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New York Times (July 25)

2020/ 07/ 26 by jd in Global News

The U.S. recorded over 73,000 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. “California. South Carolina. North Dakota, Kentucky. Hawaii. Those are among the 18 states that set single-day case records in the last week, putting the country on track to breaking a national single-day record for new coronavirus cases set less than two weeks ago.”

 

Honolulu Star-Advertiser (May 6)

2018/ 05/ 07 by jd in Global News

“Since a series of fissures opened up in Leilani Estates on Thursday, spitting lava and toxic sulfur dioxide, it seems that everyone in South Puna has become an amateur geologist and volcanologist, convinced they know which communities are safe and which ones are vulnerable to further outbreaks.” But two weeks ago, no one “predicted that lava from Kilauea would suddenly shoot from the ground in Leilani Estates, along with earthquakes and fears that all the shaking will trigger a tsunami.”

 

Wall Street Journal (June 28)

2016/ 06/ 29 by jd in Global News

“The free world got a boost Tuesday as American, Japanese and South Korean forces completed their first trilateral missile-defense drill in waters off Hawaii. Deepening such cooperation is vital for defending America and its partners against North Korea’s nuclear capabilities, and for putting China and Russia on notice that the U.S. won’t be muscled out of Asia.”

 

New York Times (November 1)

2011/ 11/ 02 by jd in Global News

Scientists believe much of the debris carried to sea by Japan’s March 11 tsunami will eventually end up in place known as “the Pacific Garbage Patch.” About 5-10% of the items, however, will wash ashore, some of it in Hawaii. Though transformed by years in the ocean, these items “will be an echo of a tragedy, for many years to come. “

 

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