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Coronavirus Outbreak

Fauci says he won’t be surprised if omicron variant already arrived in the U.S.

Fauci says he won’t be surprised if omicron variant already arrived in the U.S.

In omicron hot spot, somber mood as South Africa faces variant

In omicron hot spot, somber mood as South Africa faces variant

More omicron cases pop up as world rushes to learn more

More omicron cases pop up as world rushes to learn more

Hawaii records 3 new coronavirus-related deaths, 169 additional infections

Hawaii records 3 new coronavirus-related deaths, 169 additional infections

Politics

Video

Biden delivers remarks on omicron variant

Biden delivers remarks on omicron variant

President Biden sets out oil, gas leasing reform, but stops short of ban

President Biden sets out oil, gas leasing reform, but stops short of ban

GOP Rep. Boebert apologizes to Muslims for Omar remarks

GOP Rep. Boebert apologizes to Muslims for Omar remarks

Biden’s nominees to lead White House budget office include Hawaii woman

Biden’s nominees to lead White House budget office include Hawaii woman

Photo Galleries

Hawaii beats Wyoming, 38-14, in regular-season finale

Hawaii beats Wyoming, 38-14, in regular-season finale

Oahu shops local on Small Business Saturday

Oahu shops local on Small Business Saturday

Hawaii falls to UC Santa Barbara in home finale

Hawaii falls to UC Santa Barbara in home finale

Tiny homes in Kalaeloa to house some of Hawaii’s chronically homeless people

Tiny homes in Kalaeloa to house some of Hawaii’s chronically homeless people

Are you concerned about the omicron variant of the coronavirus, recently detected in South Africa?

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Hawaii News

Major Stephen Gerona denies violating Honolulu Police Department policies

Major Stephen Gerona denies violating Honolulu Police Department policies

By Peter Boylan pboylan@staradvertiser.com
Today
Updated 12:56 a.m.

New $377 million car rental facility at Honolulu airport opens Wednesday

Updated 11:15 p.m.

Hawaii’s oldest residential program to treat substance abuse is moving

Updated 11:21 p.m.

Hanauma Bay to require online payments for nonresidents

Updated 11:22 p.m.

Maui ends legal fight over pollution

Updated 11:28 p.m.

Sports

Wahine outside hitter Brooke Van Sickle excited to be headed close to home for NCAA Tournament first round

Wahine outside hitter Brooke Van Sickle excited to be headed close to home for NCAA Tournament first round

By Jason Kaneshiro jkaneshiro@staradvertiser.com
Today
Updated 11:09 p.m.

Gonzaga has its way with Hawaii women’s basketball team

Updated 11:08 p.m.

Curtis Murayama: Farrington was no ka oi on this day, don’t you forget it

Updated 11:12 p.m.

Hawaii football team proud of its finish with Saturday’s 38-14 victory over Wyoming

Updated 12:25 a.m.

NFL Islanders

Updated 12:05 a.m.

Editorial

Editorial: Protect Hawaii’s coffee industry

Editorial: Protect Hawaii’s coffee industry

Letters: Support UH football by attending games; Tell life stories of those who died from COVID; Look at big picture for solar project tax breaks

Letters: Support UH football by attending games; Tell life stories of those who died from COVID; Look at big picture for solar project tax breaks

Off the News: Better COVID-19 data needed

Off the News: Better COVID-19 data needed

On Politics: New stadium aside, Halawa land provides prime site for needed local housing, as does Kalihi

On Politics: New stadium aside, Halawa land provides prime site for needed local housing, as does Kalihi

Hawaii Prep World

Kalani boys, Kalaheo girls still rule OIA cross country

Kalani boys, Kalaheo girls still rule OIA cross country

Prep football: No. 1 Kahuku routs No. 5 Campbell to win regular season

Prep football: No. 1 Kahuku routs No. 5 Campbell to win regular season

Prep football: Moanalua’s miraculous comeback stuns Roosevelt and earns Na Menehune D-I title game berth

Prep football: Moanalua’s miraculous comeback stuns Roosevelt and earns Na Menehune D-I title game berth

Prep football: Race wide open in OIA Division I

Prep football: Race wide open in OIA Division I

Entertainment

‘Encanto,’ ‘House of Gucci’ fuel Thanksgiving box office

‘Encanto,’ ‘House of Gucci’ fuel Thanksgiving box office

By Associated Press
Nov. 28, 2021
Updated 10:01 a.m.

