2 kayakers rescued from Hanalei River
Kauai firefighters on Monday afternoon rescued two kayakers from the Hanalei River who had lost their kayak amidst rising waters. Read more
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Akaka Falls to close weekdays for rockfall mitigation work
The park will remain open on weekends and holidays throughout the construction period. Read more
Airlines forecast record 2024 summer travel, up 6.3% over 2023
Airlines for America said Tuesday that U.S. carriers plan to fly more than 26,000 daily flights this summer, up nearly 1,400 over 2023, or 5.6%, when they carried 255 million passengers. The summer travel season forecast is for June 1 to Aug. 31. Read more
Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years, study says
The stark finding comes from one of two new studies released on Tuesday, as both global temperatures and climate-warming emissions continue to climb. Read more
TikTok creators file suit to block U.S. divestment or ban law
The TikTok users suing include a Texas Marine Corps veteran who sells his ranch products, a Tennessee woman selling cookies and discussing parenting, a North Dakota college coach who makes sports commentary videos and a recent college graduate in North Carolina who advocates for the rights of sexual-assault survivors. Read more
Sen. Menendez’s corruption trial on the verge of getting a jury
In a second day of jury selection, U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein questioned 32 prospective jurors on Tuesday in his Manhattan courtroom. Read more
Elon Musk ordered to testify again in probe of Twitter takeover
The SEC sued Musk in October to compel the CEO of electric carmaker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX to testify after he refused to attend a September interview for the investigation. Read more
Walmart to cut jobs at headquarters, relocate others
The world’s largest retailer and the country’s largest private employer, with 2.1 million workers globally, said most of the relocations will be to its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, while some will move to its offices in the San Francisco Bay Area or Hoboken, New Jersey. Read more
GameStop shares soar again with return of meme stock mania
GameStop shares rose to the highest since June 2021, closing up 60% at $48.75. AMC shares notched the biggest gain since January 2021, finishing up nearly 32% at $6.85. Read more
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Small U.S. businesses fear TikTok ban after it turbocharged sales
Many small businesses benefiting from the app’s cultural dominance feel betrayed, as American-owned platforms like Meta, Alphabet and Snap have failed to give them the same prospects of going viral. Read more
Orcas sink sailing yacht in Strait of Gibraltar
The passengers reported feeling sudden blows to the hull and rudder before water started seeping into the ship. Read more
Ship lost power before hitting Maryland bridge, investigators say
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a preliminary report that about 10 hours before leaving Baltimore the Dali experienced a blackout during in-port maintenance and shortly before the crash. Read more
Biden sharply hikes tariffs on an array of Chinese imports
China immediately vowed retaliation. Read more
Alice Munro, Nobel laureate and master of the short story, dies at 92
A spokesperson for her publisher, Penguin Random House Canada, confirmed the death, at a nursing home. Read more
Trump leads in 5 key states; Young, nonwhite voters express discontent
The surveys found that Trump was ahead among registered voters in a head-to-head matchup against Biden in five of six key states. Read more
Florida bus crash kills 8, leaves 8 in critical condition
The workers were headed to pick melons at Cannon Farms in Dunnellon, a small farming community about an hour’s drive south of Gainesville, when the bus overturned. Read more
Trump’s attacks on his trial judges trigger calls for violence
The rhetoric is inspiring widespread calls for violence. Read more
Alphabet unveils beefed-up AI chatbot as competition heats up
CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is rolling out AI Overviews to all users in the U.S. this week after a long period of public testing since last year. Read more
Cohen says he and Trump discussed porn star payment plot at White House
Cohen, the prosecution’s star witness at Trump’s criminal trial in New York, also acknowledged lying on multiple occasions. Read more
Flood advisories issued for 4 islands
Flood advisories have been posted for Hawaii island and the islands of Kauai, Oahu and Maui until 4 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 4:15 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., respectively. Read more
IMF endorses Japan’s commitment to flexible yen
The IMF’s executive board also said further hikes in the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) short-term policy rate should “proceed at a gradual pace and be data-dependent.” Read more
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