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How will they balance Hawaii’s State Budget in the throes of the Pandemic (Talking Tax)

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Wait until you see what the Council on Revenues has to say. Tom Yamachika of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii will help us understand the issues and challenges facing the Hawaii State Legislature as it returns to session in the middle […]

A High School Senior’s Experience with COVID-19 (Educating Ourselves In These Difficult Times)

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Graduating in the Midst of a Pandemic. We discuss the challenges facing the high school class of 2020 in the wake of the pandemic. We will explore how high school social events, extracurricular activities, classroom experience, thesis, graduation, and college plans […]

When will we see the Second Wave and how bad will it be (Coronaville, What’s Next?)

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Are we prepared for it? ThinkTech Chief Scientist Mike Deweert will help us understand the risks and management options for deaing with the reopening, the likelihood of a Second Wave, when it will happen, and what it will look like. The […]

Are Mayoral Campaigns Tackling the Covid-19 Aftermath? (The State of the State of Hawaii)

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Covid-19 Impact on Governing Honolulu City and County. Dr. Milner will review Mayoral candidates’ plans for governing under the Covid-19 crisis of the state and nation. His views on what executive powers candidates promise to use to manage the municipal issues […]

How Covid affects the Marijuana Industry in Hawaii (Community Matters)

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Is Cannabis useful in dealing with Covid. Wendy Gibson, a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, will help us understand how Covid affects the marijuana industry in Hawaii, and the extent to which cannabis is useful in dealing with Covid. […]

Caring for COVID Casualties (Much More on Medicine)

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Lessons learned for patient care as the doctor becomes the patient. We discuss Dr. Tyau’s perspective as a COVID-19 patient, including symptoms and managing illness at home. We also discuss Dr. Tyau’s perspective as a physician, including caring for patients with […]

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- Edward Wong and Vivian Nereim
Israel Resists Grand Bargain as U.S. and Saudis Work on Security Pact

President Biden is pushing for a broad deal that would get Israel to approve a Palestinian nation in return for Saudi recognition of Israel. But officials need to overcome Israeli [...]

- Vimal Patel
Protesters Agreed to Leave. This Is What Some Colleges Promised in Return.

Several universities struck agreements with pro-Palestinian demonstrators to end disruptive encampments on their campuses. But some of those agreements are already under fire. [...]

- Ginia Bellafante
Why Is N.Y.U. Forcing Protesters to Write Apology Letters?

The university calls it a “restorative practice”; the students call it a coerced confession. [...]

- Constant Méheut and Andrés R. Martínez
Ukraine Hits Sevastopol Power Station With Huge Drone Attack, Russia Says

A huge drone attack targeted southwestern Russia and the Russian-occupied peninsula of Crimea, hitting oil facilities and a substation, leading to rolling blackouts. [...]

- Constant Méheut
Zelensky Signs Law Allowing Convicts to Fight for Ukraine

The tactic echoes one that Russia has used and Ukraine has ridiculed in the past. [...]

Israel's army says three hostages' bodies recovered

The three hostages were named as Shani Louk, Amit Buskila and Yitzhak Gelernter, who Israel's military said had been "murdered by Hamas while escaping the Nova music festival" on 7 [...]

Man jailed for killing pensioner in what judge calls 'terrorist act'

Moroccan asylum seeker Ahmed Alid stabbed 70-year-old Terence Carney in Hartlepool in October in "revenge" for the Israel-Hamas conflict. [...]

Confirmed cases from parasite outbreak rises to 46

Forty-six cases of a diarrhoea-type illness confirmed in Devon as company says it's located the source of entry for parasites. [...]

Teacher guilty of sex with two boys

Rebecca Joynes is told to expect to go to jail after being convicted by jury. [...]

Golf star Scheffler plays hours after being charged with police officer assault

World number one Scottie Scheffler is charged with assaulting a police officer hours before his second round at the US PGA Championship. [...]

Do you know your AI from your ML? Or your facial recognition from your Ethical AI? Our AI Lexicon offers easy-to-understand definitions and examples of AI in everyday life. It [...]

Do you know your AI from your ML? Or your facial recognition from your Ethical AI? Our AI Lexicon offers easy-to-understand definitions and examples of AI in everyday life. It [...]

Do you know your AI from your ML? Or your facial recognition from your Ethical AI? Our AI Lexicon offers easy-to-understand definitions and examples of AI in everyday life. It [...]

Do you know your AI from your ML? Or your facial recognition from your Ethical AI? Our AI Lexicon offers easy-to-understand definitions and examples of AI in everyday life. It [...]

Do you know your AI from your ML? Or your facial recognition from your Ethical AI? Our AI Lexicon offers easy-to-understand definitions and examples of AI in everyday life. It [...]

- Lauren Migaki
Rafah is running out of food, even as the U.S. pier starts operating in Gaza

The first trucks of aid entered Gaza via a pier built by the U.S. But it's challenging to move aid around Gaza, and humanitarian groups operating in Rafah warn they [...]

- Becky Sullivan
Scottie Scheffler is arrested outside PGA Championship after interaction with police

Scheffler, who won the Masters last month, was arrested and charged after an interaction Friday morning with a police officer directing traffic into to the golf club where the PGA [...]

- Suzanne Nuyen
Biden focuses on outreach to Black Americans; Billie Eilish finds herself

President Biden will cap off a week of outreach to Black Americans with commencement at Morehouse College. Billie Eilish tells Morning Edition how she found herself on her newest album. [...]

- Gisele Grayson
We asked, you answered: What's the secret to a close relationship with siblings?

As part of our series on "the Science of Siblings," we looked at how some brothers and sisters are best friends. Here are some of the stories you shared of [...]

- The Associated Press
French police fatally shoot a man suspected of planning to set fire to a synagogue

French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of [...]

- Associated Press

Pep Guardiola is focused on winning Sunday, not on whether his team is likable [...]

- Shira Ovide

When software runs your car, home theater, thermostat and more, one botched update can ruin everything. [...]

- Associated Press

The last U.S. zoo to have pandas in its care is preparing to say goodbye to the four giant bears this fall [...]

- Andrew Jeong, Frances Vinall, Ellen Francis

U.S. military personnel have begun moving aid to Gaza using a temporary floating pier anchored to the Palestinian territory’s coastline, U.S. Central Command said. [...]

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