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Major Hurricane Erick hits Mexico’s Pacific coast
Before reaching land, Erick briefly reached Category 4 status overnight. After landfall, it quickly weakened to a tropical storm. Read more
Israel hits nuclear sites, Iran strikes hospital as war escalates
Following the strike that damaged the Soroka medical centre in Israel’s southern city of Beersheba, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tehran’s “tyrants” would pay the “full price.” Read more
Rade Vanic picked to serve as interim Honolulu police chief
Vanic also served as interim police chief when Susan Ballard retired in June 2021. Read more
U.S. to review social media of student, scholar visa applicants
Applicants will be screened for perceived “hostility” toward the United States, and they will be asked to make their social media accounts “public” for the review, State Department officials said today. Read more
Buss family to sell Lakers at $10B valuation, ESPN reports
Mark Walter, the CEO and chairman of holding company TWG Global, is set to take the majority ownership and also has stakes in the Los Angeles Dodgers and the WNBA franchise Los Angeles Sparks. Read more
Tucker Carlson berates Ted Cruz over bellicose stance on Iran
The confrontation reflected a bitter rift in President Donald Trump’s coalition, between hawkish Republicans like Cruz who back aggressive action against Iran and an “America First” coalition. Read more
Senate Democrats demand RFK Jr. explain canceled bird flu vaccine
The cancellation endangers American lives and will likely contribute to a 20% rise in the price of eggs this year, they wrote to Kennedy, who has a long history of questioning the safety of vaccines contrary to scientific evidence. Read more
Karen Read found not guilty of murder in Boston officer’s death
The verdict, delivered after over 20 hours in the jury room, was anticipated ever since jurors appeared to hint at it with two notes they sent on Tuesday. Read more
U.S. to drop daily alcohol limits from federal guidelines
The updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which could be released as early as this month, are expected to include a brief statement encouraging Americans to drink in moderation or limit alcohol intake due to associated health risks, the sources said. Read more
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Trump keeps world guessing about U.S. military action on Iran
Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump declined to say if he had made any decision on whether to join Israel’s campaign. Read more
Fed holds rates steady, sees slower pace of cuts amid Trump tariffs
In new economic projections, policymakers sketched a modestly stagflationary picture of the U.S. economy, with economic growth slowing to 1.4% this year, unemployment rising to 4.5% by the end of this year, and inflation finishing 2025 at 3%, well above the current level. Read more
Hurricane Erick strengthens to Category 3 off Mexico’s Pacific Coast
Erick is expected to bring potentially destructive winds and life-threatening flash flooding to parts of southern Mexico through Thursday. Read more
Trustees: Social Security, Medicare to run short of funds in 2033
The reports released by the U.S. Treasury Department showed that the worsening of Medicare’s finances was due to higher-than-forecast near-term expenditures for hospitalizations of Americans over 65 years old. Read more
2 women killed, 2 others critically hurt, in head-on crash in Punaluu
The deaths were Oahu’s 35th and 36th traffic fatalities this year, compared with 15 at the same time in 2024. Read more
Anne Burrell, chef and Food Network star, dies at 55
A New York Police Department spokesperson said today that emergency medical workers responding to a 911 call at her address had found a woman “unconscious and unresponsive” and pronounced her dead. Read more
Weak U.S. retail sales, factory output signal slowing economy
The largest decline in sales in four months reported by the Commerce Department on Tuesday added to moderate job growth last month in suggesting that domestic demand was softening. Read more
Surfer suffers cardiac arrest on Waikiki Beach, in critical condition
Honolulu Ocean Safety had been responding to the woman’s toe injury when she went into cardiac arrest onshore. Read more
Missing Oahu work furlough inmate arrested in Texas
Officials said how Issac Pascua was able to travel from Hawaii to Texas is part of an “ongoing investigation.” Read more
‘Lilo and Stitch’ actor David Bell dies at age 46
Bell peacefully died in Kailua-Kona Thursday, according to his family. Read more
Russian man arrested at Honolulu airport for alleged immigration violation
Vladimir Kalaikov was arrested for suspicion of “entering the U.S. illegally,” according to an Homeland Security Investigations social media post. Read more
Trump contradicts Tulsi Gabbard’s assessment on Iran’s nuclear program
When told that Gabbard said in March that the U.S. intelligence community believed Tehran was not working on a nuclear warhead, Trump replied, “I don’t care what she said.” Read more
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