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The order by the all-Republican court came more than 30 hours after Kate Cox received a temporary restraining order from a lower court judge that prevents Texas from enforcing the state’s ban in her case. Read more
Ryan O’Neal was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012, a decade after he was first diagnosed with chronic leukemia. Read more
HFD said it received a call from the Honolulu Police Department at 12:11 p.m. for the missing hiker. Read more
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This was Maui County’s 16th traffic fatality in 2023 compared with 17 at the same time last year, police said. Read more
MFD said firefighters responded to a call at about 9:17 p.m. Thursday at the center at 65 West Kaahuman Ave. and found pallets burning against the outside of a building. Read more
County lifeguards reported seeing a 10-foot shark exhibiting non-aggressive behavior at the beach park earlier today. Read more
A judge rejected pleas for a shorter sentence and ensured that Ethan Crumbley, 17, will not get an opportunity for parole. Read more
This year’s Heisman Trophy ceremony will be an ode to the new era of college sports, transformed by the transfer portal and NIL. Read more
Protesters at the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit demonstrated today for imprisoned human rights activists in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, the past and current host of the negotiations. Read more
The oil industry is starting to sweat as United Nations climate talks heat up and threaten to plug fossil fuel-belching wells for good, veteran negotiation observers say. Read more
The suspect is described as 5 feet, 9 inches tall and 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Read more
Harvard President Claudine Gay said she got caught up in a heated exchange at the House committee hearing. Read more
The Hawaii Fire Department reported responding to a third-party 911 call for a possibly missing hiker at 5:08 p.m. Wednesday. Read more
The EU took an early lead in the global race to draw up AI guardrails when it unveiled the first draft of its rulebook in 2021. Read more
The United States’ isolated stand reflected a growing fracture between Washington and some of its closest allies over Israel’s monthslong bombardment of Gaza. Read more
Local residents said they have never seen anything like it. Some gathered the fish to sell or eat. Read more
Support ratings for Kishida’s government have fallen below 30% because of public dissatisfaction over its slow response to rising prices and lagging salaries. Read more
CEO Daniel Ek said that the two had “come to the conclusion that Spotify is entering a new phase and needs a CFO with a different mix of experiences.” Read more
The three-judge panel’s ruling modifies the gag order to allow the Republican 2024 presidential front-runner to make disparaging comments about special counsel Jack Smith. Read more
After police killed him in a shootout, Anthony Polito was found to be carrying nine magazines for a 9 mm handgun he’d legally purchased last year. Read more
Heath care workers are increasingly worrying about the possibility of a patient becoming violent — a scenario that is too common and on the rise nationwide. Read more
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