profit organization based in the ahupuaʻa of Heʻeia, on the Windward side of Oahu. With the support of the local community, Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi acquired a 38-year lease agreement with the State of Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority (HCDA) to implement Māhuahua ʻAi o Hoi (Regrowing the Fruit of Hoi), a long-range […]

A Focus on the Tax Foundation – Past, Present and Future with Tom Yamachika

Good Government Depends on an Informed Public. Tom and Reg discuss the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, Tom’s role, and some tax issues that are currently being address with the Hawaii Legislature. ThinkTechHawaii.com streams live on the Internet from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the night. […]

Earth Friendly Energy – A Discussion About Sustainable Systems with Robert Kinslow

Sustainability Advisor, Robert Kinslow, joins Energy Woman, Rachel James, on today’s show. STEM has a sustainability focused discussion in honor of Earth Day. The conversation will touch on energy, systems, people and place and what it all means to folks here in the islands and abroad, after all, Hawaii is the Earth’s piko. ThinkTechHawaii.com streams […]

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Arizona Charges Giuliani and Other Trump Allies in Election Interference Case

Those charged included Boris Epshteyn, a top legal strategist for Donald Trump, and fake electors who acted on Mr. Trump’s behalf in Arizona after the 2020 election. [...]

Trump’s Immunity Claim Joins His Plans to Increase Executive Power

The former president is asking the Supreme Court to put the presidency above criminal law as he pursues a broader agenda of expanding the office’s power should he win the [...]

Campus Protests Over Gaza Intensify Amid Pushback by Universities and Police

There were dozens of new arrests, mostly in Texas, as universities moved to prevent pro-Palestinian encampments from taking hold as they have at Columbia University. [...]

Columbia Says Student Protesters Agree to More Talks and to Remove Some Tents

Nemat Shafik, the university’s leader, met privately with faculty members, who could soon decide to admonish her. Columbia’s board, though, made its support clear. [...]

Arizona House Votes to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban

The almost-complete ban on abortions in the state could go into effect as soon as June 8 if the State Legislature does not repeal it, the state’s attorney general said. [...]

US secretly sends long-range missiles to Ukraine

Missiles delivered this month have been used to strike Russian targets in Crimea, US media say. [...]

Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within first term

The party says it offers the "biggest overhaul in a generation" but ministers brand it "pointless". [...]

One-word Ofsted grades should stay, says government

The government says the judgements are useful for parents, after MPs called for them to be scrapped. [...]

Spain's PM halts public duties as wife faces inquiry

Pedro Sánchez says he will "stop and reflect" on whether to remain in the job. [...]

Girl arrested after teachers and pupil injured in school stabbing

A teenage girl has been arrested after two teachers and a pupil were stabbed in Ammanford, south-west Wales. [...]

Opposition candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is in the lead after winning almost almost 40% of the first-round vote. The election comes as North Macedonia seeks EU membership. [...]

Antony Blinken arrived in China for his second visit in a year to discuss a range of issues amid rising tensions between the two countries. [...]

Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Miss Lieser" was long thought to be lost, when in fact it hung for decades in a private villa near Vienna. [...]

US President Joe Biden has said deliveries of much-needed artillery munitions and other supplies to Ukraine will commence within "hours" after he signed a long-awaited aid package into law. DW [...]

On a visit to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the German president said Germany and Turkey needed each other. Erdogan used to occasion to criticize the West's stance on the [...]

Meadows, Giuliani, 11 'fake electors' from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona

Arizona is now the fourth state where charges have been brought against individuals involved in so-called "fake elector" schemes that sought to undermine Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump. [...]

Gateway Pundit files for bankruptcy after election conspiracy defamation lawsuits

The influential website faced multiple defamation suits over conspiracy theories about 2020 election fraud that it's accused of promoting. [...]

What consumers should know about the milk testing positive for bird flu

Federal officials and scientific experts say the virus detected in retail milk samples may be inactive and unable to cause an infection. [...]

Heated arguments at the Supreme Court in newest abortion case

At issue is a clash between federal and state law about how pregnant women must be treated in the emergency room. [...]

Taylor Swift set a new record this week with, well, records. The vinyl kind.

Taylor Swift, whose latest album is now the first to surpass one billion Spotify streams in a single week, has smashed another record as well. [...]

A proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions has won approval from the state House, clearing its first hurdle a week after a court concluded the state can enforce [...]

Curtis Mead hit his first homer of the season and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5 to avoid a three-game sweep [...]

In one meeting, Biden and others sprang a surprise effort to persuade Speaker Johnson to pass the aid package [...]

'The Banshees of Inisherin' and Germany’s 'All Quiet on the Western Front' closely followed. [...]

"Sound of Freedom," a low-budget film about child sex trafficking, almost topped the box office. But its star Jim Caviezel has linked it to the QAnon movement. [...]

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