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House to try suspending cap on borrowing authority next week

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Sept. 17, 2021

House Democrats say they plan to take action next week to suspend the cap on the government’s borrowing authority. Read more

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New York City restaurant host attacked over vaccine status request

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Stocks fall on Wall Street, giving up week’s gains

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SBA loans up to $2M available for small businesses affected by Oahu drought

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The app Smart Voting was displayed on an iPhone screen in Moscow, Russia, today. Facing Kremlin pressure, Apple and Google, today, removed from their online stores an opposition-created smartphone app that tells voters which candidates are likely to defeat those backed by Russian authorities, as polls opened in Russia’s parliamentary election.

Apple, Google remove opposition app as Russian voting begins

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Pakistan man sentenced to 12 years in $200M phone-fraud scheme

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A man walked by Boston’s famous Skinny House, at center, after it was listed for sale for $1.2 million.

Boston’s famous Skinny House sells for a nice fat price

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A United Airlines jetliner taxied down a runway for take-off, July 2, from Denver International Airport in Denver. United Airlines briefly stopped flights in the U.S. and Canada, today, following a system outage.

System outage grounds United flights briefly

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The lobby of Hawaii Law Enforcement Federal Credit Union’s new main branch at 1936 S. King St. is much larger than the one it replaces and features two new private meeting rooms and two semiprivate booths.

Hawaii law enforcement credit union opens new, modernized headquarters

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Herb Kobayashi remembers what picking pineapples was like before the conveyor-harvesting trucks, which were introduced after World War II.

Rearview Mirror: Pineapple cannery jobs rekindle fond memories

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Mask wearing pedestrians crossed S. King Street in downtown Honolulu.

Hawaii jobless rate sinks to 17-month low of 7%

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Interisland ocean cargo carrier Young Brothers LLC was granted a 46% emergency rate increase last year by the state. Above, containers were stacked Thursday at the company’s Honolulu Harbor facility at Piers 39 and 40.

State audit calls for Young Brothers to reform its operations and possibly reduce its prices

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A groundbreaking ceremony for a 224-unit rental apartment tower for low-income seniors was held Thursday at a corner of Alakea and Beretania streets.

Micro-housing for kupuna ready to rise

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On the Move: Charlene Nakamura and Justin Puckett

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FAA opens former Southwest slots at Newark to other carriers

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Stocks end lower after a brief afternoon recovery fades

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In this image from video provided by the House Financial Services Committee, Keith Gill, also known in social media forums as Roaring Kitty, testifies during a virtual hearing on GameStop in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Massachusetts is fining MassMutual $4 million and ordering it to overhaul its social-media policies after accusing the company of failing to supervise the employee whose online cheerleading of GameStop’s stock helped launch the frenzy that shook Wall Street earlier this year. The settlement announced today centers on the actions of Gill, an employee at a MassMutual subsidiary from April 2019 until January 2021.

MassMutual fined for failing to monitor GameStop saga star

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Biden looking into why gasoline prices at the pump are so high

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Mike Loftin

Tech View: Nonprofit co-founder seeks to restore Hawaii’s beauty

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When purchasing a computer, consumer-based goods are of different quality from business-based goods. An Apple iPad Pro and a Macbook Pro are displayed at an Apple store in suburban Boston.

Tech View: Consider computer’s use when buying one during the pandemic

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Tech View: Keep human connections in a changing digital world

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Hawaii Real Estate Sales

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Hawaii Real Estate Sales: August 2 – 6, 2021

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Hawaii Real Estate Sales: July 26 – 30, 2021

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Hawaii Real Estate Sales: July 19 – 23, 2021

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Wealth of Health

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Wealth of Health: COVID emergency order is leap forward for Oahu

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Wealth of Health: Delta virus a cliffhanger for health and economy

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Medical workers carry a patient suspected of having COVID-19 on a stretcher at a hospital in Kommunarka, Russia. Countries across Europe are scrambling to accelerate coronavirus vaccinations to outpace the spread of the delta variant in a high-stakes race to prevent hospital wards from filling up again with patients.

Wealth of Health: Delta variant twice as resistant to vaccines

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