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USA Today
a day ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Little League World Series Day 5 highlights, scores and recap
The 2025 Little League World Series continued on Sunday, Aug. 17 with four elimination games. Day 5 began with a United States bracket game between Washington (Northwest region) and Massachusetts (New England). Bonney Lake, Washington edged Braintree, Massachusetts 3-2 to keep their championship hopes alive. Elsewhere, Canada scored a blowout win in the International bracket, routing Australia 12-0 in five innings. In the third game of the day, Hawaii (West region) pounded Illinois (Great Lakes region) 9-1, as the team from Clarendon Hills, Illinois saw their tournament come to an end. The final game featured a walk-off win as Mexico ousted Panama 2-1. The winning teams will now have a day off before returning to the field on Tuesday, Aug. 19. The losing teams were eliminated from the tournament. USA TODAY Sports had coverage of each of the four games on Sunday. Scroll below for highlights and scores of every game played so far in the 2025 Little League World Series. Little League World Series Day 5 scores Mexico earns walk-off win over Panama Xavier Nolasco drove in Iker Castaneda for the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning as Mexico beat Panama 2-1 in the final game of the day. Castaneda hit a one-out double to right, and Luis Sanchez reached on an error before Nolasco singled to left to plate Castaneda for the walk-off win. With the victory, Mexico improves to 2-1, while Panama is eliminated. Panama ties Mexico 1-1 in sixth inning Panama tied the game in the top of the sixth inning on their final at-bats. Eric Rodriguez reached on a bunt infield single before advancing to second on an error. The next batter, Isaac Dufau, also reached on an error, allowing Rodriguez to come home with the tying run. Hawai'i jumps up early and cruises to win over Illinois It was an 8-0 lead after two innings for Hawai'i, and that's just about all they would need as they finished out the victory by a score of 9-1. Illinois gets on the board in the fourth Facing a 9-0 deficit, Illinois batter Liam Harrigan single through the left side, allowing Jack Kaczmarski to score easily. Illinois still has the bases juiced with one out in the top of the fourth. Hawai'i opens up 8-0 lead in the second inning This one is turning into an unfortunate laugher for Illinois: Hawai'i has opened up an 8-0 lead heading into the bottom of the second inning, as the offense is humming early on. Hawai'i leads 3-0 after Bronson Fermahin homer It's a big fly for the little leaguers: Hawai'i's Bronson Fermahin put his team on the board with a three-run shot in the bottom of the first vs. Illinois. Hawai'i and Illinois face off In the third game of the day, Hawai'i and Illinois square off in an elimination matchup. Canada closes out Australia in dominant fashion A monster fifth inning by Canada led to a 12-0 win, finished out by pitcher Misha Lee. Canada advances. Canada pours it on in fifth inning It's been all Canada all day vs. Australia. Canada has opened up a 12-0 lead with one out in the top of the fifth inning, with the bases loaded. Canada adds run in the fourth inning The inning ends with a ground ball off the bat off Emmett Stefanson but not before Canada notches another run. A weak infield dribbler scores Davis Weibel to give Canada the 4-0 lead entering the home half of the fourth. Team Canada puts two more on the board vs. Australia Canada mounted a mini-rally in the third inning, putting up two more runs courtesy of a wild pitch and a Matthew Wong single. A sparkling play in center by Australia's Josh Campbell-Manfield ended the top half of the inning. Canada takes lead on sac fly The game's first run goes to Canada: Vancouver takes the lead courtesy of a sac fly, giving them a 1-0 second-inning lead over the Australians. Canada 1, Australia 0 Australia squares off against Canada in international bracket In the second game of today's LLWS action, Canada and Australia are underway in Williamsport. Washington downs Massachusetts, advance It was win or go home for Braintree, and Washington sent them home to the tune of a 3-2 victory. Washington plays Tuesday vs. the loser of Metro vs. Midwest (scheduled for Monday). Washington takes back the lead in the bottom of the second Asher Monson scores on a Cole Sehlin single to tie the game, followed by Atley Eager scoring on a wild pitch to give Washington the lead in the bottom of the second. Washington 3, Massachusetts 2. Massachusetts answers with two runs in second It didn't take long for Braintree to tee up some runs of their own in the second. A Sam Trotta knock brings home Ryan Fennell and Henry Kuka, allowing Massachusetts to take the lead in the second. Washington strikes first vs. Massachusetts It didn't take long for Washington to get on the board vs. Massachusetts: Bonney Lake's Colton Audette singled home Mason Woods from second for the first run of the game. Washington 1, Massachusetts 0. Little League World Series Day 5 schedule, scores All times Eastern What time is the Little League World Series today? The first game on Sunday, Aug. 17 starts at 9 a.m. ET with the final game starting at 2 p.m. ET. All games take place in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in either Howard J. Lamade Stadium or Little League Volunteer Stadium. Little League World Series 2025: TV, time and how to watch The Little League World Series began Wednesday, Aug. 13 and concludes on Sunday, Aug. 24. Games will be presented across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+. Viewers can also watch with Fubo, which offers a free trial for new users. Little League World Series Day 4 results Little League World Series Day 3 results Little League World Series Day 2 results Little League World Series Day 1 results Our team of savvy editors independently handpicks all recommendations. If you purchase through our links, the USA Today Network may earn a commission. Prices were accurate at the time of publication but may change.
