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This week in Maui, as with so many weeks before, we are grateful to live where acceptance and respect are the default settings of society. Despite our many differences, we live in a harmony that most communities in this world can only dream of. It starts with the host culture. With their aloha spirit and connection to the land, sea, and air, Hawaiians set the state’s baseline for kindness, compassion, and responsibility toward future generations. We are taught that living on a remote island chain is better when we get along. Working together makes things happen. Perhaps this is what…

AP – Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, has died in federal prison, according to a Bureau of Prisons spokesman. Kaczynski was found dead around 8 a.m. Saturday in a federal prison in North Carolina. He was found unresponsive in his cell. The cause of death was not immediately known. He was 81 years old. Kaczynski was arrested in 1996 after building and shipping bombs for 17 years. He first came to the attention of law enforcement in 1978 when his first bomb exploded in Chicago at a university. Their bombs were impossible to trace, according to the FBI,…

The Supreme Court. (Agenzia Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images) Black voters who challenged a Republican-drawn congressional district map in Alabama received a major victory Thursday when the U.S. Supreme Court found the state violated a federal civil rights law that prohibits racial discrimination in the vote In an unexpected 5-4 ruling by the conservative majority court, the justices decided not to further dilute the protections of the Voting Rights Act, which the court had done twice in the last decade. The opinion was written by Chief Justice John Roberts, a Republican appointee who has led the Supreme Court in previously…

LONDON — Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson left chaos in his wake on Saturday after storming out of Parliament with a blast at fellow lawmakers whom he accused of ousting him in a “witch hunt”. As opponents jeered, the Tory government absorbed the shock of another Johnson earthquake, while a band of loyal supporters insisted the divisive former British leader could still return. Two of Johnson’s allies joined him in quitting the House of Commons, putting pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Less than a year after he was ousted as prime minister by his own Conservative Party, Johnson…

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s exit from parliament for the holidays that broke the COVID lockdown has sparked feverish speculation about his future and that of the current government. Johnson announced he was resigning as a member of parliament on Friday, claiming he had been forced out in a row by his political opponents. The 58-year-old populist politician has been investigated by a cross-party committee into whether he deliberately lied to parliament about parties when he was in office. In evidence earlier this year, he insisted he had not. But as the committee prepares to make its findings public,…

Twenty years ago: The victory party in City Park had begun, even before the Denver polls had officially closed, to support what political pundits called “anybody’s candidate,” a man new to politics, but not unknown, in town with a funny last name. Denver’s new mayor-elect, a short-but-sweet new title that, when announced from the stage, instantly turned on a charged crowd, would be a candidate who would have received multi-level support in Denver’s diverse communities . That new mayor was John Hickenlooper. The Denver businessman had skillfully attracted votes from both Democrats and Republicans, from business and labor, from whites…

Republic for the state of El Dorado? A new state movement of rupture is born Republic for the state of El Dorado? A new state movement of rupture is born 02:23 EL DORADO COUNTY — There’s a new effort by rural Californians to secede from the state. The movement calls for El Dorado County to become its own state, independent of California. The initiative comes more than five years after the State of Jefferson movement failed in its attempt to secede from California. The movement is spearheaded by Sharon Durst, a resident of El Dorado since 1999. She and her…

HEISE – Multiple EMS and law enforcement personnel responded to the Byington boat ramp Saturday morning, according to the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office. The boat ramp is located at Kelly Canyon Island Campground, a few miles above Heise Hot Springs. EastIdahoNews.com received multiple reports that at least one vehicle was in the river. However, Bryan Lovell, a spokesman for the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, could not confirm this information. Courtesy of Daryl Hobbs Although the situation is unclear, one person was in the water. Lovell said the victim is now out of the water, but his condition is unknown at…