The 12th Annual Book & Music Festival

Jay Fidell and Elise Anderson cover the 12th Annual Hawaii Book and Music Festival. The Festival brings together the community, authors, publishers, storytellers, musicians, and other artists. The coverage includes clips from a show with Roger Jellinek, the Festival Organizer. The walked around and spoke to some of the participants, including authors, publishers, volunteers from […]

The “Charm” of Science in China

Raya Salter and Elise Anderson cover a talk by Professor Fred Harris, a high energy physicist, at the Science Cafe on April 18th. His talk was titled, “The Charm in China” and covered high energy physics, charm quarks and the Beijing Electron Positron Collider. Original Air Date May 14, 2017. Episode 320. ThinkTech Hawaii streams […]

A Bike Symposium for Complete Streets

Raya Salter and Elise Anderson cover the Honolulu Bike Symposium at the Laniakea YWCA about the complete Streets program. Raya Salter traveled down to the symposium and heard from Melissa White, Mayor Kirk Caldwell and Mike Packard. She also spoke to Mike Packard, Rep. Chris Lee, Melissa White and Harrison Rue, after the symposium. Original […]

2017 ‘Elele Ambassador Recognition Meeting

Raya Salter and Elise Anderson cover the 2017 ‘Elele Ambassador Recognition Meeting, which was hosted by the Meet Hawaii Partners. They seek to connect local organizations to national and international organizations to attract scientific meetings in Hawaii. A key organization is the faculty and organizations that are affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa. […]

Global Telecom Comes to PTC 2017

Elise Anderson and Kaui Lucas highlight the Pacific Telecommunications Council’s 2017 meeting in Honolulu. They cover the trip that ThinkTech took down to the conference on Sunday, where they talked to the attendees, some of the people that help the conference happen and some of the speakers. The interviews included Mike Rieger, of TE SubCom, […]

Talking Telescopes at the Science Cafe

Elise Anderson and Nicole Hori highlight a talk from Dr. Alan Tokunaga, of the Institute for Astronomy, about the thirty meter telescope at the Science Cafe. Episode 311. Original Air Date Sunday, February 26, 2017. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming […]

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- Steven Lee Myers and Tiffany Hsu
Campus Protests Give Russia, China and Iran Fuel to Exploit U.S. Divide

America’s adversaries have mounted online campaigns to amplify the social and political conflicts over Gaza flaring at universities, researchers say. [...]

- Nicholas Fandos
In an Online World, a New Generation of Protesters Chooses Anonymity

Doxxing and other consequences have led many student protesters on college campuses to hide their identities. That choice has been polarizing. [...]

- Corina Knoll, Jonathan Wolfe and Emily Baumgaertner
UCLA Cancels Classes After Violent Clashes Between Protesters and Police

The school was ill prepared when protesters blocked students from accessing parts of campus and counterprotesters violently attacked the pro-Palestinian encampment. [...]

- Matthew Haag and Michael Rothfeld
In Trump Trial, Stormy Daniels’s Lawyer Says Hush-Money Deals Swayed the 2016 Vote

“What have we done?” Keith Davidson texted to a tabloid editor on election night, testifying on Thursday that it had been gallows humor. [...]

- David McCabe
Google Antitrust Trial Concludes With Closing Arguments

The first tech monopoly trial of the modern internet era is concluding. The judge’s ruling is likely to set a precedent for other attempts to rein in the tech giants [...]

Man in court over sword attack that killed boy

Marcus Arduini Monzo is remanded in custody after being charged with murdering Daniel Anjorin, 14. [...]

Order must prevail, Biden says, after police dismantle Gaza protest

The president says there is a right to protest but not to "cause chaos" in his first remarks on the university protests. [...]

Swinney looks set to be first minister as Forbes backs him

John Swinney is now expected to be the only candidate to succeed Humza Yousaf as SNP leader [...]

Protesters held as asylum seekers' transfer thwarted

Police and protesters clash over a planned bus transfer of asylum seekers from Peckham to Dorset. [...]

Wounded orangutan seen using plant as medicine

It is the first time a creature in the wild has been seen using a medicinal plant to treat a wound. [...]

The US president stressed "order must prevail," after police faced off with pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA. Meanwhile, the UN says rebuilding homes in the Gaza Strip could take up to [...]

Russian missiles have struck the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa for the third time this week, injuring around a dozen people. DW has more. [...]

Georgians continue to take to the streets to demonstrate against draft legislation that they say would infringe on their rights and lessen the chances of Georgia being able to join [...]

Investigators teamed up with colleagues from the Balkans and Lebanon in raids set up by months of intense surveillance. Authorities say the operation thwarted over €10 million in damages and [...]

Annalena Baerbock has arrived in Australia — eight and a half months later than initially planned. She traveled aboard a new plane after Berlin's breakdown-prone old fleet became a focus [...]

- Alina Selyukh
Peloton is laying off workers and replacing the CEO — again

It's déjà vu for the luxury fitness company: Peloton is cutting about 400 more jobs, and its CEO is stepping down just two years after a major shakeup. [...]

- NPR Washington Desk
Biden says he supports the right to protest but denounces 'chaos' and hate speech

President Biden had an unexpected update to his schedule Thursday to address the pro-Palestinian protests roiling campuses across the country. [...]

- Will Stone
The U.S. may be missing human cases of bird flu, scientists say

Officially, only one person has caught the illness during the current outbreak. But with limited testing, cases could be flying under the radar. [...]

- Suzanne Nuyen
Police enter UCLA anti-war encampment; Arizona repeals Civil War-era abortion ban

Law enforcement officers have moved into a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA. Arizona lawmakers voted to repeal a Civil War-era abortion ban. [...]

- Joel Rose
Who will pay to replace Baltimore's Key Bridge? The legal battle has already begun

Workers are still removing pieces of the Key Bridge from Baltimore Harbor, but the fight over who will pay to replace it has already begun. Past accidents offer some clues [...]

- Becca Rothfeld

In ‘Morning After the Revolution,’ the former New York Times reporter takes aim at the supposed excesses of today’s left [...]

- Yasmeen Abutaleb, Ben Brasch, Maham Javaid, Justine McDaniel, Niha Masih, Andrew Jeong, Leo Sands, Jennifer Hassan

The president urged against violence but defended the right to free speech. Overnight, a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA was dismantled and 90 were arrested at Dartmouth. [...]

- Maegan Vazquez, Mariana Alfaro, Amy B Wang, Patrick Svitek, Azi Paybarah

Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more. [...]

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