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Young Humpback Whale Freed From Mooring Line, Buoy Off Maui
Federal officials say a yearling humpback whale off Maui has been freed from a life-threatening entanglement in mooring gear and a plastic trawling buoy.
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Heavy Flooding on Hawaiian Islands Prompts Governor to Declare State of Emergency
Hawaii Gov. David Ige declared a state of emergency after heavy rains on the islands caused flooding and landslides.
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Big Avocado Earns Hawaii Family Guinness World Records Honor
A Hawaii family has won a place with the Guinness World Records for the world’s heaviest avocado.
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5 Whales Dead After Mass Stranding on Maui Beach
Five whales died, including four that were euthanized, after a mass stranding Thursday on a beach on the Hawaii island of Maui. Ten melon-headed whales were found stranded alive early in the morning on Sugar Beach in the coastal resort community of Kihei. Hours later, a whale calf believed to belong to the same social group was found dead on...
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Brush Fire on Hawaii Island of Maui Prompts Evacuation Order, Diverts Flights
More than 600 people on the Hawaii island of Maui were in shelters after a large brush fire prompted thousands of evacuations and diverted some flights in the region, officials said Thursday. The blaze had reached an estimated 3,000 acres and was not contained as of Thursday night, NBC News reported, citing comments from a news conference held by the...
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Brush Fire on Hawaii Island of Maui Prompts Evacuation Order, Diverts Flights
More than 600 people on the Hawaii island of Maui were in shelters after a large brush fire prompted thousands of evacuations and diverted some flights in the region, officials said Thursday. The blaze had reached an estimated 3,000 acres and was not contained as of Thursday night, NBC News reported, citing comments from a news conference held by the...
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Missing Hawaii Hiker Amanda Eller Has Emotional Reunion With Her Rescuers: ‘You Guys Are the Heroes'
Amanda Eller had an emotional reunion on Monday night with the men who rescued her after she was lost for 17 days in a Hawaiian jungle, hugging them tight in thanks for saving her life. “You guys are the heroes,” Eller said during a community gathering. “I am not the hero, I am just the girl sitting here healing my...
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Dr. Beach Reveals Top 10 Best Beaches in the US for 2019
Oahu’s Kailua Beach Park in Hawaii has been selected as the best stretch of sand for Dr. Beach’s Top 10 Beaches list in 2019. Two other Hawaiian beaches, Duke Kahanamoku Beach in Oahu and Hapuna Beach State Park on the Big Island, also made the list.
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‘We Are Not Special': Harvard Professor Discusses Life Outside Our Planet, Possible Extraterrestrial Flyby
According to a prominent Harvard University professor, it’s possible that there was an extraterrestrial flyby last year. There are 100 billion galaxies in the universe, and in each galaxy there are approximately 100 million stars. Some of those stars are similar to our sun, and around those “suns” are planets, which are likely very similar to Earth. It’s possible that...
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Harvard Astonomer Talks Other Life in the Universe
According to Harvard University Astrophysics professor and department chair Avi Loeb, there is likely life outside of our planet and he says, “we are not special. When we thought that we were at the center of the universe we were proven wrong. The sun does not move around the earth.”
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Dr. Beach Reveals Top 10 Best Beaches in the US for 2018
Hawaii’s the tops of Dr. Beach’s Top 10 Beaches list in 2018, taking the number one spot and appearing twice on the list. Florida and North Carolina also had two entries on the annual list that ranks major public recreational beaches in the coastal U.S. states. But the “beautiful crescent-shaped, white sand beach” in Kapalua Bay on the Hawaiian...
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Judge Orders Man Who Sent ‘Nasty' Texts to Write Nice Things About His Ex-Girlfriend
A judge on the Hawaiian island of Maui has handed down an unorthodox sentence to a man who pleaded no contest to violating a protection order preventing him from contacting his ex-girlfriend. Judge Rhonda Loo ordered Daren Young on Friday to write 144 compliments about his ex-girlfriend, in response to the 144 “nasty” text messages and calls that he is...