The Herald Scotland
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Little League World Series today: Scores, highlights of Sunday games
In the third game of the day, Hawaii (West region) pounded Illinois (Great Lakes region) 9-1, as the team from Clarendon Hills, Illinois saw their tournament come to an end. The final game featured a walk-off win as Mexico ousted Panama 2-1. The winning teams will now have a day off before returning to the field on Tuesday, Aug. 19. The losing teams were eliminated from the tournament. USA TODAY Sports had coverage of each of the four games on Sunday. Scroll below for highlights and scores of every game played so far in the 2025 Little League World Series. 2025 LLWS: Meet the 20 teams playing in Williamsport Sunday, Aug. 17 Game 17 (U.S.): Washington 3, Massachusetts 2 Washington 3, Massachusetts 2 Game 18 (International) : Canada 12, Australia 0 Canada 12, Australia 0 Game 19 (U.S.) : Hawaii 9, Illinois 1 Hawaii 9, Illinois 1 Game 20 (International): Mexico 2, Panama 1 Xavier Nolasco drove in Iker Castaneda for the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning as Mexico beat Panama 2-1 in the final game of the day. Castaneda hit a one-out double to right, and Luis Sanchez reached on an error before Nolasco singled to left to plate Castaneda for the walk-off win. With the victory, Mexico improves to 2-1, while Panama is eliminated. Panama tied the game in the top of the sixth inning on their final at-bats. Eric Rodriguez reached on a bunt infield single before advancing to second on an error. The next batter, Isaac Dufau, also reached on an error, allowing Rodriguez to come home with the tying run. It was an 8-0 lead after two innings for Hawai'i, and that's just about all they would need as they finished out the victory by a score of 9-1. Facing a 9-0 deficit, Illinois batter Liam Harrigan single through the left side, allowing Jack Kaczmarski to score easily. Illinois still has the bases juiced with one out in the top of the fourth. This one is turning into an unfortunate laugher for Illinois: Hawai'i has opened up an 8-0 lead heading into the bottom of the second inning, as the offense is humming early on. It's a big fly for the little leaguers: Hawai'i's Bronson Fermahin put his team on the board with a three-run shot in the bottom of the first vs. Illinois. In the third game of the day, Hawai'i and Illinois square off in an elimination matchup. A monster fifth inning by Canada led to a 12-0 win, finished out by pitcher Misha Lee. Canada advances. It's been all Canada all day vs. Australia. Canada has opened up a 12-0 lead with one out in the top of the fifth inning, with the bases loaded. The inning ends with a ground ball off the bat off Emmett Stefanson but not before Canada notches another run. A weak infield dribbler scores Davis Weibel to give Canada the 4-0 lead entering the home half of the fourth. Canada mounted a mini-rally in the third inning, putting up two more runs courtesy of a wild pitch and a Matthew Wong single. A sparkling play in center by Australia's Josh Campbell-Manfield ended the top half of the inning. The game's first run goes to Canada: Vancouver takes the lead courtesy of a sac fly, giving them a 1-0 second-inning lead over the Australians. Canada 1, Australia 0 In the second game of today's LLWS action, Canada and Australia are underway in Williamsport. It was win or go home for Braintree, and Washington sent them home to the tune of a 3-2 victory. Washington plays Tuesday vs. the loser of Metro vs. Midwest (scheduled for Monday). Asher Monson scores on a Cole Sehlin single to tie the game, followed by Atley Eager scoring on a wild pitch to give Washington the lead in the bottom of the second. Washington 3, Massachusetts 2. It didn't take long for Braintree to tee up some runs of their own in the second. A Sam Trotta knock brings home Ryan Fennell and Henry Kuka, allowing Massachusetts to take the lead in the second. It didn't take long for Washington to get on the board vs. Massachusetts: Bonney Lake's Colton Audette