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A 31-year-old woman died after being struck by a vehicle while walking through the traffic lanes of the H-1 freeway in Waipahu on Sunday night, according to the Honolulu Police Department.
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A 56-year-old woman was seriously injured in a hit-and-run collision on Mailiilii Road in Waianae on Saturday evening.
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Former Democratic President Bill Clinton, 78, was hospitalized today with a fever, according to his deputy chief of staff.
Mangione indicted for CEO murder
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NEW YORK >> Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man charged with murder in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, pleaded not guilty today as he was arraigned in New York state Supreme Court.
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The Honolulu Police Department is setting up impaired driver checkpoints at unannounced times and random locations from January 1 through February 28, 2025, as part of an effort to reduce traffic accidents and deaths due to impaired driving.
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COPENHAGEN >> Greenland is not for sale, its elected leader said on Monday, responding to comments made by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump regarding the “ownership and control” of the vast Arctic island that has been part of Denmark for over 600 years.
Matt Gaetz ethics report to release
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WASHINGTON >> The House Ethics Committee said today that its lengthy investigation had found that former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., President-elect Donald Trump’s initial choice for attorney general, had regularly paid women for sex, had sex with an underage girl and used illegal drugs.
Biden considers commuting death row sentences
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WASHINGTON >> President Joe Biden today commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole, before he hands power to President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20.
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Apple is closing in on a historic $4 trillion stock market valuation, powered by investors cheering progress in the company’s long-awaited AI enhancements to rejuvenate sluggish iPhone sales.
Nordstrom shares rise on acquisition news
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The Nordstrom family teamed up with Mexican retailer Liverpool to clinch a $4 billion deal to take iconic department store chain Nordstrom private, six years after a similar attempt fell short.
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Hawaii defeats Charlotte 78-61
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Gytis Nemeiksa scored 24 points and Marcus Greene added 22 to power the Hawaii basketball team to a 78-61 victory over Charlotte and into the semifinals of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic.
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An injured hiker was rescued this afternoon on the Manoa Falls Trail in Manoa.
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A 17-year-old male was arrested shortly after 3 p.m. today in connection with Thursday’s fatal shooting of a man in Waianae.
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A motorcyclist was killed Sunday morning on Kunia Road when he was involved in a hit-and-run collision with a pickup truck.
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An 81-year-old pedestrian was transported to the hospital in serious condition after being struck by an auotmobile near the intersection of Rycroft and Ahana streets at 7 p.m. Friday.
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A 65-year-old male pedestrian was in stable condition after being struck by a vehicle at 5:51 a.m. Friday at H-1 freeway east at Exit 18A.
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A male pedestrian in his 60s was killed Friday night after being struck by a vehicle at 11 p.m. at the intersection of Makaha Valley and Kaulawaha roads.
Starbucks union authorizes potential strike
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Starbucks workers have expanded their strike to four more U.S. cities, including New York, the union representing over 10,000 baristas said late on Saturday.
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WASHINGTON >> President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he will rename Denali, Alaska natives’ name for North America’s tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president who was assassinated in 1901.
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NEW YORK >> Police arrested a man they said set a woman on fire while she appeared to be asleep on a New York City subway train on Sunday morning, killing her.
German Christmas market car attack
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MAGDEBURG, Germany >> A man suspected of ploughing a car through crowds at a German Christmas market in an attack that killed five people and injured scores faces multiple charges of murder and attempted murder, police said on Sunday.
Trump demands return of Panama Canal
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WEST PALM BEACH, Florida >> President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal on Sunday, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central American passage and drawing a sharp rebuke from Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino.
Israeli strikes kill Palestinians in Gaza
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CAIRO, Egypt >> Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 17 Palestinians, eight of them at a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, medics said, as the Israeli military ordered the evacuation of a hospital in the north.
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Honolulu firefighters quickly extinguished two separate home fires Friday and early Saturday.
Man surrenders after Don Quijote standoff
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A 32-year-old man who barricaded himself inside a busy Don Quijote store on Kaheka Street on Wednesday was charged with first-degree property damage.
San Diego Classic features women’s basketball
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San Diego State’s Veronica Sheffey drove for the winning basket with eight seconds remaining, and one second on the shot clock, and the Aztecs held off Hawaii 54-52 today in the San Diego Classic at Viejas Arena in San Diego, Calif.
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The high surf warning for north and west shores of most islands has been extended until 6 a.m. Monday.
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MAGDEBURG, Germany >> At least five people were killed in a car-ramming attack at a German Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg that also left more than 200 injured, officials said, and a Saudi man was arrested on suspicion of driving a car into the crowd.
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Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi, city and state officials, and the organizers of The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational contest are expecting massive crowds to descend on the North Shore as the “Super Bowl of surfing” has been greenlit today at Waimea Bay.
DEC 20, 2024
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WASHINGTON >> The top Democrat on the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee said today that Republicans in Congress were protecting Elon Musk’s Chinese investments by scrapping provisions restricting U.S. investments.
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Brooklyn Rewers scored a season-high 16 points off the bench, but a slow start doomed the Hawaii women’s basketball team in a 72-58 loss to Clemson today at Viejas Arena in San Diego, Calif.
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NEW YORK >> U.S. stocks rallied to close out the trading week today after two lackluster sessions as a cooler-than-expected inflation report and comments from Federal Reserve officials eased worries about the path of interest rates.
Eli Lilly’s Zepbound approved for sleep apnea
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The Food and Drug Administration today approved Eli Lilly’s weight-loss treatment, Zepbound, for obstructive sleep apnea, making it the first drug greenlighted to directly treat patients with the common sleeping disorder.
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BERLIN >> A driver plowed a vehicle into a Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg in central Germany today, killing at least two people — an adult and a small child — and injuring dozens of others, the state governor said.
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A federal grand jury indicted a 47-year-old Ewa Beach man Thursday on charges that include methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution and discharging a “ghost gun,” U.S. Attorney Clare Connors announced.
US consumer spending rises November
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WASHINGTON >> U.S. consumer spending increased in November amid strong demand for a range of goods and services, underscoring the economy’s resilience, which saw the Federal Reserve this week projecting fewer interest rate cuts in 2025 than it had in September.
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