Hawaii records 1017 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths.
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Hawaii records 1,017 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths
The state’s average positivity rate also declined to 5.5% compared with the 6.2% reported the previous week. Read more
Javier, Astros pitch 2nd no-hitter in World Series history
The only previous no-hitter in the World Series was a perfect game by Don Larsen of the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956. Read more
Some Verizon customers in Hawaii unable to make 911 calls
A nationwide Verizon Wireless outage has made access to the 911 system unavailable to customers in Hawaii. Read more
CBS, Moonves must pay $30.5 million for insider trading
The broadcast giant is required to pay $22 million to shareholders and another $6 million for sexual harassment and assault programs. Moonves will have to pay $2.5 million. Read more
Fed unleashes another big rate hike but hints at a pullback
It was the central bank’s sixth rate hike this year — a streak that has made mortgages and other consumer and business loans increasingly expensive and heightened the risk of a recession. Read more
King’s Hawaiian to invest $85M in Georgia expansion, hiring
King’s Hawaiian was founded in 1950 in Hilo, Hawaii, and operated in Honolulu before opening a bakery in Torrance, Calif., in 1977 and eventually shifting all business to the mainland. Read more
Police looking for suspect in Pearl City sexual assault case
Honolulu police are looking for a male suspect in a kidnapping and sexual assault case in the Pearl City area. Read more
Man cited after his dog is seen harassing Hawaiian monk seal
The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources said the incident occurred on Oct. 10, but the man was cited this week after authorities tracked him down. Read more
Speed suspected as factor in fatal Maui vehicle crash
The crash occurred on the Lahaina bypass, 911 feet north of Lahainaluna Road at about 12:30 a.m. Read more
Elon Musk’s Twitter faces exodus of advertisers and executives
Twitter has been in disarray as it adjusts to a new reality under Musk, who closed his $44 billion buyout of the company last week. Read more
Russian military leaders discussed use of nuclear weapons, U.S. officials say
President Vladimir Putin was not a part of the conversations, which were held against the backdrop of Russia’s intensifying nuclear rhetoric and battlefield setbacks. Read more
North Korea keeps up missile barrage with suspected ICBM
The launches are the latest in a series of North Korean weapons tests in recent months that have raised tensions in the region. Read more
Trump lawyers who fought election results saw Thomas as key
The email exchange from December 31, 2020, shows the lawyers discussing ways to delay the certification of results in Georgia, a closely contested state won by Democrat Joe Biden. Read more
Parkland school shooter formally sentenced to life in prison
The sentencing came after two days’ worth of parents, wives, siblings and others of slain victims and some of the surviving wounded walking to a lectern 20 feet to address him face to face. Read more
VIDEO: Former UH Warrior and CFL great Chad Owens hosts Star-Advertiser sports show ‘The CO2 RUN DWN’
“The CO2 RUN DWN” runs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 1 p.m. and feature insights, interviews and commentary from the former CFL most valuable player and UH all-time career yardage leader. Read more
South Dakota’s governor shores up support with Tulsi Gabbard
Noem’s choice of campaign surrogates suggested she was trying to appeal to moderate voters. Read more
Biden implores voters to save democracy from lies, violence
Pointing in particular to the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, he said that Trump’s false claims about a stolen election have “fueled the dangerous rise of political violence and voter intimidation over the past two years.” Read more
North Korea fires 23 missiles, prompting air raid alert in South
The launches came hours after North Korea threatened to use nuclear weapons to get the U.S. and South Korea to “pay the most horrible price in history.” Read more
Hurricane or typhoon? How tropical cyclones get their names
Whenever a tropical cyclone barrels toward the Southeastern United States, forecasters assign it a name and a category based on a grading system that is widely used for storms in the Atlantic Ocean. Read more
Nevada ACLU requests probe into alleged partisan hand-count
The ACLU said a hand-count volunteer openly carrying a firearm removed an ACLU observer from a hand-count tally room, which the organization said it recently discovered was Nye County GOP Central Committee Vice Chair Laura Larsen. Read more
Iowa teens killed Spanish teacher over bad grade, prosecutor says
Nohema Graber’s body was found in a Fairfield park Nov. 3, 2021, hidden under a tarp, wheelbarrow and railroad ties. Read more
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