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TODAY'S BIG Q: Do you support housing at Kakaako Makai if it’s for DHHL Hawaiian beneficiaries? #staradvertiserpoll #BigQ #808

About 60% of households across Japan kept their air conditioners running around the clock, according to a survey by appliance company Panasonic Corp. More: 808ne.ws/47JkIN3

UPDATED: The National Weather Service has extended the flash flood warning for East Maui until 5:45 p.m. Details: 808ne.ws/4jOluzs #HIwx

Kokua Line answers your questions about Saturday hours for renewals of Hawaii driver’s licenses or state IDs. More: 808ne.ws/3WEHkfb #StarAdvertiser

#Inflation accelerated in September, but the bigger concern for consumers may be what happened to their spending power. Spending rose in dollar terms, but was unchanged after adjusting for inflation. Read more: 808ne.ws/4e7fHRW

The OIA football playoffs open Friday with a pair of top-four matchups, including Campbell's rematch with top-seeded Kapolei and Kahuku's showdown at second-seeded Mililani. More: 808ne.ws/4f0Te9o #StarAdvertiser

A jury trial has been scheduled for September in the wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of two women killed last year when a massive banyan tree on Kilauea Avenue in Hilo uprooted and collapsed. More: 808ne.ws/4e9RJ8B via @HITribuneHerald #HInews

A 49-year-old ex-@USArmy official pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to collect $1.25 million in bribes over five years to award contracts & subcontracts to a company from the military’s Hawaii-­Pacific Innovation Campus. More: 808ne.ws/4yWnE3X #HInews

Alphabet shares plunged 12.3% today, wiping about $500 billion from the @Google parent’s market value after disappointing search and advertising sales intensified concerns about the cost of its AI ambitions. Read more: 808ne.ws/4kpSvSJ

A temporary evacuation point is open at Helene Hall, 174 Keawa Place in Hana. It doesn’t have regular shelter supplies, so bring essentials. Pets must be crated. More: 808ne.ws/4jTsxah #StarAdvertiser #HInews #HIwx

Top-seeded ‘Iolani swept Mililani 25-20, 25-11, 25-20 to advance to the girls volleyball state semifinals. Georgie Lee led the Raiders with 16 kills. More: 808ne.ws/4jJ0oCD #StarAdvertiser

.@Honolulupolice have arrested a 52-year-old man after he allegedly assaulted a 63-year-old man with an edged weapon overnight in #Kapahulu, causing serious injuries. More: 808ne.ws/4zZkGN1 #StarAdvertiser #HInews

A Maui Police Department lieutenant accused of taking money to protect cockfighting operations and drug trafficking organizations was denied release from federal detention ahead of his trial. More: 808ne.ws/3W1xyUi 📷: COURTESY PHOTO

Patrick Stewart, the acclaimed British actor who became a global star as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, has died at 86. Read more: 808ne.ws/4isksab

.@DoorDash said today that it had agreed to buy @Instacart for $17 billion, in a deal that would fold the nation’s dominant grocery delivery app into the company that already controls most of America’s restaurant takeout orders. More: 808ne.ws/4BtPqHH via @nytimes

The @NWS issued a flash flood warning for #Maui until 11:45 a.m. today as heavy rain continued over the island’s windward and southeast sides. More: 808ne.ws/3WfaIbL #StarAdvertiser #HInews #HIwx

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired @USArmy Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia this week after accusing the Joint Staff strategy chief of leaking classified information about #Iran and #Russia to journalists. More: 808ne.ws/3UjyR0h via @nytimes

#China has over 50 navy and other official vessels operating in a wide swath of sea stretching from southern #Japan down to #Taiwan and off the #Philippines, a senior Taiwan official said, calling the threat level “obvious.” More: 808ne.ws/3Ukmscw

A leak website says it has released data on more than 40,000 #DHS employees, including contact information and details about some sensitive job assignments. DHS says it is responding to a potential breach. More: 808ne.ws/3WV9DGc

#BREAKING: June Jones, who led the University of Hawaii to one of the greatest turnarounds in college football history, died today in Oregon. Read more: 808ne.ws/4zodcDy #StarAdvertiser #HInews

A battle over shopping carts has rolled into Honolulu Hale as proponents of Bill 53 cite public safety concerns over abandoned carts, while opponents argue the measure unfairly targets Oahu’s homeless population. More: 808ne.ws/4sweOIF 📷: Star-Advertiser