Barbra Streisand, Lea Salonga and more mourn death of Stephen Sondheim

Climate change threatens the Smithsonian’s nearly 2M irreplaceable artifacts

Dave Chappelle called ‘childish’ during heated visit to old high school

‘Get Back’ series dispels, and confirms, some Beatle myths

Crave

Culinary collab

Culinary collab

By Kelli Shiroma Braiotta
Nov. 23, 2021

A ‘pizza’ my heart

A buttery cornbread dressing to savor

Can’t-miss wines for thanksgiving

Satisfy taco cravings in Kahuku

Latest Columns

Column: Eat nutritiously while stretching your food dollar

Column: Eat nutritiously while stretching your food dollar

By Joannie Dobbs and Alan Titchenal, Special to the Star-Advertiser

Curtis Murayama: Farrington was no ka oi on this day, don’t you forget it

Curtis Murayama: Farrington was no ka oi on this day, don’t you forget it

By Curtis Murayama cmurayama@staradvertiser.com

On Politics: New stadium aside, Halawa land provides prime site for needed local housing, as does Kalihi

On Politics: New stadium aside, Halawa land provides prime site for needed local housing, as does Kalihi

By Richard Borreca Special to the Star-Advertiser

Kokua Line: Can I use gift cards bought before the pandemic?

Kokua Line: Can I use gift cards bought before the pandemic?

By Christine Donnelly cdonnelly@staradvertiser.com

COVID-19 Resources

Second Young at Heart Expo coming to the Hawai‘i Convention Center

Second Young at Heart Expo coming to the Hawai‘i Convention Center

Kokua Line: Can I use gift cards bought before the pandemic?

What is this new COVID variant in South Africa?

Families join for a face-to-face Thanksgiving at Hawaii nursing homes

Kokua Line: What type of ID works for Safe Access Oahu?

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Support UH football by attending games; Tell life stories of those who died from COVID; Look at big picture for solar project tax breaks

Letters: Support UH football by attending games; Tell life stories of those who died from COVID; Look at big picture for solar project tax breaks

Letters: Vacation rental bill has many loopholes; Parent should teach kids at earliest ages; Navy can’t be trusted to protect aquifer

Be thankful: Readers share thoughts on being grateful

Letters: Time running short for Hawaii coffee industry; Don’t express hate on social media platforms; State denied access to veteran’s shot record

Letters: Technology campus would be a boondoggle; Property taxes revenue should be increasing; TMT developers just want to build telescope

America in Turmoil

Security guard protecting San Francisco news crew dies after being shot in attempted robbery

Security guard protecting San Francisco news crew dies after being shot in attempted robbery

Police investigate Black Friday mall shooting in Washington state

Police investigate Black Friday mall shooting in Washington state

How a prosecutor addressed a mostly white jury and won a conviction in the Ahmaud Arbery case

How a prosecutor addressed a mostly white jury and won a conviction in the Ahmaud Arbery case

Illinois families of 2 killed at Travis Scott concert file lawsuits

Illinois families of 2 killed at Travis Scott concert file lawsuits

FEATURES

Column: Eat nutritiously while stretching your food dollar

Column: Eat nutritiously while stretching your food dollar

By Joannie Dobbs and Alan Titchenal, Special to the Star-Advertiser
Today
Updated 12:05 a.m.

Persnickety poinsettias from Haleiwa nursery arrive for the holiday season

Now Read This: ‘When the Storm Comes,’ ‘Allergic: A Graphic Novel,’ ‘A Very Modern Dictionary’

Snack with Santa at Keiki & The Pineapple

K-Drama: Hyunwoo learns identity of his brother on ‘Father, I Will Take Care of You’

New York Times

Snowstorm leaves 61 stranded in remote U.K. pub

Snowstorm leaves 61 stranded in remote U.K. pub

By New York Times
Nov. 28, 2021
Updated 4:08 p.m.

In a nonbinary pronoun, France sees U.S. attack on the republic

Updated 12:46 p.m.

