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Giddy-Yup: SEC Approves Y'all Street's Hometown Exchange
K&L Gates LLP are most popular: within Insolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-Structuring and Immigration topic(s) On 30 September 2025, the eve of the government shutdown, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order granting the Texas Stock Exchange LLC's (TXSE) registration as a national security exchange (the Order). TXSE, headquartered in Dallas, is the first national securities exchange to receive SEC approval in decades.
Anguish of war permeates Boston Symphony's 2022-23 season
BOSTON (AP) — Haunted by the horrors of the war in Ukraine, the Boston Symphony Orchestra is sounding a decidedly somber note as it prepares for its 2022-23 season. The orchestra usually gravitates toward programs with lighter themes — spring, autumn or the American songbook — but the renowned symphony said Wednesday it’s orchestrating a season in which art will imitate life, using classical music to address the tragedies of armed conflict.
San Francisco's Sir Francis Drake hotel changes name over slave trade links - Black Media Daily
Published: 05:55 EST, 22 February 2022 | Updated: 06:00 EST, 22 February 2022 The Sir Francis Drake hotel in San Francisco has changed its name over the British explorer’s historical links to the slave trade. After shuttering during the Covid pandemic, the 426-room hotel will now reopen as The Beacon Grand following a huge renovation project.
‘Cheugy,’ ‘omicron’ among 2021′s most mispronounced words
“Cheugy” is apparently a lot to chew on. Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have something in common — broadcasters butcher their names. And virtually everyone is having trouble with “omicron.” All four made it onto this year’s list of most mispronounced words as compiled by the U.S. Captioning Company, which captions and subtitles real-time events on TV and in courtrooms.
80th Pearl Harbor Remembrance events include solemn ceremonies, virtual livestreaming
Country United States of AmericaUS Virgin IslandsUnited States Minor Outlying IslandsCanadaMexico, United Mexican StatesBahamas, Commonwealth of theCuba, Republic ofDominican RepublicHaiti, Republic ofJamaicaAfghanistanAlbania, People's Socialist Republic ofAlgeria, People's Democratic Republic ofAmerican SamoaAndorra, Principality ofAngola, Republic ofAnguillaAntarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S)Antigua and BarbudaArgentina, Argentine RepublicArmeniaArubaAustralia, Commonwealth...
80th Pearl Harbor Remembrance events include solemn ceremonies, virtual livestreaming
Country United States of AmericaUS Virgin IslandsUnited States Minor Outlying IslandsCanadaMexico, United Mexican StatesBahamas, Commonwealth of theCuba, Republic ofDominican RepublicHaiti, Republic ofJamaicaAfghanistanAlbania, People's Socialist Republic ofAlgeria, People's Democratic Republic ofAmerican SamoaAndorra, Principality ofAngola, Republic ofAnguillaAntarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S)Antigua and BarbudaArgentina, Argentine RepublicArmeniaArubaAustralia, Commonwealth...
80th Pearl Harbor Remembrance events include solemn ceremonies, virtual livestreaming
Country United States of AmericaUS Virgin IslandsUnited States Minor Outlying IslandsCanadaMexico, United Mexican StatesBahamas, Commonwealth of theCuba, Republic ofDominican RepublicHaiti, Republic ofJamaicaAfghanistanAlbania, People's Socialist Republic ofAlgeria, People's Democratic Republic ofAmerican SamoaAndorra, Principality ofAngola, Republic ofAnguillaAntarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S)Antigua and BarbudaArgentina, Argentine RepublicArmeniaArubaAustralia, Commonwealth...
Orbital SpaceX Starship to Splash Down, Sink Near Hawaii
During this time, the spacecraft will hurtle sideways, generating tremendous heat before adjusting to an upright position for a "soft " rocket-powered ocean landing 62 miles north of Kauai. It will sink in the Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility, according to plans for the historic flight, and join dozens of warships that have gone down over past decades during Navy "sink exercises " in waters 15, 000 feet deep.
