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Pope Francis’ funeral draws thousands, cardinal says his legacy must survive
Presidents, royalty and a multitude of simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday at his funeral, where a cardinal said the pontiff’s legacy of caring for migrants, the downtrodden and the environment must not die with him. Read more
Hawaii men’s volleyball advances to Big West final
Hawaii (25-5) advances to play top seed Long Beach State on Saturday night at 7. Read more
Former Mililani and Oregon star Dillon Gabriel selected by Browns in third round
Dillon Gabriel is a proven winner, having guided three universities in his career at Central Florida, Oklahoma and Oregon. Read more
Hawaii crews clear 45 homeless camps on Diamond Head slopes
Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement officers cited three people his morning for being in a closed area of Diamond Head as part of the effort. Read more
Driver, 75, critically hurt in single-vehicle crash in Kona
The victim was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, according to police. Read more
Hawaii island police arrest woman after domestic dispute turns deadly
The suspect allegedly told police that she and the man had been involved in a domestic dispute in which he had tried to kill her, and that she strangled him to death. Read more
California visitor, 72, dies in waters off Hanalei Beach Park
An autopsy is pending to determine the exact cause of death, but foul play is not suspected. Read more
Pope Francis viewed by over 100,000 mourners in Vatican farewell
Soon after 7 p.m. (7 a.m. Hawaii time), the Vatican ended a TV broadcast of the visits that had been running nearly continuously, ahead of a private ceremony to seal his casket. Read more
Trump administration to restore foreign students’ legal status, for now
Their legal statuses had been revoked as a result of their records being terminated from a database of the approximately 1.1 million foreign student visa holders, putting them at risk of deportation. Read more
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Dolphins select former Saint Louis star Jonah Savaiinaea in second round
Former Saint Louis School All-State player and Arizona offensive lineman Jonah Savaiinaea was selected by the Miami Dolphins early in the second round of Friday’s NFL Draft. Read more
Starbucks union rejects 2% annual raise offer as insufficient
“Starbucks’ current offer is insufficient to finalize a deal,” the workers’ union said. Read more
NASA nominee wrote $2M in bad checks to casinos, records show
Isaacman is a billionaire pilot and astronaut who founded the Shift4 Payments company as a teenager and commanded the first civilian space crew in 2021 aboard a SpaceX capsule. Read more
Social Security may lose thousands more staff under new rule
President Donald Trump said last week his administration would proceed with plans to designate tens of thousands of federal workers as “at will” employees involved in policy decisions, stripping them of civil service protections. Read more
Hawaii’s ‘bone collector’ caterpillar wears dead insect parts
The caterpillar prowls spider webs to scavenge trapped and helpless victims such as ants, beetles, weevils and flies, the researchers said. Read more
Hawaii men’s basketball team lands JC player of the year
The nation’s best junior college basketball player is joining the University of Hawaii basketball team this summer. Isaac “Ike” Finlinson, a 6-foot-8, 185-pound wing/forward from Snow College (Richfield, Utah) has accepted a scholarship from the Rainbow Warriors. Read more
China says Trump’s seabed mining order violates international law
The richest zone for the coveted minerals is in the Eastern Pacific, in an area called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, which occupies a vast span under the ocean between Hawaii and Mexico. Read more
Max Holloway to fight Dustin Poirier in UFC 318 main event
In an interview on ESPN’s “Pat McAfee Show,” Poirier said it is a five-round main event fight and he will leave his gloves in the middle of the Octagon when it is over. Read more
Wall Street ends higher for the week as trade, earnings boost stocks
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were bolstered by gains in the “magnificent seven” group of artificial intelligence-related megacaps, while the blue-chip Dow was more muted. Read more
Kauai nurse Jaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao wins Miss Aloha Hula
Thirteen young women vied for the honor on the first night of the Merrie Monarch Festival’s hula competition at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo. Read more
George Santos is sentenced to 87 months in prison
His 87-month sentence will bring an end, or at least a pause, to a turbulent period in which Santos was catapulted from anonymity to political and pop cultural infamy, a national spotlight that, even when negative, he often relished more than rejected. Read more
Milwaukee judge charged with obstructing immigration arrest
In a criminal complaint, the U.S. Justice Department said Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee County circuit judge, refused to turn over the man after immigration agents showed up to arrest him in her courtroom on April 18, and that she tried to help him evade arrest by allowing him to exit through a jury door. Read more
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