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Rainbows’ comeback falls short, will play elimination game Friday
Down four runs and facing the Anteaters’ most successful reliever, UH’s Ben Zeigler-Namoa smacked a three-run homer — his second in as many days — off Ricky Ojeda to close the Rainbow Warriors to 6-5 in the top of the seventh. Read more
Low levels of PFAS detected in water system serving Central Maui
The detections were sporadic, with concentrations ranging from none to 2.2 nanograms per liter. Read more
OnlyFans owner in talks to sell for $8B, sources say
OnlyFans, which exploded in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, is best known as an online platform that enables porn creators to charge subscribers for content. Read more
Ross Stores pulls 2025 forecast as Trump tariffs bite
Macroeconomic uncertainty due to President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, along with still-high inflation, has forced many consumer-facing companies, particularly footwear, apparel and home goods, to trim or withdraw annual targets. Read more
Treasury unveils plan to end production of penny
The department placed its final order for blank pennies in May, it said in a statement. It expects to stop putting new pennies into circulation by early 2026. Read more
Teens arrested after viral video shows Wahiawa assault
According to the Honolulu Police Department, those taken into custody include a 13-year-old boy, a 14-year-old girl, a 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman. Read more
Woman, 30, critically hurt in Kahuku shooting
“The victim and suspect got into a verbal argument that escalated to the suspect shooing the victim in the upper torso area,” HPD said in a report. Read more
Kakaako road rage suspect Nathaniel Radimak pleads not guilty
Radimak is charged with first-degree unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle and two counts of misdemeanor assault for allegedly striking an 18-year-old woman and her 35-year-old mother. Read more
Trump administration blocks Harvard from enrolling foreign students
The administration notified Harvard about the decision after a back-and-forth in recent days over the legality of a sprawling records request as part of a Department of Homeland Security investigation, according to three people with knowledge of the negotiations. Read more
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6 feared dead after small jet crashes in San Diego
The jet, a Cessna Citation, crashed in Murphy Canyon near the Tierrasanta neighborhood just before 4 a.m., forcing the evacuation of about 100 people as flames billowed, the San Diego Police Department and San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said. Read more
Japanese tycoon Yanai buys Uniqlo building in Milan for $339M
Yanai, Japan’s richest man, is buying the building from U.S. property firm Hines, the source added. Read more
Judge blocks Trump’s plan to dismantle Education Department
U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston, at the behest of a group of Democratic-led states, school districts and teachers’ unions, issued an injunction blocking the department from moving forward with a mass termination announced in March of over 1,300 employees, which would cut its staff by half. Read more
Woman, 29, hit twice on Nimitz Highway dies from injuries
She is Oahu’s 30th traffic fatality of the year, compared to 12 at the same time in 2024. Read more
Two Israeli embassy aides shot dead in Washington
The victims, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, a young couple about to get engaged, were committed to building bridges between Arabs and Jews in hopes of ending bloodshed in the Middle East, according to people who knew them and advocacy groups they belonged to. Read more
House narrowly passes Trump’s sweeping tax-cut bill
The bill will add about $3.8 trillion to the federal government’s $36.2 trillion in debt over the next decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Read more
Man, 33, indicted in Nanakuli hit-and-run
An Oahu grand jury indicted a 33-year-old man today with second-degree attempted murder and driving without a driver’s license. Read more
Gabbard aide pushed for rewrite of Venezuela intel to shield Trump
“We need to do some rewriting” and more analytic work “so this document is not used against the DNI or POTUS,” Joe Kent, the chief of staff to Gabbard, wrote in an email to a group of intelligence officials on April 3. Read more
Hawaii pertussis cases are on the rise
Some potential complications include pneumonia, seizures, apnea (a pause in breathing), encephalopathy (a disease of the brain) and death. Read more
Maui man, 58, dies in 3-car collision in Kihei
Police said the collision occurred at about 7:30 p.m., involving three men and three vehicles. Read more
Dow tumbles 817 points as U.S. debt fears hit Wall Street
All three major Wall Street indexes closed with their biggest daily losses in a month. Small cap stocks also fell sharply, with the Russell 2000 index posting its biggest daily loss since April 10. Read more
Power, pitching propel Rainbows past UCSB to advance in BWC tourney
By ousting UC Santa Barbara in the lose-and-out round, the Rainbow Warriors play top-seeded UC Irvine in Thursday’s double-elimination segment of the Big West Champioship Tournament. Read more
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