
Hawaiis worst flooding in 20 years leaves farmers struggling and fewer veggies at the market
WAIALUA, Hawaii (AP) — The reddish-brown mud that smothered Bok Kongphan's Hawaii farm has hardened in the tropical sun. Irrigation tubes lie in a tangle where his lemongrass, cucumber and okra once flourished. His niece, Jeni Balanay, lost her crops too — a mustardy green called choy sum, bitter melon, tomato. The leaves of her recently planted banana, coconut and mango have gone yellow, the trees unlikely to survive. Across Oahu's North Shore, an area famed for its big-wave surfing, the...
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- Hawaiis worst flooding in 20 years leaves farmers struggling and fewer veggies at the market
- Sen. Cassidy knocked out of Louisiana Republican primary as Trump-backed Letlow, Fleming make runoff
- In the birthplace of Civil Rights Movement, groups rally to defend Black political representation
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Sen. Cassidy knocked out of Louisiana Republican primary as Trump-backed Letlow, Fleming make runoff
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U. S. Rep. Julia Letlow advanced to a runoff in Louisiana’s Republican Senate primary Saturday, capitalizing on the power of President Donald Trump’s endorsement in another attempt to purge his party of people he views as disloyal. State Treasurer John Fleming came in second to join her in the next round of voting. Trump supported Letlow over incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy, one of the few Republican senators who voted to convict him during his second impeachment over...
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- Sen. Cassidy knocked out of Louisiana Republican primary as Trump-backed Letlow, Fleming make runoff
- Senate parliamentarian deals blow to $1 billion security proposal for White House
- USS Ford returns home after 11-month deployment supporting the Iran war and Maduros capture
- Brass bands in Beijing make way for sticker shock at home as Trump returns to escalating inflation
- FDA official who scrutinized COVID shots and antidepressants is out in latest shake-up
France says cruise ship Andes virus matches known South American viruses
PARIS (AP) — France’s Pasteur Institute said it has fully sequenced the Andes virus detected in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship and found that it matched viruses already known in South America, with no evidence so far of new characteristics that would make it more transmissible or more dangerous. “The analyzed virus corresponds to the viruses already known and monitored in South America,” Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said Friday on X. “At this stage, no element...
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- France says cruise ship Andes virus matches known South American viruses
- Humpback whale released after spectacular rescue effort found dead off Denmark
- US agents arrest tourist after video shows a rock hurled at an endangered Hawaiian monk seals head
- NASAs Psyche spacecraft buzzing Mars on its way to a rare metal asteroid
- Ancient teeth hint at canoodling between early human relatives

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