singled home Mason Woods from second for the first run of the game. Washington 1, Massachusetts 0. Sunday, Aug. 17 All times Eastern Game 17 (U.S.): Washington 3, vs. Massachusetts 2 vs. Massachusetts 2 Game 18 (International) : Canada 12, Australia 0 Australia 0 Game 19 (U.S.) : Hawai'i 9, Illinois 1 Illinois 1 Game 20 (International): Panama vs. Mexico, 2 p.m. | ESPN What time is the Little League World Series today? The first game on Sunday, Aug. 17 starts at 9 a.m. ET with the final game starting at 2 p.m. ET. All games take place in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in either Howard J. Lamade Stadium or Little League Volunteer Stadium. Little League World Series 2025: TV, time and how to watch The Little League World Series began Wednesday, Aug. 13 and concludes on Sunday, Aug. 24. Games will be presented across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+. Viewers can also watch with Fubo, which offers a free trial for new users. Times: Coverage begins at 9 a.m. ET Coverage begins at 9 a.m. ET TV: ESPN/ABC ESPN/ABC Streaming: ESPN+, Fubo Watch 2025 Little League World Series on Fubo Little League World Series Day 4 results Saturday, Aug. 16 Game 13 (International): Australia 5, Czechia 3 Australia 5, Czechia 3 Game 14 (U.S.): Massachusetts 7, Texas 3 Massachusetts 7, Texas 3 Game 15 (International): Mexico 11, Puerto Rico 5 Mexico 11, Puerto Rico 5 Game 16 (U.S.): Illinois 3, Pennsylvania 2 Little League World Series Day 3 results Friday, Aug. 15 Game 9 (International): Venezuela 4 , Canada 0 Venezuela 4 Canada 0 Game 10 (U.S.): Nevada 5 , Washington 3 Nevada 5 Washington 3 Game 11 (International): Aruba 8, Panama 2 Aruba 8, Panama 2 Game 12 (U.S.): Connecticut 5, Hawaii 1 Little League World Series Day 2 results Thursday, Aug. 14 Game 5 (International): Japan 12, Czechia 0 Japan 12, Czechia 0 Game 6 (U.S.): South Carolina 13, Massachusetts 0 South Carolina 13, Massachusetts 0 Game 7 (International): Chinese Taipei 3, Mexico 0 Chinese Taipei 3, Mexico 0 Game 8: (U.S.): South Dakota 2, Pennsylvania 0 Little League World Series Day 1 results Wednesday, Aug. 13
Business Wire
03-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Bank of Hawai‘i Corporation Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Board Declares Quarterly Preferred Stock Dividends
HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bank of Hawai'i Corporation (NYSE: BOH) (the 'Company') will release second quarter 2025 financial results on Monday, July 28, 2025 before the market opens and hold its quarterly conference call at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Hawai'i Time) on the same day. The live call, including a slide presentation, will be accessible on the investor relations link of the Company's website, The webcast link is A replay of the webcast will be available for one year beginning at approximately 11:00 a.m. Hawai'i Time on Monday, July 28, 2025. The replay will be available on the Company's website, Additionally, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend payment of $10.94 per share, equivalent to $0.2735 per depositary share, of Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, and a quarterly dividend payment of $20.00 per share, equivalent to $0.5000 per depositary share, of Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B. The depositary shares representing the Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock are traded on the NYSE under the symbol ' and ' respectively. The dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock will be payable on August 1, 2025 to shareholders of record of the preferred stock as of the close of business on July 17, 2025. Bank of Hawai'i Corporation is a regional financial services company serving businesses, consumers and governments in Hawai'i and the West Pacific. The Company's principal subsidiary, Bank of Hawai'i was founded in 1897. For more information about Bank of Hawai'i Corporation, see the Company's website, Bank of Hawai'i Corporation is a trade name of Bank of Hawaii Corporation.
