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SpaceX mission control lost contact with the newly upgraded Starship, carrying its first test payload of mock satellites but no crew, eight minutes after liftoff from its South Texas rocket facilities at 5:38 p.m. EST (12:38 p.m. Hawaii time). Read more
Hawaiian Airlines has begun its second round of merger-related layoffs, and on Thursday issued WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notices to 61 of its noncontract workforce based in Honolulu. Read more
The 2025 show is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 18-19 at the Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall & Arena. Read more
The University of Hawaii Foundation has annonced the following new directors. Read more
“We’re asking for the ability to be able to try rationally to resolve this issue so TikTok does not go dark,” Democratic Senator Ed Markey said today. Read more
The sale of these drugs would be less of a problem if the price of the original drugs were not so high, Califf told reporters at a media roundtable. Read more
U.S. shares had surged on Wednesday after data showed easing in U.S. core inflation. While today’s data included a U.S. retail sales increase in December, it was below expectations. Read more
The Hawaii Nurses Association, which represents more than 1,900 nurses at Queen’s, announced in a news release Wednesday evening that the majority had voted to ratify the agreement. Read more
Known by its Chinese name “Xiaohongshu” in China, the platform is a popular lifestyle app where users document their lives and post recommendations. Read more
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Southern Airways Express LLC, doing business as Mokuele Airlines, temporarily suspended all of its interisland airline routes across Hawaii on Wednesday morning, citing maintenance needs and an abundance of caution. Read more
L&L Hawaiian Barbecue has promoted Blythe Yamamoto to director of franchise sales. Yamamoto joined the company in 2020, after previously serving five years at Special Olympics. Read more
The law signed in April mandates a ban on new TikTok downloads on Apple or Google app stores if Chinese parent ByteDance fails to divest the site. Read more
In a complaint in Manhattan federal court, Drake said the song was “intended to convey the specific, unmistakable, and false factual allegation that Drake is a criminal pedophile” and the public should exert “vigilante justice” in response. Read more
“Today’s action sends a message to all airlines that the department is prepared to go to court in order to enforce passenger protections,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. Read more
The Labor Department said the consumer price index (CPI) increased the most in nine months as energy costs rose, although a measure of underlying inflation pressures subsided. Read more
The ban by the Food and Drug Administration on the dye, called Red No. 3, in food items, comes more than three decades after it was barred in cosmetics. Read more
The airline, which serves interisland routes across Hawaii, made the announcement this morning. Read more
December arrivals of foreign visitors for business and leisure rose from 3.19 million in November, breaking the previous monthly record of 3.31 million set in October, data from the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) showed. Read more
From 2017 to 2022, the companies — UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, CVS Health’s CVS Caremark and Cigna’s Express Scripts — marked up prices at their pharmacies by hundreds or thousands of percent, netting them $7.3 billion in revenue in excess of the acquisition costs of the drugs, the FTC said in its second report on the industry. Read more
Nurses at Wilcox Medical Center on Kauai began a three-day strike Tuesday after negotiations with their employer reached an impasse. Read more
Cades Schutte LLP has announced the following promotions to partners. Read more