In a first, Air Force flies 2 big MQ-9 Reaper drones from mainland to Hawaii as part of new maritime emphasis
The Air Force said it is flying two big MQ-9 Reaper drones for the first time from the continental United States to Hawaii to demonstrate the unmanned aircraft’s “untapped potential in a maritime environment ” and to participate in Exercise ACE Reaper at Marine Corps Base Hawaii—which will eventually have six of the aircraft based there.
Army soldier gets 62 years for beating, stabbing death of Army veteran wife
412th TEC Soldiers stand ready after another successful mission at Schofield Barracks on 25 June 2021. (Maj. William Allred/U.S. Army) A military judge Tuesday sentenced a 24-year-old Schofield Barracks soldier to 62 years in prison for bashing his wife on the head four times with a baseball bat as she slept in her on-base home and then stabbing her in the back four times to make sure she was dead. Spc.
War of words over Pen Farthing's animal rescue mission continues
Pen Farthing’s rescued dogs have begun their quarantine at a sanctuary in Britain amid a mounting war of words over how 150 British nationals and scores of translators were left behind in warzone Afghanistan whilst the ex-Royal Marine’s animals made it out of the country.
US moves Guam defense front and center
Four B-1B Lancers from 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron arrive Feb. 6, 2017, at Andersen AFB, Guam. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard P. Ebensberger) The U.S. strategy for the defense of Guam is coming into sharper focus with a combination of fast-moving Army and Air Force exercises and as lawmakers push the Pentagon for details of a 360-degree air and missile defense against cruise, ballistic and hypersonic threats faced by the key U.S. territory.
Pics: US practices moving mobile forces
U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors assigned to the 525th Fighter Squadron during Operation Pacific Iron 21. (US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexandra Minor) The U.S. military is making some big training moves in Guam and Australia to practice deploying sizeable forces quickly and retain mobility in the event of conflict with China.
40 Big Island inmates flown to Oahu on Hawaii Army Guard helicopters
OAHU COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER (State of Hawaii Department of Public Safety/Released) Overcrowding at Hawaii Community Correctional Center—and the need to transport 40 felons from the Hilo jail and Kulani Correctional Facility to the Halawa Correctional Facility on Oahu—prompted the state Department of Public Safety to seek Hawaii Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter transport Tuesday. The Hawaii Guard moved the inmates “without incident ” on two Chinooks, Public Safety said.
Pacific Fleet admiral's barge that Obama rode declared total loss from 2019 fire
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama aboard the Admiral's barge CINCPACFLT at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 29, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) A 2019 fire that started in an electrical power area of the stately old 63-foot U.S. Pacific Fleet boat known as the admiral’s barge resulted in its total loss, damaged two other VIP boats and cost nearly $1.7 million in repair and replacement costs, the Navy said.
Missile Defense Agency fires four missiles in 'most complex' test in Hawaii
The SM-3 Block IIA (U.S. Missile Defense Agency/Released) The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in concert with the Navy, fired four SM-6 Dual II missiles against a “raid ” of two short-range ballistic missile targets in the “broad ocean area ” northwest of Hawaii on Saturday. The test described as the “most complex mission executed by MDA ” resulted in at least one target being intercepted, the agency said. “Based on initial observations, one target was successfully intercepted.
F-22 Raptors from Alaska and Hawaii to fly in large numbers for China-focused exercise in Western Pacific
HONOLULU — Hawaii Air National Guard F-22s are deploying to an exercise in the Western Pacific that includes a large number—about 25—of the stealth fighters from Hawaii and Alaska that are a key part of the “kick down the door " force for any possible conflict with China.
US F-22s respond again to Russian planes near Hawaii
NORAD F-22s, CF-18s, supported by KC-135 Stratotanker and E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft, intercepted two Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone on Monday, March 9th. (NORAD photo/Released) Armed F-22 Raptor fighters scrambled again Friday as Russian “Bear ” bombers headed for the second time toward Hawaii as part of an ongoing Russian naval and air exercise several hundred miles west of the Aloha State, a U.S. official said.
