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Taiwan typhoon death toll hits 14, with 124 missing
Taiwan has been lashed since Monday by the outer rim of Super Typhoon Ragasa, now heading for China’s southern coast and the Asian financial hub of Hong Kong. Read more
Hawaii volleyball associate coach Milan Zarkovic leaving for UCLA
Zarkovic, a two-time AVCA Assistant Coach of the Year award winner, has been with the program for 12 seasons. Read more
Evacuation order lifted for Paia after wildfire burns hundreds of acres
Maui Fire Department officials estimated that the fire burned 300 acres but said the blaze’s progress has been stopped. Read more
Super Typhoon Ragasa lashes Hong Kong with hurricane-force winds
The typhoon sparked panic buying this week, with people piling into supermarkets, leaving little on the shelves and in some cases queuing for hours to purchase goods amid fears that shops could be closed for two days. Read more
Man, 65, in critical condition after Waikiki attack
Shortly before 5 a.m. today, HPD District 6 patrol officers responded to the bus stop at Kuhio Avenue and Paoakalani Avenue following a report of an “unresponsive male lying on a mattress and bleeding from his head.” Read more
Trump nominates crypto and gun advocate Eric Tung to 9th Circuit Court
A competitive target shooter with a background in cryptocurrency, Eric Tung was approached by the White House Counsel’s Office on March 28 to replace Judge Sandra Segal Ikuta, a Bush appointee and one of the court’s most prominent conservatives, who is taking senior status. Read more
Trump now says Ukraine can win back all territory lost to Russia
Trump made his comment in a post on his Truth Social platform soon after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. He had previously said that both Kyiv and Moscow would have to cede land to end the war. Read more
Honolulu Zoo welcomes Bono as companion for female gibbon
Bono recently arrived at Honolulu Zoo from the Santa Barbara Zoo. Japan, 48, has called the Honolulu Zoo home since 1982. Read more
Trump scraps talks with Democrats, shutdown risk grows
Top congressional Democrats and the Republican president postured to try to pin blame on each other for a potential shutdown, which would interfere with a wide range of federal services and likely furlough hundreds of thousands of federal workers. Read more
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Hawaii man guilty in Trump assassination plot, tries to stab self
A jury found that Ryan Routh, 59, intended to kill Trump, then a former U.S. president and Republican presidential candidate, when he pointed a rifle through a fence while Trump was golfing in West Palm Beach. Read more
Nexstar, Sinclair will not resume airing ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
Nexstar Media and Sinclair Broadcasting said they will not resume airing the show on their 70 owned and partner ABC stations, which is more than 25% of the roughly 250 ABC affiliates nationwide. Read more
Woman, 58, killed in Kalihi hit-and-run; driver sought
Police said the crash occurred about 7 p.m. when a 58-year-old woman was crossing North School Street in a marked crosswalk at Kokea Street. Read more
Trump’s new visa fees spur offshoring talks, hiring turmoil
President Donald Trump on Friday announced the change to the visa program that has long been a recruitment pathway for tech firms and encouraged international students to pursue postgraduate courses in the U.S. Read more
Moderna: Next-gen COVID shot prompts strong immune response
Preliminary data from an ongoing post-marketing study indicated that the vaccine, mNEXSPIKE, on average, showed greater than a 16-fold increase in neutralizing antibodies against the LP.8.1 variant — currently one of the Sars-CoV-2 variants under monitoring with increasing prevalence globally. Read more
Trump pick to probe foes alarms ex-prosecutors
The president tapped Lindsey Halligan, who has spent much of her 11-year legal career on local insurance cases in Florida state court, to lead the U.S. Attorney’s office in eastern Virginia after pushing out Erik Siebert on Friday. Read more
Amazon trial begins on FTC claims it duped Prime subscribers
The civil case against the online retail giant and three of its executives is a key test of the FTC’s tough-on-tech stance and could force Amazon to pay damages worth hundreds of millions of dollars, plus fines of up to $53,000 per violation. Read more
Oahu man convicted for 2020 killing of his mother, dog
The extended sentencing portion of the trial is set for Thursday. Read more
Solo crash on Kauai Sunday night critically injures 2
At this time, police said speed appears to be a contributing factor in the crash. Toxicology results are pending. Read more
Mexico says screwworm case near U.S. border contained
The country’s agriculture ministry said there was no risk of adult screwworm fly emergence due to the early detection of the infected bovine, which was confirmed on Sunday. Read more
U.S.-run TikTok to license algorithm, White House says
A copy of the algorithm, the recommendation engine that powers the app’s addictive feed of short videos, will be licensed from China to an American investor group that will oversee the app in the United States, the official said. Read more
Motorcyclist hospitalized after crash in Kaaawa on Sunday
Honolulu Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene on Kamehameha Highway near Crouching Lion Inn at about 3:25 p.m. and found the man with a serious leg and foot injury. Read more
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