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Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90
Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday. He was 90. Read more
Queen’s Medical Center reinstates no visitor policy amid omicron surge
The medical center’s Punchbowl location closed to visitors at 2 p.m. today, while its West Oahu facility will shut down at the end of the day. Read more
Diamond Head Classic championship game canceled due to Stanford health concerns
The Cardinal were scheduled to face Vanderbilt for the tournament title today at 4 p.m. The game was declared a no contest. Read more
Swimmer believed to have drowned off Kalapana
Hawaii County police are investigating a possible drowning today in the Puna district. Read more
Parts of California get a white Christmas after snowfall
The storms across the West, which could drop rain and snow over much of the region into next week and plunge the Pacific Northwest into a lengthy cold snap, follow a now-departed atmospheric river that delivered copious amounts of precipitation earlier this week. Read more
Two more members of K-pop band BTS test positive for coronavirus
Big Hit Music said that RM, 27, and Jin, 29, tested positive Saturday after returning to South Korea from the United States this month. Read more
NASA launches James Webb Space Telescope on quest to behold first stars
The $10 billion observatory hurtled toward its destination 1 million miles away, or more than four times beyond the moon. Read more
Hawaii’s total COVID-19 case count exceeds 100K with 1,591 new infections, 4 more related deaths
Today’s new confirmed and probable infection count by island includes 1,310 new cases on Oahu, 77 on Hawaii island, 131 on Maui, 40 on Kauai, eight on Molokai, two on Lanai, and 23 Hawaii residents diagnosed outside the state. Read more
Airlines cancel Christmas flights due to COVID staffing shortages
Illnesses largely tied to the omicron variant of COVID-19 have taken a toll on flight crew numbers during the busy holiday travel season. Read more
Man, 28, killed in Waianae Boat Harbor shooting identified
The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office identified today the victim in a fatal shooting at Waianae Boat Harbor as Jarron Crowell, 28, of Waianae. Read more
High surf advisory in effect for east shores through this evening
The National Weather Service says surf of 7 to 10 feet is expected along the east shores of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and the island of Hawaii, due to a north-northeast swell strengthened by a slowly subsiding tradewind swell. Read more
Injured hiker airlifted from Lanikai Pillbox Trail
The Honolulu Fire Department airlifted late this afternoon an injured male hiker from the Lanikai Pillbox Trail in Kailua. Read more
Typhoon misery in Philippines, pandemic dampen Christmas joy
Hundreds of thousands of people in the Philippines, Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation, marked Christmas today without homes, adequate food and water, electricity and cellphone connections after a powerful typhoon left at least 375 people dead last week and devastated mostly central island provinces. Read more
3rd Florida-based ship has COVID-19 outbreak, state cases hit record
Florida had 31,758 new COVID-19 cases today, breaking a record for the most cases in a single day since the start of the pandemic in the U.S. in March 2020. Read more
Hawaii basketball team pulls out of Christmas Day game due to COVID-19 issues
Citing health and safety concerns, the University of Hawaii men’s basketball team will not be participating in Saturday’s game against Northern Iowa in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. Read more
Earthquake at deep-sea Loihi volcano overnight shakes Big Island
No serious injuries were immediately reported. Read more
Foreign college athletes left out of rush for NIL windfall
UConn forward Dorka Juhasz, like many of her teammates, was excited when she heard college athletes would be allowed to make money through celebrity endorsements and other means. The problem? Read more
Uber driver charged with raping passenger during Vegas ride
Uber told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in an email that it was working with police in their investigation. Read more
Florida man with drugs around penis denies they were his
Authorities said they found a gun under the passenger’s seat while searching the car and discovered the drugs while searching the passenger. Read more
S. Korea ex-President Park, jailed for corruption, is pardoned
Moon’s liberal government said the pardon is meant to promote national unity in the face of difficulties brought by the pandemic. Read more
Renowned Tiananmen massacre monument removed in Hong Kong
The university said it asked that the sculpture, which had been standing on its campus for more than two decades, be put in storage because it could pose “legal risks.” Read more