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Coronavirus virus takes hold

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Russ Roberts

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Top Story:  Despite criticism from Democrats, President Trump says steps taken so far have kept virus cases to a minimum in the U.S.

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Coronavirus effects take hold as Trump calls criticisms a ‘hoax’
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • Updated 2:39 am
  • 4 Comments

The president said Democrats want him to fail and argued that steps he’s taken so far have kept cases to a minimum and prevented virus deaths in the U.S. Read more

Honolulu Festival’s fireworks canceled after technicians decline to travel from Japan
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • Updated 5:32 pm
  • 18 Comments

The Nagaoka Fireworks Show was scheduled for the evening of March 8 over Waikiki Beach. Read more

Oregon’s first coronavirus case is elementary school employee
  • By Andrew Selsky / Associated Press
  • Today
  • 1 Comments

The Lake Oswego School District sent a robocall to parents saying that Forest Hills Elementary will be closed until Wednesday so it can be deep-cleaned by maintenance workers. Read more

U.S. set to sign peace deal with Afghanistan’s Taliban to end America’s longest war
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • 1 Comments

Some U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan now had not yet been born when the World Trade Center collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001. Read more

CBS announces end of ‘Hawaii Five-0’ run
  • By Nina Wu
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • Updated 2:55 pm
  • 65 Comments

The popular police drama filmed in Hawaii will end after a successful, 10-season run. A two-hour series finale will air April 3. Read more

BWS crews responding to water main break in Manoa
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Feb. 28, 2020

Board of Water Supply crews are responding to a water main break on East Manoa Road. Read more

Honolulu’s homeless tent project is moving to Moiliili
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • Updated 12:56 am
  • 5 Comments

The city is closing up its Homeless Outreach and Navigation for Unsheltered Persons (HONU) program in Waipahu and relocating to Old Stadium Park in Moiliili at noon Monday. Read more

Hawaii lab can now test for coronavirus
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • Updated 2:53 pm
  • 17 Comments

A woman tourist in Hawaii tested negative for COVID-19 after being exposed to a case of the new coronavirus in Northern California. Read more

Funeral services for slain Honolulu police officer Kaulike Kalama to be at Kamehameha Schools
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • Updated 2:36 am
  • 1 Comments

Funeral services for Honolulu police officer Kaulike Kalama have been scheduled for March 7 at the Bishop Memorial Chapel at Kamehameha Schools Kapalama. Read more

No. 1 Hawaii volleyball sweeps Nittaidai, gets No. 2 BYU next
  • By Cindy Luis
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • Updated 12:51 am

Senior opposite Rado Parapunov put down 13 kills while playing two sets and Hawaii swept Nittaidai 25-23, 25-23, 25-14 in a men’s volleyball exhibition tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center. Read more

Hawaii House of Representatives to create select committee on economic impact of coronavirus
  • By Kevin Dayton
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • 22 Comments

The advisory committee will include business, labor and government leaders, and will be tasked with identifying short-term and long-term mitigation plans. Read more

Rainbows baseball team has cold start in Nashville series, falls to Vanderbilt
  • By Stephen Tsai
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • Updated 3:51 pm
  • 7 Comments

Mason Hickman and Sam Hliboki combined on a two-hitter to boost Vanderbilt to today’s 5-1 baseball victory over Hawaii at Hawkins Field on the Nashville, Tenn., campus. Read more

Kauai Councilman Arthur Brun pleads not guilty to drug charges in federal court
  • By Rosemarie Bernardo and Leila Fujimori
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • Updated 4:49 pm
  • 25 Comments

Brun, the alleged ringleader of a drug trafficking organization on Kauai with alleged ties to a known prison gang, appeared in court in a white jumpsuit. Read more

Honolulu police need your help in identifying Waikiki arson suspect who set fire to surfboards
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Feb. 27, 2020
  • Updated 4:55 pm
  • 65 Comments

Police released video today of a suspect in the case. Read more

Second unexplained coronavirus case in California raises specter of spread
  • By New York Times
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • Updated 5:55 pm
  • 21 Comments

Officials in California reported today that a second person with no known links to coronavirus had tested positive for infection with the virus. Read more

Financial pain deepens as nearly 60 countries report coronavirus
  • By Associated Press
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • 23 Comments

The head of the World Health Organization said today that the risk of the virus spreading worldwide was “very high.” Read more

Gusty winds ramping up as wet, cold conditions loom for weekend
  • By Nina Wu
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • Updated 10:28 pm

The highest rainfall totals — and coldest temperatures — are expected over the eastern half of the state, with the most constant rainfall on the windward sides. Read more

U.S. reports first drug shortage tied to coronavirus outbreak
  • By Associated Press
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • 11 Comments

The Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday that the drug’s maker recently contacted officials about the shortage, which it blamed on a manufacturing issue with the medicine’s key ingredient. Read more

Chinese ship fires laser at American aircraft, Navy says
  • By Associated Press
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • Updated 2:07 pm
  • 7 Comments

The incident took place about 380 miles west of Guam. Read more

Court temporarily halts Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
  • By Associated Press
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • 12 Comments

The same court, based in San Francisco, decided to keep another major change on hold, one that denies asylum to anyone who enters the U.S. illegally from Mexico. Read more

Coronavirus fear touches off a global run on face masks
  • By Associated Press
  • Feb. 28, 2020
  • 24 Comments

Rumors that toilet paper and napkins could be used as masks have emptied store shelves in Asia of paper goods over the past few weeks. Read more


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