Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Warnock and Loeffler work to consolidate voters for runoff

Dec. 28, 2020

ATLANTA — When Georgia Republican Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Raphael Warnock advanced to the Jan. 5 U.S. Senate runoff, they faced the immediate challenge of winning over the 2 million voters who chose one of the 18 other candidates in November’s election.

S. Korea confirms first COVID-19 variant cases

Dec. 28, 2020

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has confirmed its first cases of a more contagious variant of COVID-19 that was first identified in the United Kingdom.

US officials: Suspect in Nashville explosion died in blast

Dec. 28, 2020

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The man believed to be responsible for the Christmas Day bombing that tore through downtown Nashville blew himself up in the explosion, and appears to have acted alone, federal officials said Sunday.

Rainy Side View: Eager to say goodbye to 2020

Dec. 28, 2020

This year is coming to an end, and not a nanosecond too soon.

Man charged in Illinois bowling alley shooting that killed 3

Dec. 28, 2020

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A U.S. Army special forces sergeant based in Florida has been charged in an apparently random shooting at an Illinois bowling alley that left three people dead and three wounded, authorities said Sunday.

Your Views for December 28

Dec. 28, 2020

Rangers needed

FBI at home of possible person of interest in Nashville explosion

Dec. 27, 2020 • Updated 6:31 p.m.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Federal agents converged Saturday on the home of a possible person of interest in the explosion that rocked downtown Nashville as investigators scoured hundreds of tips and leads in the blast that damaged dozens of buildings on Christmas morning.

Unemployment benefits for millions in limbo as Trump rages

Dec. 27, 2020

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet were set to lapse at midnight Saturday unless President Donald Trump signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that was considered a done deal before his sudden objections.

AT&T seeks to build cell tower in lower Puna

Dec. 27, 2020

The Windward Planning Commission next month will discuss plans to build a cell tower on a rural lot on Highway 130 north of Kalapana.

Report provides few details about alleged murder

Dec. 27, 2020

An arrest report for an accused murderer sheds little light on his motive for allegedly shooting to death a father of three last weekend.

Gingerbread monolith delights San Francisco on Christmas Day

Dec. 27, 2020 • Updated 4:37 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO — In true pop-up art fashion, a nearly 7-foot-tall monolith made of gingerbread mysteriously appeared on a San Francisco hilltop on Christmas Day and collapsed the next day.

My father has COVID-19 and is captive in a nursing home. I dream of breaking him out

Dec. 27, 2020

For much of the fall, I’ve had nightly dreams about rescuing my father.

Obama center: Four years, five months and counting. Time to break ground

Dec. 27, 2020

Rewind to July 2016, when word leaked that Barack and Michelle Obama had chosen Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side as the venue for the Obama Presidential Center. Much of Chicago buzzed with excitement and satisfaction. The site, nestled in a corner of the park near the Museum of Science and Industry, stoked visions of “Museum Campus South.”

Girl Scouts rebuke Boy Scouts in escalating recruitment war

Dec. 27, 2020

NEW YORK — The Girl Scouts are in a “highly damaging” recruitment war with the Boy Scouts after the latter opened its core services to girls, leading to marketplace confusion and some girls unwittingly joining the Boy Scouts, lawyers for the century-old Girl Scouts organization claim in court papers.

Park rangers cite visitors to Kilauea eruption

Dec. 27, 2020

Park rangers have cited dozens of people who have gathered at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to witness an ongoing eruption of Kilauea volcano.

Volcano Watch: A new eruption and new era at Kilauea Volcano

Dec. 27, 2020

‘Twas the Sunday before Christmas, the eve of the winter solstice, and festive holiday lights blinked of bright red and green. And then, shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 20, so did the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s volcano alert level/aviation color codes for Kilauea!

EU, UK unveil vast trade pact set to enter force on Jan 1

Dec. 27, 2020

BRUSSELS — The European Union and the United Kingdom made public Saturday the vast agreement that is likely to govern future trade and cooperation between them from Jan. 1, setting the 27-nation bloc’s relations with its former member country and neighbor on a new but far more distant footing.

College basketball: Hawaii’s Big West openers shelved

Dec. 26, 2020

The University of Hawaii men’s and women’s basketball teams’ Big West Conference opening series against Cal Poly will not be played as scheduled due to COVID-19 concerns in the Mustangs’ program, .

Softball’s in her blood, but Kamehameha senior Dioni Lincoln follows different path from sister

Dec. 26, 2020 • Updated 11:39 p.m.

As sister acts go, Dioni Lincoln has filled in perfectly at Kamehameha, the former home of her sister, Kiarra, who’s making her own path at UH-Hilo.

Pope on COVID-19 vaccine: Needy, vulnerable must come first

Dec. 26, 2020

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis made a Christmas Day plea for authorities to make COVID-19 vaccines available to all, insisting that the first in line should be the most vulnerable and needy, regardless of who holds the patents for the shots.

Trump golfs in Florida as COVID relief hangs in the balance

Dec. 26, 2020

PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump spent his Christmas golfing in Florida as a government shutdown looms and coronavirus relief hangs in the balance.

‘Unprecedented’ mail volume delays Christmas gifts

Dec. 26, 2020

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Some who mailed holiday presents weeks early this year found they didn’t act early enough as Christmas arrived with their gifts stuck in transit.

US plants hope to maintain production despite virus threat

Dec. 26, 2020

OMAHA, Neb. — U.S. factories have been cranking out goods during much of the pandemic at rates that are remarkably close to normal. However, manufacturers are concerned they might not be able to keep pace until most of the country is vaccinated because the coronavirus continues to surge in areas where many plants are based.

A pandemic Christmas: Services move online, people stay home

Dec. 26, 2020

ROME — Families that usually reunite on Christmas over a hearty, lingering meal celebrated apart Friday, services shifted online and gift exchanges were low-key in one of the most unusual and subdued holiday seasons in decades.

4 pregnant women among 20 migrants dead in Tunisia sinking

Dec. 26, 2020

TUNIS, Tunisia — Four pregnant women were among 20 migrants whose bodies were found off Tunisia’s coast after their smuggling boat sank, said Tunisian authorities on Friday as search efforts continued.

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