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Posted on December 28, 2019 by Russ Roberts

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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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6 sets of remains recovered in Kauai helicopter crash carrying 7; no signs of survivors
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Dec. 26, 2019
  • Updated 5:10 pm
  • 96 Comments

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
  • By Nina Wu
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • 1 Comments

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

SoFi Hawaii Bowl logs impressive TV viewership
  • By Ferd Lewis
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • 18 Comments

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

Navy SEALs call Edward Gallagher ‘evil’ in leaked videos
  • By Associated Press
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • Updated 1:35 pm
  • 21 Comments

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

Man who made 27,000 crosses for shooting victims is retiring
  • By Associated Press
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • 1 Comments

An Illinois man who made more than 27,000 crosses to commemorate victims of mass shootings across the country is retiring. Read more

Pali Highway scheduled for New Year’s Day closure for tree removal
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • Updated 8:32 pm
  • 1 Comments

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’
  • By Associated Press
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • Updated 8:43 pm
  • 1 Comments

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
  • By Associated Press
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • Updated 8:46 pm
  • 15 Comments

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
  • By Associated Press
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • Updated 3:18 pm
  • 3 Comments

Imus died this morning at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station, Texas, after being hospitalized since Christmas Eve. Read more

Disney characters say tourists inappropriately touched them
  • By Associated Press
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • 5 Comments

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

Crash closes several H-1 freeway lanes in Kalihi
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • Updated 7:16 pm

Several lanes of H-1 freeway were closed tonight because of a crash in Kalihi, police said. Read more

Baltimore breaks city record for killings per capita in 2019
  • By Associated Press
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • 14 Comments

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
  • By Nina Wu
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • Updated 2:42 pm

Weather officials said the swell arriving Monday will likely be the largest of the season thus far. Read more

Racism call-out controversy hits Romance Writers of America
  • By Associated Press
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • Updated 2:10 pm
  • 3 Comments

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

‘Tough year’ for measles and other infectious diseases in U.S.
  • By Associated Press
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • 1 Comments

A look back at some U.S. disease trends in 2019. Read more

Colorado day care owner arrested after 26 kids found behind false wall
  • By Associated Press
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • Updated 2:09 pm
  • 5 Comments

Three employees — Katelynne Nelson, 31, Christina Swauger, 35, and Valerie Fresquez, 24 — were arrested on related charges. Read more

New Russian nuclear weapon can travel 27 times the speed of sound
  • By Associated Press
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • 81 Comments

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
  • By Tribune News Service
  • Dec. 26, 2019
  • 19 Comments

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’
  • By Associated Press
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • 1 Comments

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

Okinawa governor renews demand to stop U.S. base relocation plan
  • By Associated Press
  • Dec. 27, 2019
  • Updated 9:24 am
  • 3 Comments

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

No bomb threat on Hawaiian Airlines flight
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Dec. 26, 2019
  • Updated 10:13 am
  • 13 Comments

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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