Obituaries for Thursday, December 28, 2017
• Corazon Bantolinao • George Muramaru • Mercy Hoonani-kamakuamauloa Shintani • Clyde Tsuneo Murakami • John Sanchez • Lisette Adrienne Langlois
Snowbirds seek sancutary
Expedia Travel featured Lihue as one of the best vacation destinations in America to escape the winter, mainly because its average temperatures in January reach a warm 78 degrees and drop to a comfortable 65 degrees.
BOH helps Kauai United Way
Bank of Hawaii employees believe in the Kauai United Way and the work it does for the community, said Donna Tanoue, president of the Bank of Hawaii Foundation.
Join the reading challenge
The Hawaii State Public Library System is one of 100 communities challenged by Beanstack and “Shark Tank” personality Mark Cuban to collectively read 1 million minutes during the inaugural “Winter Reading Challenge.”
Kalawai club hosting annual MLK youth baseball tourney
Kalawai Youth Baseball Club will host its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Pinto Tournament beginning Jan. 13 at Kalawai Park in Kalaheo.
Power restored at Disneyland
Power was fully restored at Disneyland on Wednesday after an outage at the California theme park forced some guests to be escorted from stalled rides.
APNewsBreak: Ex-Miss Americas asked to help find new leaders
Trashed by emails sent by pageant officials, former Miss Americas may help choose the new leaders of the Miss America Organization.
Federal judge blocks Arizona from banning Mexican-American studies classes
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the state of Arizona from enforcing a controversial law banning ethnic studies courses, bringing near a close a seven-year battle over teaching about Mexican-Americans in Tucson public schools.
Bundle up: Bitter cold weather takes hold of northern US
ERIE, Pa. — Bitter cold weather has taken hold of much of the northern United States and is expected to stay put for days to come as two Minnesota cities already have set record low temperatures and a city in Pennsylvania continues to dig out from a record snowfall.
Vanity Fair: video mocking Hillary Clinton ‘missed the mark’
Vanity Fair is trying to defuse criticism of a video mocking Hillary Clinton and her presidential aspirations.
S. Korean president calls sex slave deal with Japan flawed
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday the country’s 2015 agreement with Japan to settle a decades-long impasse over Korean women forced into wartime sexual slavery was seriously flawed.
Trump, GOP congressional leaders to plot agenda in January
Eager for more legislative achievements before Washington’s focus shifts to the midterm elections, President Donald Trump plans to start the new year by meeting with Republican congressional leaders to plot the 2018 legislative agenda, the White House said.
Ferry gets stuck on sandbar with 27 people aboard off NYC
A ferry carrying more than two dozen people hit a sandbar and got stuck for hours Wednesday, spurring an evacuation on a frigid night in the waters off New York City.
Police: Omaha man captured for killings of parents, niece
A man suspected of killing his parents and niece in Nebraska was taken into custody Wednesday in western Tennessee, the same state he fled to after killing his wife two decades ago, authorities said.
911 calls show chaos of Washington state train derailment
Whimpering in pain, bleeding from head injuries and dazed by the enormity of the crash, victims in the Amtrak train derailment south of Seattle begged 911 dispatchers for help and said “tons of people” had been hurt.
Trump sends fewer Mexicans back home despite deportation talk
President Donald Trump sent 26 percent fewer Mexicans back home this year through November than Barack Obama did in the same period in 2016, despite vows to crack down on illegal immigration, Mexican government data show.
Thousands of Puerto Rico police owed overtime call in sick
Thousands of police officers are calling in sick every day in Puerto Rico, partly to press demands for unpaid overtime pay for hurricane recovery efforts as concerns grow over people’s safety in a U.S. territory struggling to restore power.
Baltimore has now had 342 homicides in 2017, the highest per capita rate on record
With two fatal shootings Tuesday night and the recent reclassification of a decades-old shooting as a killing, Baltimore has hit 342 homicides in 2017 — a new per capita record.
911 calls show chaos of Washington state train derailment
Several victims of the Amtrak train derailment south of Seattle called for 911 for help, whimpering in pain, bleeding from head injuries and dazed by the enormity of the crash.
Woman kidnapped, pushed into freezing river after shooting
A woman who was kidnapped, thrown from a bridge into the frigid Arkansas River and then swam to safety has been found alive but suffering from hypothermia, Little Rock police said.
Preacher fights ban on spreading gospel on Atlanta sidewalks
A Georgia preacher who says he was barred from public sidewalks and feared arrest for spreading the gospel on the fringes of a large outdoor concert in Atlanta is challenging the restrictions in court.
Victims in basement apartment were mom, 2 kids, 2nd woman
Four people found slain inside a basement apartment the day after Christmas have been identified as two children, their mother and a second woman, authorities said Wednesday.
American sorry for accusing NBA G League players of theft
American Airlines has apologized to two players on the Memphis Grizzlies’ minor league affiliate who were kicked off a plane in Dallas after a flight attendant wrongfully accused them of stealing blankets, which an assistant coach suggested happened because they are black.
4 teens charged with murder in death of man hit by sandbag
Four teenage boys will remain in an Ohio jail on murder charges in the death of a man struck by a sandbag thrown from an interstate overpass.
Memo warns against Santa Claus, Hanukkah symbol decorations
The University of Minnesota has come under criticism over a memo warning some students and staff to avoid using decorations, music and food “specific to any one religion” at campus holiday parties, including Christmas trees, menorahs and images of Santa Claus.