HI soldier pleads not guilty in beating and stabbing death of wife
A 23-year-old Schofield Barracks soldier pleaded not guilty this morning in military court to a charge of first-degree premeditated murder in the on-base beating and stabbing death of his wife, Selena Roth, after their one-year wedding anniversary in January. Spc. Raul Hernandez Perez also pleaded not guilty through his Army-appointed counsel, Capt. Brian Tracy, to the only other charge : disobeying a noncommissioned officer’s order that he have no contact with his wife. Col.
Bomb threats lock down Pearl Harbor-Hickam for 4 hours
Two phoned-in bomb threats claiming an explosive device was on the destroyer USS William P. Lawrence in the shipyard’s Dry Dock 4 led to a lengthy Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam lockdown Tuesday, bottling up thousands who were told to shelter in place and avoid windows in the event of flying glass, officials said. Personnel working in Dry Dock 4, where repairs on surface ships are conducted mainly by contractors, were evacuated to Dry Dock 1 during the lockdown, officials said.
Kauai remains 'preferred' location for missile defense radar Pentagon won't fund
Jun. 8—The Missile Defense Agency announced today that Kauai is the "preferred " location in an ongoing environmental analysis for the $1.9 billion Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii—an all-but-dead project in the eyes of the Pentagon as it contends with maneuvering hypersonic threats. Hawaii's congressional delegation wants the project to proceed for the defense of the Aloha State against North Korean ballistic missiles.
2 brothers who died on USS Oklahoma will finally get individual grave markers
An aerial view of salvage operations on the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Navy/Released) Growing up in rural Indiana, brothers Harold and William Trapp and their sister, Irene, were inseparable. “My mother’s family lived in the country, so there weren’t a lot of other people around, ” said Carol Sowar, Irene’s daughter. “So my mom and her two brothers were like three peas in a pod and were really, really close.
Missile defense test fails off Kauai after appearance by Russian spy ship Original
May 30—A U.S. missile defense test that an official said was delayed off Kauai earlier this week due to the presence of a Russian surveillance ship was carried out today with a salvo of SM-6 ship-fired missiles failing to intercept a medium-range ballistic missile target. The Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, said it conducted what it called Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 31.
Premeditated murder charge sought against Schofield Barracks soldier in death of Army vet wife
A 24-year-old married Schofield Barracks soldier who had rekindled a relationship with his high school sweetheart took out a $100,000 life insurance policy on his wife, Googled how many swings it took to kill someone with a baseball bat, and beat and stabbed her to death following their first wedding anniversary, an Army prosecutor said Thursday. At an Article 32 hearing similar to a preliminary hearing in civilian court, Capt.
China's 'game plan' has Pacific islands in its sights, US Rep. Ed Case says
President Xi Jinping delivers remarks at U.S. Department of State. (U.S. State Department/Released) For evidence of China’s game plan for influencing the Pacific islands, look to the South China Sea and what the rising Asian power has been doing in spades, said Congressman Ed Case. Beijing’s goal is to “assert sovereignty over the South China Sea and influence a free and open Indo-Pacific “—and not in a good way, the Hawaii Democrat said.
China's 'game plan' has Pacific islands in its sights, U.S. Rep. Ed Case says
May 10—For evidence of China's game plan for influencing the Pacific islands, look to the South China Sea and what the rising Asian power has been doing in spades, said Congressman Ed Case. Beijing's goal is to "assert sovereignty over the South China Sea and influence a free and open Indo-Pacific "—and not in a good way, the Hawaii Democrat said.
Navy Confirms New 1,000-Gallon Fuel Release at Red Hill
The Navy has confirmed that an approximately 1, 000-gallon fuel leak was detected May 6 at the troubled Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, a World War II-built facility that came under criticism following a 27, 000-gallon fuel release in 2014. Navy Region Hawaii said in an email that "personnel responded to and contained a reported fuel release, initially assessed at approximately 1, 000 gallons, from a pipeline at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility Thursday night.