Alpine fishing is making Italy a fly-fishing destination

Burial ground under the Alamo stirs a Texas feud

Climate change threatens the Smithsonian’s nearly 2M irreplaceable artifacts

Education

Stanford’s Latter-day Saints players share life experiences

Stanford’s Latter-day Saints players share life experiences

Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi’s reading program skates smoothly through pandemic

Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi’s reading program skates smoothly through pandemic

Most Hawaii elementary and middle schoolers are at least one grade level behind, testing shows

Most Hawaii elementary and middle schoolers are at least one grade level behind, testing shows

‘Iolani summer program offsets pandemic impacts

‘Iolani summer program offsets pandemic impacts

Business

Food, gas prices pinch families as inflation surges globally

Food, gas prices pinch families as inflation surges globally

By Associated Press
Today
Updated 7:25 a.m.

New $377 million car rental facility at Honolulu airport opens Wednesday

Updated 11:15 p.m.

Second Young at Heart Expo coming to the Hawai‘i Convention Center

Updated 12:59 a.m.

Hawaii’s oldest residential program to treat substance abuse is moving

Updated 11:21 p.m.

Hanauma Bay to require online payments for nonresidents

Updated 11:22 p.m.

Obituaries

Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91

Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91

By Associated Press
Nov. 26, 2021

Art critic Dave Hickey, known for book ‘Air Guitar’, dies

Longtime Hawaii journalist Bob Jones dies at 85

Subway sandwich chain co-founder Peter Buck dies at 90

Filmmaker, historian Bob Liljestrand preserved Ossipoff ‘masterpiece’, dies at 79

National news

Who is the real Ghislaine Maxwell: Epstein enabler or pawn?

Who is the real Ghislaine Maxwell: Epstein enabler or pawn?

By Associated Press
Nov. 28, 2021
Updated 11:05 a.m.

Security guard protecting San Francisco news crew dies after being shot in attempted robbery

Police investigate Black Friday mall shooting in Washington state

Fauci says he won’t be surprised if omicron variant already arrived in the U.S.

Shippers prepare for another pandemic crush of holiday gifts

World news

Food, gas prices pinch families as inflation surges globally

Food, gas prices pinch families as inflation surges globally

By Associated Press
Today
Updated 7:25 a.m.

Tens of thousands without power in U.K. in storm’s wake

Updated 9:11 a.m.

In a nonbinary pronoun, France sees U.S. attack on the republic

Updated 12:46 p.m.

No tsunami threat to Hawaii following strong earthquake in Peru

Updated 12:50 a.m.

500 vigilantes gather in Mexico town, pledge to aid police

Live Well

Kidney disease overdiagnosed, study suggests

Kidney disease overdiagnosed, study suggests

At 66, Dierdre Wolownick makes grueling trek up to the summit of El Capitan

Medicare might fund mobility scooter — for in-home use

A civil rights leader teams up with the founder of a nonprofit to open a neighborhood skate park in Baltimore

Savvy Senior: There are ways to track down unclaimed life insurance policies

Focus on Japan

Mundane toys become big hit — for adults

Mundane toys become big hit — for adults

Japan grapples with women’s roles in the imperial family

With car sales suffering in Japan, dealers zero in on seniors

Wood craft tapped as green packaging

Order of Culture keeps Nagashima’s fire burning

Travel

Alpine fishing is making Italy a fly-fishing destination

Alpine fishing is making Italy a fly-fishing destination

Signs of Hawaiian Life – Nov. 28, 2021

Las Vegas Advisor: New World Series of Poker champ crowned in Las Vegas

Signs of Hawaiian Life – November 21, 2021

7 wintry wonderlands for new cross-country skiers

Recipes

A buttery cornbread dressing to savor

A buttery cornbread dressing to savor

A candied side dish for incredible leftovers

Wrapping things up

A buttery, brioche stuffing

An easy, light, crumbly skillet cornbread

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2021 Healthcare Heroes

2021 Holiday Gift Guides

STORIES WITH VIDEO

Video

Biden delivers remarks on omicron variant

Biden delivers remarks on omicron variant

Firefighters contain Kalihi wild fire that threatened many homes

VIDEO: Former UH Warrior and CFL great Chad Owens hosts Star-Advertiser sports show ‘The CO2 RUN DWN’

VIDEO: Hawaii Department of Health Director Dr. Libby Char joins the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s ‘Spotlight Hawaii’

VIDEO: Former UH Warrior and CFL great Chad Owens hosts Star-Advertiser sports show ‘The CO2 RUN DWN’

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