How a Hawaiian non-profit is filling aid gaps for Maui wildfire recovery

Kaanapali, Hawaii CNN  —  On a typical day, the Ocean Spirit would be operating eco-tours across Maui as part of the non-profit Pacific Whale Foundation’s marine conservation and education program. The ship survived the Maui wildfires earlier this week that leveled entire communities and killed at least 80 people because it was anchored off Lahaina … Read more

subpoenaed to testify before Fulton County grand jury in 2020 election probe

Washington CNN  —  Former Georgia Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has been told to appear Tuesday before a Fulton County grand jury to testify about efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, he said Saturday on CNN. This is an indication the district attorney will … Read more

Taylor Swift’s 1989: The return of a pop music masterpiece

But it wasn’t until her next album that Swift found the full expression of her new pop direction. 1989 was met with enthusiastic reviews the first time around in 2014: Billboard called it “a sophisticated tour-de-force”, while Rolling Stone said “it sounds like nothing she’s ever tried before”. And it’s fitting that Swift’s retrofuturist masterpiece … Read more

Volunteers bring donations to displaced Lahaina residents

Volunteers with King’s Cathedral Maui bring in donations on Aug. 10, 2023, in Kahului, Hawaii. Dozens of people were killed and thousands displaced after a wind-driven wildfire devastated the town of Lahaina on Tuesday. King’s Cathedral Maui is providing food and shelter for displaced families. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Volunteers with King’s Cathedral Maui unload … Read more