Roth announces more cabinet appointees
Mayor-elect Mitch Roth announced three more cabinet appointees on Saturday.
Letters to the Editor: November 22, 2020
Fair’s fair
My Turn: Can America stand the Trump absolution?
President-elect Joe Biden has already hinted at it. He wants to heal America. But what about a reckoning for the illegalities of the President Donald Trump years? Former-President Barack Obama answered demands that former-President George W. Bush and his administration be held accountable for the torture of captives with a call to “look forward, not back.” The result was as effective as a presidential pardon for war crimes.
Editorial: Biden should reboot transatlantic ties
China and 14 other Asian-Pacific nations have signed a massive free trade agreement — the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. The pact covers about 2.2 billion people in the 10 countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, as well as U.S. allies Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea.
Editorial: Thank you, election workers
If you think it was stressful waiting for election boards around the country to count the millions of votes in the presidential election, imagine being the workers who were doing the counting.
Obituaries: November 22, 2020
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Research crew on remote Kure Atoll returns to see pandemic for 1st time
HONOLULU — Just as the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold, in February, four people set sail for one of the most remote places on Earth — a small camp on Kure Atoll, at the edge of the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
COVID Cases in Japan hit record amid holiday travel
TOKYO — The daily tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan hit a record for the fourth day at 2,508, the Health Ministry said Sunday.
Maui police chief acknowledges hitting bike without stopping
HONOLULU — Maui Police Chief Tivoli Faaumu has acknowledged leaving the scene of an accident after hitting a parked motorcycle without stopping in the parking lot of a shopping center.
Honolulu police halt virus units after alleged OT abuse
HONOLULU — The Honolulu Police Department said it would cancel special coronavirus enforcement units after allegations of overtime abuse from its officers.
Many GOP lawmakers shrug off Statehouse mask-wearing rules
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Many Republican lawmakers in states where coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have surged are not only rejecting statewide mask mandates. They’re also resisting rules requiring them in their own capitols.
Week offers snapshot of how Trump, Biden approach presidency
WASHINGTON — One spent the week at his home in Delaware carefully trying to build a government and preparing to take on a pandemic.
COVID-19 deaths of Serbian clerics highlight virus worries
As coronavirus cases surge globally, the COVID-19 deaths of two senior Serbian Orthodox Church clerics — one who died weeks after presiding over the funeral of the other — are raising questions about whether some religious institutions are doing enough to slow the spread of the virus.
FDA allows emergency use of antibody drug Trump received
U.S. health officials Saturday agreed to allow emergency use of a second antibody drug to help the immune system fight COVID-19, an experimental medicine that President Donald Trump was given when he was sickened last month.
In Brief: November 22, 2020
Judge throws out Trump bid to stop PA vote certification
Island Life: Aloha orchid
An orchid blooms in Kona on Tuesday. (Bob Viggers/Community contributor)
SHOPO sues Hawaii County over disclosure law
Kim seeks expansion of post-arrival COVID screening at Kona airport
Announcements: November 22, 2020
Fairmont Orchid Hawaii’s executive pastry chef Daniel Sampson was a recent guest chef speaking to students in Hawaii Community College — Palamanui’s culinary arts program.
It’ll be Thiem-Medvedev, not Djokovic-Nadal, at ATP Finals
LONDON — Instead of No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 2 Rafael Nadal for the ATP Finals trophy, it’ll be No. 3 Dominic Thiem against No. 4 Daniil Medvedev.