Miami Herald
18-06-2025
- Politics
- Miami Herald
Behind the turmoil of federal attacks on colleges, some states are going after tenure
HONOLULU - The "gravy train." That's what a Hawai'i state senator called the practice of awarding tenure to university research faculty when she proposed legislation stripping this long-standing form of job protection from them. The bill got little notice at the time. Now, obscured by the turmoil of the many other challenges to higher education since the start of Donald Trump's second presidential term, tenure has come under siege in states across the country. Never in the 110-year history of tenure in the United States have there been so many attempts to gut or reconfigure it, said Julie Reuben, a professor of the history of American education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. At least 11 states, including seven since the start of this year, have imposed new levels of review for tenured faculty, made it easier to fire them or proposed banning tenure altogether. Almost all have Republican-controlled legislatures or have seen lawmakers question what is being taught on campuses. This comes at the same time as, but has gotten less attention than, the Trump administration's higher education funding cuts and investigations into colleges and universities. "It's the flip side of the same assault," said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, or AFT, which represents 400,000 faculty and other university and college employees. "Some of the assault is coming from taking away grants, and some of the assault is coming by taking away tenure." Unlike nontenured faculty, who can be dismissed or not reappointed, tenured faculty have more protections - including from being demoted or fired for what they think or say. Without tenure, "If you pursue the truth in ways that are uncomfortable for donors, for students, for trustees, for the state legislature, then you'll lose your job," said Mark Criley, senior program officer for academic freedom, tenure and governance at the faculty union the American Association of University Professors, or AAUP. Even before the second Trump administration and this wave of tenure challenges, 45 percent of faculty members said they had refrained from expressing an opinion they feared could attract negative attention, according to a survey conducted for the AAUP and the American Association of Colleges and Universities by the University of Chicago research organization NORC, and released in January. About a third of faculty nationwide have tenure or are on the tenure track, according to AAUP. Most backers of curtailing tenure say they're not doing it for ideological reasons. They say they're trying to lower costs for taxpayers and consumers by removing faculty whose productivity is low. The goal is "getting rid of professors who are not pulling their weight," said Nebraska state Sen. Loren Lippincott, a Republican and sponsor of a proposal to abolish tenure altogether for new hires at public colleges and universities in that state and replace it with annual performance reviews. He hears stories "of professors that have tenure bragging about how little they work, how little they put in or how few hours they show up to teach classes," Lippincott said at a public hearing about the bill. Related: Interested in innovations in higher education? Subscribe to our free biweekly higher education newsletter. In other states, however, curbs on tenure have been linked directly or indirectly to faculty political views. An Ohio bill passed in late March will subject tenured faculty to annual evaluations - including student responses to the question "Does the faculty member create a classroom atmosphere free of political, racial, gender and religious bias?" - and allow them to be fired for poor reviews. It was part of a controversial larger higher education bill whose mission is "to enhance diversity of thought, which I don't believe we have at most of our universities today," said Republican state Sen. Jerry Cirino, its Senate sponsor. Over the governor's veto, the Republican-dominated Kentucky General Assembly in March passed a bill requiring that faculty be reviewed at least once every four years and allowing the firing of any professor who fails to meet performance and productivity requirements, even if they're tenured. Sponsors said the measure will uphold performance standards, but Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, contended in his veto message that it "threatens academic freedom" in "a time of increased federal encroachment" into how colleges and universities are run. After faculty at the University of Texas at Austin signed a resolution in 2022 affirming their right to teach such subjects as race and gender theory, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick vowed to end tenure altogether for newly hired faculty and strip it from existing faculty who teach critical race theory. A legislative proposal in Texas the following year failed to eliminate tenure, but broadened the grounds on which it could be revoked, mandated regular performance reviews of tenured faculty under a process it left up to governing boards to determine, and made it easier for those governing boards to fire tenured faculty. In Indiana, a measure added to a 232-page budget bill two days before the legislative session ended in April, imposed "productivity reviews" on tenured faculty at that state's public universities, measuring the number of classes taught, the amount of research conducted and other tasks. Faculty members who are judged to have fallen short of standards can be fired. This follows a law passed last year in Indiana requiring reviews of tenured faculty and denying tenure or promotion to faculty members who are "unlikely to foster a culture of free inquiry, free expression, and intellectual diversity." The American Civil Liberties Union has sued to block enforcement of this law, saying it violates faculty members' rights to free speech and due process. The suit was dismissed for jurisdictional reasons but has been re-filed and a ruling is pending. Related: Fewer students and fewer dollars mean states face closing public universities and colleges Arkansas legislators passed a law in March allowing university administrators to call for an immediate review of tenured faculty at any time and to fire them or remove their tenure status. North Dakota's governor signed a bill in April requiring post-tenure reviews at least every five years. Utah lawmakers last year imposed annual performance reviews of tenured faculty that include student evaluations. And a proposal this year