Add Your Voice to Legislative Process – Public Access Opportunities – Hawaii State Legislature

Virginia Beck is the Legislature’s Public Access Coordinator at the State Capitol’s Public Access Room (PAR), a division of the non-partisan Legislative Reference Bureau. Virginia shares the opportunities that PAR offers to citizens who want to add their voice to the Legislative process. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 […]

The Power of Volunteers: Harnessing Hawaii’s Immense Volunteer Force – The Surfrider Foundation

The author of “Eddie Would Go” and “Fierce Heart”, Stuart Coleman shares the Surfrider Foundation’s mission to work with the State Legislature and City Council on creating bills and laws with a sustainable ethic. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier […]

Reducing the Impacts of Global Climate Change – Sustainability with the Sierra Club

Marti Townsend leads one of the largest lobbying nonprofits in the state, the Sierra Club. Martin joins Hawaii State Senator Russell Ruderman to discuss issues of clean energy, local agriculture and critical habitats and safe drinking water. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, […]

Interesting Environmental Matters – Earthjustice Hawaii – Paul Achitoff

Paul Achitoff graduated from Harvard College and Columbia Law School, and for the past 22 years has been the managing attorney for the Hawaiʻi office of Earthjustice, a national, nonprofit, public interest environmental law firm. Paul practiced business and environmental litigation in private practice in Los Angeles and Honolulu for 11 years before joining Earthjustice […]

Legislative Advocacy for Equality in Hawaii – Mathew Bellouse-King

Mathew Bellhouse-King, is the Co-Chair of Equality Hawaii, a non-profit working for advocacy and legislative education on issues facing the LGBT community. 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. Check us out any time for great content and […]

Sustainable Agriculture and Politics – Jessica Wooley

Jessica Wooley joins Senator Ruderman to discuss the future of food security and food policy in regards to sustainable agriculture and political endgames. 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. Check us out any time for great content […]

Working for Greater Government Transparency – R Brian Black

Russell and Brian discuss Government Transparency and how the CB Law Center is working for more open transparent government, and its freedom of information litigation practice. 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. Check us out any time […]

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- Vivian Yee, Ronen Bergman and Raja Abdulrahim
Israel and Egypt Spar, Squeezing Gaza Aid Routes

With no resumption of deliveries in sight, officials fear the territory’s threadbare humanitarian relief effort could collapse altogether. [...]

- Michael Crowley
U.S. Criticizes Israel Over Conduct in Gaza

In a report, the State Department avoids sweeping conclusions but raises the prospect that Israel may have violated humanitarian laws. [...]

- Erica L. Green
U.S. Defends U.N. Voting ‘No’ on Palestinian Membership

The United States among a handful of holdouts on the vote, which was widely seen as a rebuke of the Americans and Israel. [...]

- Gaya Gupta
What We Know About Where Aid Can Enter Gaza

A look at the humanitarian assistance getting into the Gaza Strip by land, air and sea. [...]

- Jesse McKinley and Jonah E. Bromwich
Judge Merchan Cracks Down on Michael Cohen’s Taunting of Trump in Hush-Money Case

Ahead of Michael D. Cohen’s testimony Monday, the judge told prosecutors to keep him quiet about Donald J. Trump’s criminal case. [...]

US says Israel may have breached international law using American weapons

Report says it is "reasonable to assess" there have been breaches in Gaza, but admits it does not have "complete information". [...]

Northern Lights in dazzling display across the UK

A solar storm of this scale can cause disruptions to infrastructure such as the power grid. [...]

Watch: Time-lapse video captures Northern Lights over Nottingham

Time-lapse video shows swirls of green, pink and scarlet moving across and lighting up the night sky. [...]

Eurovision final: Seven things to look out for

A look at some of the most eye-catching performers, ahead of the grand final on Saturday night. [...]

'I feel embarrassed to be addicted': Why young people still take up smoking

Hundreds of young people in the UK take their first puff each day. Is that why a ban is planned? [...]

A powerful solar storm has been producing colorful light shows at unusual latitudes. The geomagnetic tempest could also interfere with power and communications. [...]

Several homes and properties in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province have been destroyed in flash floods with at least 50 people killed. The death toll is expected to rise. [...]

The White House has said that Israel may have violated international humanitarian law with US weapons in Gaza. Meanwhile, South Africa has asked the World Court for more measures against [...]

Board members overturned a 2020 decision to rid the schools of their racially charged names. Shenandoah County now becomes the first district in the nation to revert to naming schools [...]

President Nyusi said that the military was embroiled in a fight against insurgents in the northern town of Macomia. The town is in a gas-rich province where Islamic State-linked militants [...]

- Asma Khalid
Biden will keep Trump's China tariffs, and add new ones on electric vehicles

The Biden administration is finally wrapping up its review of President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports. It will keep those tariffs, and add more on things like electric vehicles. [...]

Critics hated 'The Phantom Menace.' It might be time to reconsider

When Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace hit screens across the country in 1999, Return of the Jedi felt like ancient history to Star Wars fans. But after 16 [...]

- Chris Arnold
Zombie 2nd mortgages are coming back to life

Karen MacDonough of Quincy, Mass., was enjoying her tea one morning in the dining room when she sees something odd outside of her window: A group of people gathering on [...]

- Tovia Smith
From pandemic to protests, the Class of 2024 has been through a lot

Pomp and circumstance again fall victim to circumstance for some students in the graduating class of 2024, as protests over the war in Gaza threaten to disrupt commencement ceremonies. [...]

- Anthony Kuhn
Election in Indonesia Presents a Challenge for the U.S.

Prabowo Subianto will become the president of Indonesia in the Fall. Critics worry that the former general under a previous authoritarian government will roll back democracy. That presents a challenge [...]

- Tim Booth | AP

Dylan Moore hit a two-run homer and had a career-high five RBIs to help the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 8-1 on Friday night [...]

- Kasha Patel

An extreme geomagnetic storm hit Earth for the first time in over 20 years, causing stunning aurora displays across northern Europe and very low latitudes in the U.S. [...]

- Associated Press

Late 3 gives Pacers 111-106 victory over Knicks [...]

- Washington Post staff

Channels and times for today’s games. [...]

- Steve Megargee | AP

Robert Gasser allowed just two hits over six shutout innings in his major league debut and the Milwaukee Brewers trounced St. Louis 11-2 to hand the Cardinals their sixth consecutive [...]

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