Snow storms and COVID-19 pandemic ground flights, delay end of holidays for many travelers.
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Snow storms and pandemic ground flights, delay end of holidays for some
Wintry weather combined with the pandemic to frustrate air travelers whose return flights home from the holidays were canceled or delayed in the first days of the new year. Read more
Drier conditions expected after wet New Year’s weekend
The flash flood watch for Oahu, Kauai and Niihau has been canceled. Read more
2 missing; survivors count blessings after Colorado fire
Investigators are still trying to determine what sparked a massive fire in a suburban area near Denver that burned neighborhoods to the ground and destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and other buildings. Read more
Hawaii County officials say 9-year-old girl dead, 7 seriously hurt after rollover crash on Mauna Kea
A 9-year-old girl died and seven others were seriously injured when the truck they were riding in lost control and rolled over while traveling down Mauna Kea Access Road at a high rate of speed on Saturday. Read more
Tua Tagovailoa’s playoff hopes end following Miami’s streak-ending loss
Tua Tagovailoa turned the ball over twice, once with the ball slipping out of his hands on a cold, rainy day, and the Miami Dolphins found themselves routed 34-3 by the Tennessee Titans to snap their seven-game winning streak. Read more
CDC mulls COVID test requirement for asymptomatic, Fauci says
As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus. Read more
Biden confers with Ukraine leader over Russian buildup
President Joe Biden is resuming his telephone diplomacy over the Russian troop buildup near its border with Ukraine, coordinating with Ukraine’s leader on strategy to de-escalate a crisis that Moscow says could rupture ties with Washington. Read more
Schools adapt for return from break as COVID-19 cases surge
With coronavirus infections soaring, the return from schools’ winter break will be different than planned for some as administrators again tweak protocols and make real-time adjustments in response to the shifting pandemic. Read more
Twitter bans personal Greene account for COVID-19 misinfo
Twitter has banned the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy, according to a statement from the company. Read more
Tesla says it delivered record 936K vehicles in 2021, up 87%
Tesla delivered a record 936,000 vehicles last year, up 87% from its 2020 delivery count, the company said. Read more
Maui records 2 traffic fatalities in first 2 hours of 2022
Two Maui residents, one from Lahaina and another from Wailuku, died in unrelated vehicular accidents early Saturday morning. Read more
Waikiki man attacks neighbor with gardening tool, police say
Police arrested a 37-year-old Waikiki man after he allegedly assaulted his 59-year-old neighbor with a gardening tool. Read more
Honolulu EMS reports 11 serious fireworks injuries on New Year’s Eve
This year’s patients included those who lost fingers and hand parts while holding explosive-type fireworks, EMS said in a news release. Read more
Town-bound Pali Highway reopened after being closed by rockslide near Castle Junction
The town-bound lanes of the Pali Highway near Castle Junction have been reopened after a rockslide closed the lanes earlier today, according to the state Department of Transportation. Read more
Hawaii’s first baby of 2022 was born at midnight
Kamalei Kepa was born at Kapiolani Medical Center at exactly 12 a.m. today, beating out a baby boy born at 12:13 a.m. at Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center. Read more
South Korea reports unidentified person crosses border into North Korea
South Korea’s military said today that an unidentified person crossed the heavily fortified border into North Korea. Read more
‘Moral compass’: Requiem for South Africa’s Archbishop Tutu
Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been remembered at a state funeral Saturday for his Nobel Peace Prize-earning role in ending South Africa’s apartheid regime of racial oppression and for championing the rights of LGBTQ people. Read more
Another 2,600 U.S. flights canceled due to COVID, bad weather
Some of the biggest trouble spots for travelers were in the Midwest, where 55% of flights scheduled to leave from Chicago Midway and 45% from Chicago O’Hare were scratched. Read more
About 1,000 homes destroyed, 3 people missing after Colorado wildfire
The wind-whipped wildfire blackened entire neighborhoods in the area between Denver and Boulder. Read more
At least 12 die in stampede at a Hindu shrine in Kashmir
Hundreds of people were packed inside a corridor of the shrine, Mata Vaishno Devi, in the hilly town of Katra, when at about 2:30 a.m., a clash broke out outside, leading to the stampede. Read more
Hawaii records 4 new coronavirus-related deaths, 2,710 additional infections
The state’s official coronavirus-related death toll includes 805 fatalities on Oahu, 153 on Hawaii island, 105 on Maui, 18 on Kauai, two on Molokai, and 11 Hawaii residents who died outside the state. Read more
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