Officials are investigating at least 24 possible deaths from the LA-area wildfires, an update on cease-fire talks between Hamas and Israel, and NPR holds an exit interview with DHS Secretary Mayorkas.
Researchers found that the average life expectancy in Hawaiʻi dropped by about 1.4 years during the COVID pandemic. The national average decline was about 2.4 years.
Earlier this month, military planes dropped food, school supplies, gifts, and fishing gear to nearly 60 remote islands in the South Pacific. HPR's Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.