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Rainbow Wahine take care of business in 61-47 win over Highlanders
The Hawaii women’s basketball team turned bad news prior to tonight’s tipoff against UC Riverside into a positive as the Rainbow Wahine took care of business in a 61-47 win over the Highlanders at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. Read more
Rainbows roar back in second half for road win vs. Riverside
Center Tanner Christensen scored 18 points — all in the second half — to boost the Hawaii basketball team to tonight’s 83-76 road victory over UC Riverside at SRC Arena in Riverside, Calif. Read more
Guard Daejah Phillips no longer with Hawaii women’s basketball team
Senior guard Daejah Phillips is no longer an active member of the Hawaii women’s basketball program according to a statement released by UH prior to tonight’s game against UC Riverside. Read more
Film production to close North King Street lanes on Sunday
From 7 p.m. Sunday to about 2 a.m. Monday, the stretch of North King Street alongside Aala Park — between Beretania and River streets — will be reduced to one travel lane. Read more
Police arrest woman, 45, for allegedly setting man on fire
Kaui Lee Manners was arrested on Sand Island Access Rd. at about 10 p.m. on Jan. 8 by Crime Reduction Unit officers for two outstanding contempt warrants and on suspicion of attempted murder in the second degree. Read more
Biden protections for transgender students struck down by judge
U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves in Lexington agreed with six Republican-led states that while the law, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, permits sex-specific bathrooms, dorms and other facilities, the U.S. Department of Education rule improperly bans any distinctions based on sex. Read more
Hawaii Macy’s stores spared as retailer announces closures
The company said it will invest in 350 “go-forward” Macy’s locations across the country through fiscal 2026. Read more
House votes to sanction International Criminal Court over Israel
The vote was 243 to 140 in favor of the “Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act,” which would sanction any foreigner who investigates, arrests, detains or prosecutes U.S. citizens or those of an allied country, including Israel, who are not members of the court. Read more
Woman identified in Paia crash, Maui’s 1st traffic death of 2025
Police said based on a preliminary investigation, at about 10 a.m., the woman from Haiku was driving a 2000 Toyota 4-Runner on Baldwin Avenue when she failed to navigate a left bend in the roadway and then drifted right onto the grass shoulder. Read more
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Musk hosts German far-right leader on X, raising meddling fears
In a wide-ranging, sometimes stilted conversation that touched on immigration, German bureaucracy, energy policy, space colonization, God and Adolf Hitler, Musk and AfD chancellor candidate Alice Weidel agreed that the AfD was the answer to Germany’s malaise. Read more
Yakuza leader pleads guilty to trafficking nuclear materials
Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, pleaded guilty in Manhattan, New York, to conspiring with a network of associates to traffic nuclear materials, including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium, from Myanmar to other countries, the Justice Department said. Read more
Raging wildfires may mean end of cheap California homeowners insurance
“One sees relatively low premiums in high-risk markets in California, but that might be starting to change,” said Philip Mulder, a University of Wisconsin professor who studies the industry. Read more
Agencies: L.A. wildfire insured losses total billions of dollars
Jasper Cooper, senior credit officer for Moody’s Ratings, expected insured losses to amount to billions of dollars given the area’s high values of homes and businesses. Read more
Jamie Lee Curtis pledges $1M to start L.A. wildfire fund
The Oscar winner, in a post on Instagram, said she and her husband, actor and director Christopher Guest, along with their children were starting a fund to support “our great city and state and the great people who live there.” Read more
Man, 64, hospitalized after vehicle rollover on H-1
Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene at 10:43 a.m. Read more
Film stars, celebrities lose homes in Los Angeles wildfires
The list of celebrities who lost their homes and neighborhoods in the worst fire in Los Angeles history reads like a Hollywood who’s who. Read more
Second U.S. port strike averted as union, employers reach deal
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) employer group, in a joint statement, called the agreement a “win-win.” Read more
Billionaire’s Project Liberty eyes TikTok U.S. assets bid
The move comes ahead of a Jan. 19 deadline by which ByteDance has to sell the platform or face a ban under a law signed by President Joe Biden on April 24. Read more
Trump looks to Greenland to cement legacy, expand U.S. influence
One of Trump’s heroes, former President William McKinley, gained control of several foreign territories during his time in office, including Puerto Rico and Hawaii. Read more
Former President Jimmy Carter remembered for rising above politics
Hundreds of mourners including all five living current and former U.S. presidents packed the Washington National Cathedral. Read more
Motorcyclist, 59, critically injured in Waikiki crash
The crash occurred at about 9:41 a.m. when the westbound motorcyclist was struck by a sedan driven by a 53-year-old man who was also traveling westbound and changing lanes. Read more
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