GirlADeddWelcome to the Saturday edition of Hawaii News Digest.
Top Story: Kauai fire rescue crews have recovered the remains of six people killed in a tour helicopter crash near Kokee, Kauai. One person is still missing.
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Content supplied by the “Honolulu Star-Advertiser” and the Associated Press.
Accessed on 28 December 2019, 1615 UTC, Post 20046.
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6 sets of remains recovered in Kauai helicopter crash carrying 7; no signs of survivors
A flight manifest shows there were two parties aboard the helicopter — one party of two and another party of four. Read more
Eddie Aikau surfing contest may be a go next week
A yellow alert was officially issued at noon today, meaning that the 34th annual Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational could be a go at Waimea Bay. Read more
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SoFi Hawaii Bowl logs impressive TV viewership
According to just-released Nielsen numbers, 2.43 million viewers watched UH’s 38-34 victory over the Cougars on ESPN Christmas Eve. Read more
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Navy SEALs call Edward Gallagher ‘evil’ in leaked videos
The footage published today was part of a trove of confidential Navy investigative materials that the Times obtained about the prosecution of Gallagher, who was accused of battlefield misconduct in Iraq. Read more
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Man who made 27,000 crosses for shooting victims is retiring
An Illinois man who made more than 27,000 crosses to commemorate victims of mass shootings across the country is retiring. Read more
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Pali Highway scheduled for New Year’s Day closure for tree removal
Pali Highway will be closed in both directions for several hours on New Year’s Day for the removal of two trees on slopes above, according to state transportation officials. Read more
Girl suffers medical emergency, dies on LAX flight: ‘All efforts were futile’
A young girl died Thursday evening on a flight out of Los Angeles International Airport headed to Seattle, officials said. Read more
Age limit now 21 across U.S. for cigarettes, tobacco products
With a new law enacted in December 2019, anyone under 21 can no longer legally buy cigarettes, cigars or any other tobacco products in the U.S. It also applies to electronic cigarettes and vaping products that heat a liquid containing nicotine. Read more
Deejay Don Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dies at 79
Imus died this morning at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station, Texas, after being hospitalized since Christmas Eve. Read more
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Disney characters say tourists inappropriately touched them
The woman inside the Mickey Mouse costume went to the hospital with neck injuries caused by a grandmother patting the character’s head, while the employees wearing the Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck costumes were groped by tourists, according to Orange County Sheriff’s Office reports. Read more
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Crash closes several H-1 freeway lanes in Kalihi
Several lanes of H-1 freeway were closed tonight because of a crash in Kalihi, police said. Read more
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Baltimore breaks city record for killings per capita in 2019
With just over 600,000 residents, the city hit a historically high homicide rate of about 57 per 100,000 people after a week of relentless gunfire saw eight people shot three fatally in one day and nine others one fatally another day. Read more
Trades return, largest swell of season arriving in isles late Monday
Weather officials said the swell arriving Monday will likely be the largest of the season thus far. Read more
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Racism call-out controversy hits Romance Writers of America
The organization, which bills itself as the voice of romance writers and cites 9,000 members, has been upended over the way it has treated one of its authors, Courtney Milan, a Chinese American writer and a former chair of its Ethics Committee. Read more
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‘Tough year’ for measles and other infectious diseases in U.S.
A look back at some U.S. disease trends in 2019. Read more
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Colorado day care owner arrested after 26 kids found behind false wall
Three employees — Katelynne Nelson, 31, Christina Swauger, 35, and Valerie Fresquez, 24 — were arrested on related charges. Read more
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New Russian nuclear weapon can travel 27 times the speed of sound
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Putin that the first missile unit equipped with the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle entered combat duty. Read more
San Diego startup shows off first slaughter-free yellowtail fish
A San Diego foodtech startup has grown fillets of yellowtail fish entirely from cells, making the local company one of the most scientifically advanced in the world of lab-grown seafood. Read more
West Coast fishery rebounds in rare conservation ‘home run’
On Jan. 1, regulators will reopen an area roughly three times the size of Rhode Island off Oregon and California to groundfish bottom trawling — all with the approval of environmental groups that were once the industry’s biggest foes. Read more
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Okinawa governor renews demand to stop U.S. base relocation plan
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is to be moved from densely populated Ginowan to the previously undeveloped Henoko area on Okinawa’s eastern coast. Read more
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No bomb threat on Hawaiian Airlines flight
A reported bomb threat on a Hawaiian Airlines flight tonight to Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa turned out to be unfounded. Read more
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Russ Roberts
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