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by @ash
2020-12-21T20:00:01+00:00
Regional News • Americas • United States
Kilauea volcano erupts after earthquake in Hawaii
Kilauea volcano erupts after earthquake in Hawaii
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The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has erupted late Sunday night following a magnitude-4.4 earthquake. The Kilauea Volcano observatory raised the alert level to "warning" and the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency (COH) has asked residents to stay indoors

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by @christoph
2020-03-19T22:19:23+00:00
Regional News • Americas • United States
Tulsi Gabbard drops out of 2020 Democratic presidential race, endorses Biden

The last competing woman in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries has dropped out of the race. The Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has announced that, after winning a total of two delegates in so far, she'll stop contesting for the Democratic presidential nomination. Instead, she endorsed former vice-president Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination.

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by @christoph
2020-03-14T09:47:53+00:00
Regional News • Americas • United States
Retired Hawaii state judge resigns from Supreme Court Bar

Being a member of the Supreme Court Bar since 1972, the former Hawaii state judge James Dannenberg has sent a letter announcing his resignation. In the letter, he directly criticizes Chief Justice John Roberts claiming that the court under him "has cynically undermined basic freedoms" and that "the ideas of free speech and religious liberty have been transmogrified to allow officially sanctioned bigotry and discrimination".