to get rid of tenure in Kansas narrowly failed. There have been earlier attempts to weaken or ban tenure in Iowa, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and West Virginia, according to research conducted at the University of North Texas. Tenure was established in the United States in 1915 just after the founding of the AAUP. Once awarded tenure, the association pronounced, a faculty member should be terminated only for cause or because of a financial emergency, a decision it said should be made by a committee consisting of fellow faculty and the institution's governing board. The move was largely a response to firings around that time of university and college faculty for teaching the theory of evolution, said Reuben, the Harvard historian. "Faculty had to be able to have the freedom to ask questions, and they could not be tied down to any sort of intellectual test imposed by church dogma or political parties," Reuben said. Related: Tracking Trump: His actions to dismantle the Education Department, and more Momentum for removing this protection comes against a backdrop of falling trust in colleges and universities and of the people who work at them. Only about a third of Americans have "a great deal" or "a lot" of confidence in higher education, down from 57 percent in 2015, a Gallup poll found last year. College professors now rank below doctors, teachers, retail workers and construction workers among people Americans believe "contribute to the general good of society," a 2021 survey by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences found; only 40 percent of respondents, in that poll, said professors contribute "a lot" to the greater good. Only a little more than a third of Republicans believe university professors act in the best interests of the public, according to another survey, by the Survey Center on American Life. "This level of attack couldn't gain the kind of momentum it has without the declining public support for higher education," Reuben said. "It couldn't have happened to this magnitude before, because there was a general sense that higher education was good for society." In Hawai'i, it was a fiscally conservative Democrat, state Sen. Donna Mercado Kim, who pushed, beginning in 2022, for tenure to be banned for University of Hawai'i faculty who do research and other jobs besides teaching, such as providing student support. Although she did not respond to repeated requests for comment, Kim has written that the effort was a way to make sure taxpayer and student tuition money given to the university was being "prudently spent." After hundreds of faculty protested, she agreed to a compromise under which the university has set up a task force to study its tenure procedures. Related: A battle at one university is a case study in why higher education is so slow to change "To me, it's about the Senate wanting control over the university," said Christian Fern, executive director of the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, or UHPA, the faculty union. "Being able to teach without political retribution - which rings really loudly right now - do you want to have a faculty member able to teach what they learned in their research, even if it's politically incorrect?" Fern asked. "I think yes." Karla Hayashi, president of the board of the UHPA and a former lecturer and English composition professor who now runs a tutoring center at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, said she expects more attempts to weaken tenure. Hayashi sees them as an extension of political pressure that starts at the federal level. "If I take away your tenure, then you're dependent on doing what I want you to do to earn your living," she said. Contrary to arguments from critics, tenure "is not a job for life," Criley, of the AAUP, said. "It's a guarantee that you'll only be dismissed for cause when a case can be made that you're not fit for your professional duties - that you're negligent, incompetent or guilty of some sort of misconduct that violates professional ethics." Related: A case study of what's ahead with Trump DEI crackdowns Not all faculty agree that tenure is fine the way it is. "If your main goal is job security, I don't think you're going to be that adventuresome of a professor," said Jim Wetherbe, a professor in the business department at Texas Tech University and a longtime critic of tenure, who has turned it down every time it has been offered to him. Academic freedom at public universities is already protected by the First Amendment, Wetherbe has argued. But Weingarten, the AFT head, said the immediate worry is that what faculty can say or teach will be narrowed. "The right wing keeps talking about free speech, free speech, free speech, and an attack on tenure is an attack on free speech," she said. "It's basically an attempt to create compliance." Contact writer Jon Marcus at 212-678-7556, jmarcus@ on Signal. This story about tenure was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for our higher education newsletter. Listen to our higher education podcast. The post Behind the turmoil of federal attacks on colleges, some states are going after tenure appeared first on The Hechinger Report.
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
David H.K. Bell, actor in 'Lilo & Stitch' remake, dies at 46
June 17 (UPI) -- David Hekili Kenui Bell, an actor who recently appeared in the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch, has died. He was 46 years old. His death was announced on Facebook by his sister, Jalene Kanani Bell. A cause of death has not yet been shared but Hawai'i police do not suspect foul play, People reports. "It is with a heavy heart I share that my sweet, generous, talented, funny, brilliant and handsome little brother David H. K. Bell will spend today in the company of our Heavenly father," Jalene Bell wrote on Facebook on Sunday. She went on to describe her brother as a "joy of a human, and Prince of a Man" who gave everyone in the family "unconditional love." "David loved being an actor, doing voice overs... The film industry and entertainment was so exciting to him and I loved that he enjoyed the arts," she said. "...He recently made it on to the big screen with an iconic Lilo & Stitch moment." She added that her brother had gotten "the best seats in the house" to watch the film in Kapolei. Bell's IMDb profile indicates he also appeared in Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I. Lashauna Downie, whose management company, Bliss Models and Talent, represented Bell, described the actor as "a gentle giant with lots of aloha" in a tribute on Instagram.
