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HAWAII 16 new cases Hawaii has reported 205 new confirmed cases so far this month. B2 • Chuck E. Cheese files for bankruptcy; Hawaii’s franchised locations will continue to operate. B4 NATION • New Education Department rule steers more virus aid to private schools. A9 • States deep into reopening hit pause as BRUCE ASATO / [email protected] their case tallies surge. The Moana Surfrider, a Westin Resort & Spa was marketed in a nationwide campaign Thursday announcing that the A12 wait to come to Hawaii for trans-Pacifi c travelers ends Aug. 1. • CDC revises list of high- risk groups, adding pregnant women. A15 By Allison Schaefers booked an Aug. 12-23 trip proved negative COVID-19 COVID-19 government [email protected] to Maui a year ago and tests taken within 72 lockdowns. have been anxiously hours of their trip to Ha- “The first five or six THE CASES hane Talbot, a repeat watching the news to make waii to bypass the state’s days were normal. Every COVID-19-POSITIVE CASES visitor from the West sure that it was feasible. >> Vacation mandatory 14-day day after that, something As of June 25 at noon Coast, loves Hawaii He was excited to learn rentals self-quarantine for out-of was taken away,” Talbot New cases: 16 so much that he’s that Gov. David Ige has saw more state passengers. said. “The coup de grace COUNTY been searching daily green-lighted a COVID-19 huge The Talbots didn’t want was the day we picked up NEW CASES S losses in Honolulu for news that it was reopen- passenger testing program a repeat of their mid- our food and went to a 12 ing to out-of-state tourists. starting Aug. 1 that would May. B3 March trip to Maui when Hawaii 0 Talbot and his family allow passengers with ap- ——— they were caught in the Please see TRAVEL, A8 Maui 0 Kauai 4 Out-of-state 0 Hawaii resident* HART concedes 20-mile rail TOTAL** 850 $16M in isle unemployment Deaths 17 will not open by end of 2025 Hospitalization 109 benefits possibly lost to fraud Released from 696 By Kevin Dayton Rapid Transportation CEO isolation*** [email protected] Andrew Robbins told the Active cases**** 137 HART board of directors By Mark Ladao ported Thursday. PUA is a provision of the The head of the Honolulu that the coronavirus pan- and Kevin Dayton The more than $15.8 mil- federal coronavirus relief * Hawaii residents diagnosed rail authority acknowledged demic is to blame for the lat- [email protected] lion lost to fraud amounts act designed by Congress to out of state Thursday that the entire est delay. The COVID-19 [email protected] to about 4% of the total assist Americans not eligible ** As a result of updated information, one case was 20-mile rail line will not actu- crisis also has delayed the PUA benefits distributed in for regular unemployment removed from the count. ally open as scheduled by interim opening of the rail Nearly $16 million in Pan- the state. The DLIR has insurance claims during the *** Includes infection cases the end of 2025, saying the line from East Kapolei to demic Unemployment As- paid out over $387 million COVID-19 pandemic. that now meet the isolation authority now expects the Aloha Stadium that had sistance benefits in Hawaii via legitimate claims. 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The youthful mechanics tackling this abandoned vehicle in Maili are Joey Mason, 6, and brother in use by a band in New Zealand. Charles, 8. The supervisor on top is brother “Poor Boy,” age 3. “A sincere and heartfelt thank you goes out to ‘The ——— Chicks’ of NZ for their gracious gesture in allowing us to share their name. We are honored to co-exist together in the world with these exceptionally talented sisters,” the band said in a statement. The term “Dixie” refers to Southern U.S. states, espe- REVIEW cially those that belonged to the Confederacy. Judge won’t block book by Trump’s niece Campbell’s widow tells all in ‘Gentle’ WASHINGTON >> A New York City judge Thursday dis- missed a claim by Donald Trump’s brother that sought “Gentle on My Mind: In Sickness luxury store with instructions to “get Tour” would continue as long as he to halt the publication of a tell-all book by the president’s and in Health With Glen Campbell” something to wear” to the Grammys was able to perform, and that he niece, saying the court lacked jurisdiction in the case. Kim Campbell and the American Music Awards, she would record a final album. Surrogates Court Judge Peter Kelly said the claims Nelson Books, $28.99 returned home fearing she’d spent The couple also went to Washing- were not appropriate for his court, where disputes over too much and found him surprised ton and talked with the leaders estate matters are settled. By John Berger that she hadn’t spent more. of both political parties about the The motion filed earlier this week sought an injunction [email protected] Kim also describes their struggle human and financial costs of Alzhei- to prevent Mary Trump and the book’s publisher, Simon with Campbell’s alcoholism and his mer’s on the U.S. & Schuster, from releasing it, as scheduled, in July. When Kim Woollen met Glen addiction to cocaine. The couple’s When Campbell played the Blais- Mary Trump is the daughter of Fred Trump Jr., the Campbell in 1981, she was 22, had commitment to each other, and their dell Concert Hall in September 2012, president’s elder brother, who died in 1981. An online never been married and was one of deep Christian faith, kept them to- everything went as planned.