Lion kills worker after escaping locked area at conservatory
A wildlife conservatory in North Carolina says a worker has been killed by a lion that got loose from a locked space.
6 injured due to jet bridge ‘equipment failure’ at airport
Officials say six people have been injured after a “partial equipment failure” involving a jet bridge at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
Ring in the new: NYPD drone to oversee Times Square revelry
It’s an Auld Lang Syne of the times: For the first time, a police drone will be keeping watch over the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York’s Times Square.
Putin scores some wins but tensions with the West mount
It’s been a mixed year for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Delays, frustrations as Congo presidential election unfolds
Delays and confusion were reported across Congo on Sunday, marring the presidential election the country hoped would be its first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since independence in 1960.
16 dead in election violence as Bangladesh goes to the polls
More than a dozen people reportedly died in election-related violence in Bangladesh on Sunday, as voters went to the polls to decide whether to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a third consecutive term amid critics’ claims that her leadership has become increasingly authoritarian.
AP PHOTOS: Election Day in 600-year-old Bangladesh city
Voters in Bangladesh went to the polls Sunday in the densely populated South Asian nation’s 11th general election to determine whether to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party a third consecutive term or hand the reins to a loose coalition of opposition parties in the hopes of change.
Maui police chief: Officers justified in deadly shooting
Maui police officers were justified in the deadly shooting of a man who was wanted on an attempted murder warrant, an official said.
Oregon hotel fires 2 employees who mistreated black guest
An Oregon hotel said it fired two of its employees for mistreatment of a black guest who was talking on his phone in the lobby when he was asked to leave a week ago.
Tua leads Tide over Oklahoma
This season’s Alabama juggernaut has yet to be stopped, and Oklahoma’s shaky defense sure wasn’t going to get in the way.
Maybe Clemson can.
Did 2018 usher in a creeping tech dystopia?
We may remember 2018 as the year when technology’s dystopian potential became clear, from Facebook’s role enabling the harvesting of our personal data for election interference to a seemingly unending series of revelations about the dark side of Silicon Valley’s connect-everything ethos.
No talk of solution to shutdown, president tweets blame
President Donald Trump was firing Twitter barbs at Democrats this weekend as talks to end a weeklong partial government shutdown remained at a stalemate.
Trump puts blame for child deaths at border on Democrats
In his first public statements on the deaths of two Guatemalan children in U.S. custody, President Donald Trump claimed they were “very sick” before they reached the border and foisted responsibility for their deaths on Democrats, yet both young migrants passed initial health screenings by Border Patrol.
Tagovailoa strikes strongest in Heisman duel
It would be naive to think that this one wasn’t personal. Players and coaches may have said the right things (while a few still hinted at the additional motivation), claiming it wasn’t Tua vs. Kyler and instead just another step on the championship road. Yet the tenor in the building, on the field and on the sidelines from the very first snap seemed to indicate otherwise.
UFC’s Rachael Ostovich visits Kauai
LIHUE — Local fight fans had the chance to meet one of UFC’s rising fighters.
Rachael Ostovich talked story with patrons in a packed Kalapaki Joe’s in Lihue during a viewing party Saturday as the local sports bar showed the broadcast of “UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2.”
Chad Delanoza leaves Waimea High’s girls volleyball program, to lead school’s baseball team
WAIMEA — As one door closes, another opens — Chad Delanoza is about to take on a new endeavor.
After serving the last 14 years as the varsity girls volleyball head coach for Waimea High School, Delanoza is now the school’s new varsity baseball head coach.
Many animals, too few people
Though it was raining Friday and she was far from home, Oregon visitor Stacey Whittemore found a way to lift her spirits and serve the Kauai community at the same time.
Making mochi for New Year’s
Kalani Murakami, recently graduated from college and living in California, was among the volunteers at the Kapaa Hongwanji Mission helping make mochi for New Year’s Saturday.
Rains deluge North Shore
Kuhio Highway in the vicinity of the Hanalei Bridge was closed for several hours Saturday during a flash flood warning for the island.
‘Recklessness,’ ‘negligence’
The Kauai Police Department’s top brass dismissed the findings of two separate internal investigations asserting that Officer Irvin Magayanes acted negligently and violated police protocol when he hit and killed an injured pedestrian several years ago, according to court documents and police records recently obtained by The Garden Island.
Da Shadow: Potholes
When is Omao Road scheduled to be repaved or repaired? The road has numerous large potholes that make it very unsafe for motorists.
Weekly road closures announced
The state Department of Transportation announced the following road closures:
Go hiking with the Sierra Club
The Kauai Group of the Hawaii Chapter Sierra Club welcomes the public to participate in a variety of outdoor adventures to explore the island with knowledgeable volunteer hike leaders.
Begin the new year on foot
The Puuwai Canoe Club is hoping to help 300 people start 2019 on the run.
Obituaries for Sunday, December 30, 2018
• Elisa A. Bodano • Catalino Garo Domingo Sr. • Rogelio Pagat Ragasa • Bradford ‘Brad’ Thomas Scott