President Trump's interim peace deal with Iran, which has partially opened the Strait of Hormuz and sent oil prices tumbling (but not yet gas prices), may be good for the short term — meaning the November elections — but long term it is not in the best interests of the United States, ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Physicians, providers, and administrative staff who practice at Maui Health hospitals and clinics answer questions from the public in Healthwise Maui, which appears in The Maui News. Maui Health operates Maui Memorial Medical Center, Maui Memorial Medical Center Outpatient Clinic, Kula Hospital & Clinic and Lana‘i Community Hospital and accepts all patients. To submit a question, go to the website at mauihealth.org/healthwise. Q: What should I include in my birth plan? Dr. Tiffinie Mercado, Maui Memorial Medical Center Chief of Medical Staff and Ob-Gyn, Kaiser ...
Sunday, a young man in his early teens and visiting Maui with his family, was swimming approximately 50 yards off of Keawakapu when he became distressed and began to falter. His hesitation led to panic, and he shouted for help before he began to become submerged in the water. Thankfully, a local swimmer, who had been swimming laps up and down the beach, hurried to his aid, and using water-rescue skills, managed to bring the boy to shore without harm or injury. Both were spent; the boy from the panic and the swimmer from the rescue. The young man’s family, which consisted of a ...
In what could be a metaphor for things to come, workers removed President Trump's name from the Kennedy Center in Washington. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled the rebranding of the Kennedy Center as the "Trump Kennedy Center" violated the law, writing, "Congress gave the Kennedy ...
When I heard President Donald Trump go ballistic over Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, it made me want to hear more about Graham Platner. After Platner won Maine's Democratic primary last week, Trump trolled Platner as "thug" and called the Democratic Party hypocritical for ...
When the surf is really big, there are always people who don't know their capabilities and get in trouble. The lifeguards come to their rescue and basically save their lives. Not all lifeguards are the same. Big surf lifeguards have the knowledge and ability to save people’s lives and there are not many people who have these skills. Many of these lifeguards are surfers and have a lot of experience in big surf. No one can estimate the power of the ocean. These lifeguards know you have to respect the ocean. If not, you are putting your life in jeopardy. The ocean is not like a ...
