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Hawaii Foodbank to hold more distribution events this week
To register, visit hawaiifoodbank.org/shutdown and to donate food, money or to host a food drive, visit HawaiiFoodbank.org/donate. Read more
Hawaii Health Department warns of peach recalls
The Hawaii Department of Health is alerting residents of a recent recall of yellow and white peaches sold at local stores and supermarkets due to potential listeria contamination. Read more
Maui brush fire near Kapalua Airport is 75% contained
Maui Emergency Management Agency said the fire was reported at 12:35 a.m. Read more
Hawaii public libraries to collect food donations this week
The drive is a response to the ongoing federal shutdown, which has resulted in furloughs and disruptions to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known to most as food stamps. Read more
Firefighters extinguish DOE building fire in Wahiawa
The Honolulu Fire Department responded to a 911 call at 1:26 a.m. for a building fire at 1136 California Ave., in Wahiawa. Read more
Multi-vehicle crash in Pearl City sends 2 to the hospital
EMS responded to the scene on Acacia Road at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday and treated three patients — a 62-year-old woman, an 83-year-old woman, and a 60-year-old woman. Read more
Medical Examiner identifies 2 women killed in Ewa Beach fire
The Medical Examiner said the cause and manner of the deaths are pending for both women. Read more
Trial set for April in fatal hit-and-run of McKinley student
Circuit Judge Trish Morikawa waived his right to a speedy trial, according to his wishes, and set the trial for April 6. Read more
OpenAI turns to Amazon in $38B cloud services deal
The agreement, announced on Monday, will give OpenAI access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia graphics processors to train and run its artificial intelligence models. Read more
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Supreme Court can’t stop all of Trump’s tariffs; Deal with it, officials say
“We moved things out of China and went to some of those other countries, and now the tariffs on those are as bad or worse,” Canady told Reuters. “We just have to hang on and navigate our way through this so we don’t all go broke in the short run.” Read more
Tesla sued by family who says faulty doors led to wrongful deaths
Jeffrey Bauer, 54, and Michelle Bauer, 55, of Crandon, Wisconsin were passengers when their Model S went off the road and struck a tree in Verona, Wisc., a suburb of Madison, on November 1, 2024. They died the next day. Read more
Insured losses from Hurricane Melissa estimated at up to $4.2B
The Category 5 hurricane made landfall in southwestern Jamaica last week, the Caribbean nation’s strongest-ever storm to directly hit its shores, and the first major hurricane since 1988. Read more
China pledges to defend shared security interests with Russia
“China is willing to strengthen the alignment of development strategies with Russia and expand cooperation in various fields,” Chinese national broadcaster CCTV quoted Li as saying. Read more
Names of 5M of 6M Jews killed in Holocaust now identified
Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, said the milestone marks seven decades of work and is at the heart of its mission to recover the identities of those murdered by the Nazis during World War Two. Read more
FDA’s drug division chief resigns amid ethics concerns, lawsuit
He was placed on administrative leave on Friday after the Office of the General Counsel and the Office of the Inspector General were notified of the concerns, the spokesperson said. Read more
Rome firefighters battle to rescue trapped worker in medieval tower
“We are trying to get him out alive but the situation is complex because of the risk of further collapses,” national fire department spokesman Luca Cari told Reuters. Read more
U.S. charges 2 men in Michigan over alleged ISIS-inspired plot
FBI Director Kash Patel said on Friday in a post on X that authorities had thwarted a potential attack planned for Halloween weekend. Read more
Trump administration to use emergency funds to pay partial SNAP benefits
Partial payments are unprecedented in the program’s 60-year history, which provides assistance to nearly 42 million low-income Americans. Read more
Britain train attack suspect charged with 11 counts of attempted murder
Anthony Williams, 32, appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court today and was remanded in custody until his next court hearing on Dec. 1. Read more
Hawaii Community College sees nearly 9% spike in enrollment
Across the 10 campuses of the University of Hawaii, total enrollment reached 51,411 students in fall 2025, a 2% increase from last fall and the highest since 2017. Read more
Pope Leo decries Sudan violence, urges dialogue and relief effort
“Indiscriminate violence against women and children, attacks on defenseless civilians and serious obstacles to humanitarian action are causing unacceptable suffering,” the pope said during his weekly Angelus address to crowds in St. Peter’s Square. Read more
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