Escaping the cold: Visitors descend on isle, HVNP as hometowns hit by winter weather
Thousands of visitors flocked to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park last week as a monster storm hit the mainland, killing more than 50 people and causing tens of thousands of flights to be canceled across the nation.
Hawaii health experts work to curb fentanyl deaths among younger people
In October, two weeks before her 15th birthday, a student from Kealakehe High School died of a drug overdose.
Council to consider excess, unspent gas taxes
Over $2.3 million in excess and unspent fuel taxes will be mulled this week by the County Council.
65,000 view Benedict XVI’s body lying in state at Vatican
VATICAN CITY — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ‘s body, his head resting on a pair of crimson pillows, lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday as tens of thousands queued to pay tribute to the pontiff who shocked the world by retiring a decade ago.
Big-play Penn State roars past Utah 35-21 in Rose Bowl
PASADENA, Calif. — After Sean Clifford walked off the rainy field and into a warm standing ovation from Penn State’s fans in the waning minutes of a Rose Bowl victory, he couldn’t help thinking back 13 years to a camp that the 11-year-old quarterback attended in this venerable stadium.
Bills’ Hamlin in critical condition after collapse on field
CINCINNATI — Bills safety Damar Hamlin was in critical condition after he collapsed on the field Monday night, the NFL said, and Buffalo’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals was postponed indefinitely.
Martina Navratilova diagnosed with throat, breast cancer
NEW YORK (AP) — Tennis great Martina Navratilova said Monday that she has been diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer.
Brazil prepares to bury Pelé in city he made soccer mecca
SANTOS, Brazil — Forty-five years after Pelé played his last game, it’s hard to imagine modern soccer, or Brazil, without him.
Analysis: NFC is wide open heading into final weekend of NFL
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady again was at his best when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers needed him most.
4 alive in ‘miracle’ after car plunges off California cliff
MONTARA, Calif. (AP) — A 4-year-old girl, a 9-year-old boy and two adults survived Monday after their car plunged off a Northern California cliff along the Pacific Coast Highway near an area known as Devil’s Slide that’s known for fatal wrecks, officials said.
EU Parliament starts process to lift 2 lawmakers’ immunity
BRUSSELS — The president of the European Parliament has launched an urgent procedure to waive the immunity of two lawmakers following a request from Belgian judicial authorities investigating a major corruption scandal rocking EU politics.
Moscow says Ukrainian rocket strike kills 63 Russian troops
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces fired rockets at a facility in the eastern Donetsk region where Russian soldiers were stationed, killing 63 of them, Russia’s defense ministry said Monday, in one of the deadliest attacks on the Kremlin’s forces since the war began more than 10 months ago.
Obituaries for January 3
Thelma May Julianna Keolauhane Hepa “Auntie Julie” Akau, 78, of Hilo died Dec. 17 at home. Born in Lihue, Kauai, she was a retired customer service representative for Norwest Financial and 1962 graduate of Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama. Visitation 9-11 a.m. Sunday (Jan. 8) at Dodo Mortuary Chapel. Memorial service at 11 a.m. Casual attire. Survived by husband, Apitai Akau of Hilo; son, Bradley (Kristie) Akau of Keaau; daughter, Charmaine (Brandon) Chinen of Keaau; sister, Linda Miller of California; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Arrangements by Dodo Mortuary.
Rose Parade avoids California rain as it welcomes New Year
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Flower-covered floats, marching bands and equestrian units celebrated the New Year on a chilly but dry Monday as the 134th Rose Parade slipped through a gap in California’s siege of drenching storms.
Transgender woman’s scheduled execution would be US first
ST. LOUIS — Unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin, 49, will become the first transgender woman executed in the U.S. She is scheduled to die by injection today for killing a former girlfriend in 2003.
Alpine slopes face snow shortage in unseasonably warm winter
GENEVA — Much of the Alps just don’t look right for this time of year. Sparse snowfall and unseasonably warm winter weather in Europe’s central mountains are allowing grass to blanket hillsides across the region, causing headaches for ski slope operators and aficionados of Alpine white.
Nabers helps No. 16 LSU rout Purdue 63-7 in Citrus Bowl
ORLANDO, Fla. — LSU has had plenty of talent come through its receiver room in recent years: Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry. Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson. For most of this season it was Kayshon Boutte.
Tulane scores 16 late points, beats USC 46-45 in Cotton Bowl
ARLINGTON, Texas — Alex Bauman knew right away he had scored probably the biggest touchdown in Tulane history, even after the true freshman tight end’s contested 6-yard catch at the end of the Cotton Bowl was initially ruled incomplete.
Masters invitation goes to the wrong Scott Stallings
KAPALUA, Maui — Scott Stallings received an invitation to the Masters, and the Georgia resident most likely will be there — as a guest of the PGA Tour player by the same name for whom the coveted invitation was intended.
Net zero isn’t possible without nuclear
Rather quietly, a new age of atomic energy may be approaching. Splitting atoms may not be as exciting as fusing them, or as modish as wind and solar projects. Yet old-fashioned fission is poised to make a comeback thanks to innovative new reactor designs. The world will be better for this revolution — if policymakers allow it.
