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Rainbow Wahine win, move a step closer to Big West tourney
Hawaii’s Cha’lei Reid put down a match-high 18 kills and eight digs with three aces and the Rainbow Wahine closed in on securing the final berth in the Outrigger Big West Women’s Volleyball Championship next week with a 25-18, 25-20, 18-25, 25-15 win over UC San Diego tonight. Read more
Police searching for 53-year-old hammer assault suspect
Police said at about 11 p.m. on Oct. 25, the suspect, Robert Malabey Jr., allegedly assaulted a 58-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man inside her residence with a hammer, causing significant injuries. Read more
Visitor, 67, dies after being pulled from Kauai waters
Police have identified him as Liming Xu, 67, of Rhode Island. Read more
GAME DAY BLOG: UNLV crushes Hawaii in Las Vegas
Hawaii (7-3, 4-2 Mountain West) and UNLV (8-2, 4-2) are two of the five two-loss teams in conference play looking up at San Diego State, which suffered its only MWC loss to Hawaii two weeks ago, 38-6. Read more
Marjorie Taylor Greene says she plans to resign in January
In a phone interview today with an ABC News reporter, Trump called Greene’s plans “great news for the country.” Read more
Judge places hold on IRS data sharing with ICE
The order comes in a case, brought by a taxpayer advocacy group, that challenged an IRS decision to provide migrants’ addresses, as included on their tax returns, to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Read more
Tyson Foods to close major U.S. beef plant as cattle supplies fall
The closure in the heart of cattle-feeding country signaled that supplies will remain tight, forcing meatpackers to pay steep prices for cattle to process into steaks and hamburgers. Read more
Wall Street indexes jump as rate cut bets increase
For the week, the Dow was down 1.9%, the S&P 500 was down about 2% and the Nasdaq was down 2.7%. Read more
Flavell lifts Wahine past LMU in Bank of Hawaii Classic
Hawaii overcame defensive lapses late and a turnover off of an inbounds play with nine seconds remaining that gave the ball back to the Lions. Read more
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Hawaii reports 14th travel-related dengue case this year
The latest case comes more than 10 weeks after the 13th reported case of dengue, which was also on Oahu. Read more
Trump lavishes praise on NYC mayor-elect Mamdani at White House
The political opposites – a Republican billionaire and a young democratic socialist – have clashed over everything from immigration to economic policy. Read more
Kennedy says he told CDC to change vaccine-autism language
It is highly unusual for a health secretary to personally order a change to scientific guidance. Read more
Global coffee prices plunge as Trump lifts Brazil tariffs
Trump’s overnight move follows a similar order announced Nov. 14 to roll back duties on coffee and scores of other products from producing countries. Read more
Yen rebounds as Japan threatens intervention; Dollar up for week
The yen popped higher after Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said intervention was a possibility to deal with excessively volatile and speculative moves, leaving traders on alert for signs of yen buying from Tokyo. Read more
Ukraine faces ‘difficult choice’ as Trump pushes peace plan deadline
Trump told Fox News Radio he believed next Thursday was an appropriate deadline for Kyiv to accept the plan. Read more
Mexico wins Miss Universe pageant marred by scandal
Her coronation Friday marked the end of two weeks of competition that were marred by accusations that it was rigged and rare protests by contestants, including Bosch. Read more
October CPI report scrapped after government shutdown
“BLS is unable to retroactively collect these data. For a few indexes, BLS uses nonsurvey data sources instead of survey data to make the index calculations,” the BLS said in a statement. Read more
White House defends Trump calling female reporter ‘piggy’
In the exchange aboard Air Force One last week, Trump leaned toward the reporter, pointed his finger and said, “Quiet, piggy” as she pressed him about a recently released Epstein email in which the New York financier claimed Trump “knew about the girls.” Read more
Chinese cruise ships steer clear of Japan as dispute widens
Tour and port agents said tensions, sparked by recent remarks from Japan’s new prime minister, could cause Chinese tourists to be redirected to South Korea from Japan. Read more
John John Florence, Gabriel Medina set to resume rivalry on 2026 surfing tour
Florence and Medina joined the world tour together in 2012, having already established themselves as future stars by the time they were teenagers. Read more
Woman, 29, dies in chain-reaction crash on H-3 freeway
This was Oahu’s 75th traffic fatality this year, compared with 43 at the same time in 2024. Read more
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