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Long LIV Golf? How about Let LIV Golf seemed to be the vibe on Friday at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster.

Northern California is finally getting a taste of Cava. The popular Mediterranean fast-casual chain is making its long-awaited Bay Area debut next year, ending years of speculation and begging from hungry fans. Popular Mediterranean fast-casual chain Cava is expanding to Northern California for the first time. “We’re thrilled to finally bring Cava to Northern California...

Red Sox catcher Andrew Knizner has opted out of his contract to become a free agent after hitting .316 in Triple-A.

A “bus rider town hall” hosted by Mayor Zohran Mamdani crossed a “deeply concerning line” by allowing the city’s Democratic Socialists of America chapter to have a table at the government-run meeting in Brooklyn, experts said Friday. The NYC-DSA’s dedicated kiosk during Thursday night’s event for bus riders at the Brooklyn College Conference Center raised...

"These are people – someone’s mother, father, sister, brother, child or friend, and they deserve better," State Comptroller Susana Mendoza said.

Golden State Warriors star Jimmy Butler trolled Steph Curry in a recent series of pictures posted on Instagram. Butler, who is on a trip to Amsterdam, posted pictures of his overseas workout — but with a twist. It appears Butler photoshopped Curry’s face over his own in each of the five photos. Jimmy Butler played...

Prosecutors rested their case at 3:25 p.m. Friday, wrapping up more than two weeks of testimony by over a dozen law-enforcement personnel and experts, as well as hours of video footage and other evidence.

It’s no secret that the wide receiver room for the Las Vegas Raiders is incredibly thin. With uncertainty looming about who will be Las Vegas’ starting wide receivers when they open the season against the Miami Dolphins on September 13, it appears that sixth-round pick Malik Benson has impressed in training camp thus far. Benson...

The world’s oldest watchmaker in continuous operation is popping up in the Hamptons. Vacheron Constantin, the luxury horological house based in Geneva, Switzerland, has unveiled a tony space in London Jewelers’ East Hampton boutique. The activation at 2 Main St. will remain open through Sept. 6. “At London Jewelers, we are always looking for meaningful...

A 5-year-old boy with autism was found dead Friday morning after wandering away from his Florida home and into a nearby retention pond.

Hawaii's 'Blood Quantum' Rule Deepens The State's Housing Crisis

Authored by Rachel Chiu via the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)

Hawaiian residents are challenging ancestry-based housing restrictions in federal court. A pair of lawsuits filed in June and July takes aim at the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, a state agency that reserves long-term homestead leases to individuals who meet the state’s “blood quantum” requirement.

To be eligible for a homestead lease—long-term, affordable leases for residential, agricultural, and pastoral purposes—an applicant must prove that he or she has 50 percent Native Hawaiian ancestry. In any other context, this type of requirement would be instantly illegal. No ordinary government agency or housing authority can deny your application or evict you because of your ancestry. Yet, these controversial rules are very common for determining benefits for indigenous populations, and continue to give the state inordinate power to withhold opportunities and take property from citizens according to overtly discriminatory justifications.

The lead plaintiff in the first lawsuit is Eric Ryan, a lifelong Hawaiian resident whose application for a homestead lease was immediately denied because he was not, as the pre-qualification form required, “at least 50 percent Native Hawaiian.” The legal definition of a Native Hawaiian is a “descendant of not less than one-half part of the blood of the races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands previous to 1778.” With this narrow construction, the state is empowered to reject thousands of applicants. Meanwhile, many others are left on hold. According to the complaint, the waiting list for new leases exceeds 30,000 applicants, and some have been waiting for more than 40 years.

The Department has sought to expand its efforts to meet the high demand. Last year, it purchased an 82-unit private housing complex in Kauai for a state-run rent-to-own program. But, yet again, the program was reserved for residents who were at least 50 percent Native Hawaiian. This meant that applicants like Ryan would be ineligible and, even worse, existing homeowners would be evicted because of their ancestry. In July, two residents initiated a second lawsuit against the Department. Linda Twitchell, who is not Native Hawaiian, will soon be forced to leave the apartment she has lived in for seven years. Another resident, David Kalahiki, who is 25 percent Native Hawaiian, will not be able to continue living in his home since it will go to someone on the waitlist who meets the strict ancestry cutoff. These evicted residents were forced back into a tumultuous housing market where renters struggle to find affordable homes, and a majority must spend more than 30 percent of their monthly income on rent.

The dispossession of residents through these discriminatory rules unnecessarily exacerbates the housing insecurity within the state. This situation stems from an antiquated and controversial policy: the Department is empowered by the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, a federal law that mandates the blood quantum requirement. It was enacted during Hawaii’s territorial period between annexation and statehood. According to a 1920 House report, lawmakers were concerned about too much social assimilation and native population decline. However, some scholars and commentators have called the requirement a tool of dispossession that was designed to reduce individual autonomy under the guise of protection.

Still, state officials claim that the Act is beneficial rather than harmful. In a statement, Hawaii Governor Josh Green vowed to defend the statute rigorously, and Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez claimed that the program has “provided opportunities, stability, and hope to generations of Native Hawaiian beneficiaries.” But the plaintiffs contend that the ancestral requirement is constitutionally impermissible and violates the guarantee of equal protection under the law.

The Kauai evictions are particularly suspect because they involve the displacement of residents, while Governor Green paradoxically claims that the Act is designed to remedy dispossession. As the complaint alleges: “The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act does not expressly authorize [the Department] to purchase private real property and convert that property into Hawaiian home lands. Rather, the purpose of the Act was to specifically preserve the Hawaiian home lands—real property previously held by the Hawaiian monarchy—for homesteading purposes.” Even if the law has conceptual merit, it is uncertain whether it still accomplishes its intended goals or works against them.

Ultimately, the courts will need to clarify whether these ancestry-based requirements can persist and, separately, whether they justify the ousting of residents from their homes. But as it stands, Hawaii can tell residents that they are insufficiently Native Hawaiian and evict them based on its rigid, government-imposed standard.

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The city is now probing if legal action can be taken after the sudden closure.

The 84-year-old was found face down near the pool at his condo in Tennessee.

The 84-year-old was found face down near the pool at his condo in Tennessee.

Tyler Ward discusses the Mets sweep of the Cleveland Guardians and the energy Jefry Yan has brough to the team.

The Liberty are still not playing to the potential of the preseason title favorite.

Goodman kicked off his weight-loss journey in 2007 after weighing around 400 pounds at his heaviest.

Goodman kicked off his weight-loss journey in 2007 after weighing around 400 pounds at his heaviest.

LA authorities claim they just lack the resources to get ahead of the rodents, though the city has a $15 billion budget and the county $50 billion.

Legendary defensive tackle Aaron Donald continues to contribute to the speculation that he will come out of his own retirement. On Friday afternoon, Donald was spotted taking photos with fans, where he was confronted by one fan asking him if he was going to come out of retirement, to which Donald had a seven-word response....