Army 'trailblazer' Maj. Gen. Suzanne Vares-Lum retires
Maj. Gen. Suzanne Vares-Lum Retirement Ceremony (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anthony J. Rivera/Released) Gov. David Ige recently noted that Maj. Gen. Suzanne Vares-Lum made history as the first Native Hawaiian female to attain the rank of general officer in the Army. Her 34 years in the Army—leading up to her retirement in a ceremony last week on the fantail of the battleship Missouri—charted the increasing inclusivity of the military.
Hawaii Army 'Trailblazer' Retires
Hawaii Gov. David Ige recently noted that Maj. Gen. Suzanne Vares-Lum made history as the first Native Hawaiian female to attain the rank of general officer in the Army. Her 34 years in the Army — leading up to her retirement in a ceremony last week on the fantail of the battleship Missouri — charted the increasing inclusivity of the military.
Sailor involved in barricade and suicide after 10-hour standoff was lieutenant commander
The Navy today confirmed that the officer who died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday at the Kahala Hotel & Resort was a lieutenant commander assigned to the Naval Submarine Support Center at Pearl Harbor. Russell Cruz, 40, of New York, had been previously identified by the Honolulu Medical Examiner’s office as the individual involved in the barricade situation in which several shots were reportedly fired through a hotel room door.
Cutter Deployments Point to Bigger US Military Role in Western Pacific
The Coast Guard's five newest cutters in Honolulu -- including two of the service's most capable 418-foot vessels -- continue to reach farther across the Pacific to combat illegal fishing and counter the growing influence of China. Recent deployments of the national security cutter Kimball and the smaller fast-response cutter Joseph Gerczak are representative of growing national security responsibilities as greater Coast Guard integration with the Navy and Marine Corps is sought.
US Army gets long-range missiles to guard against China
A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, March 19, 2020. (Oscar Sosa/U.S. Navy) In a discussion Tuesday on the future of the Army in the Indo-Pacific, two top service leaders reiterated that the ground force isn’t stepping on the toes of the Marine Corps or Air Force budgetwise or operationally in developing long-range missiles. Big land invasions are out and maritime missile forces are in—requiring the Army to adjust its fire accordingly.
6 missile-capable Reaper drones will be based in Hawaii
The Marine Corps in Hawaii will be getting six big MQ-9A Reaper drones that can be armed with missiles as the Corps as a whole pursues “a deliberate but aggressive ” path toward unmanned systems to gain advantage over China.
Marine injured in skydiving training accident at Bellows
A U.S. Marine jumps during airborne operations Feb. 9, 2021, at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii. (Ssgt.Walter F. "Trae"Cohee III Detachment/Marine Corps) A Marine stationed at Camp H.M. Smith conducting skydiving training at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows Wednesday morning hit and was caught in a tree and was treated and transported in critical condition to The Queen’s Medical Center, officials said.
US F-22 Raptors train in Hawaii and Japan for 'high-end fight'
Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptors from the 199th and 19th Fighter Squadrons taxi down the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam flight line Dec. 11, 2018, during exercise Sentry Aloha. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman John Linzmeier) Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptors recently deployed to Japan and trained in the Aloha State with an “aggressor ” squadron for a “high-end fight ” that the United States hopes will never come with China but is preparing for nevertheless.
The new destroyer USS Daniel Inouye sailed through acceptance trails Feb. 4 off the coast of Maine, with delivery to the fleet expected in coming weeks, the Navy said. The long-delayed guided-missile destroyer, named after one of the most influential politicians in Hawaii history, is tentatively scheduled to be commissioned at Pearl Harbor in the fall with a big pier-side ceremony attended by thousands—if COVID-19 is under control.
The Army Is Going Island-Hopping To Compete With China
About a year from now, the Army plans to practice rapidly deploying 8,000 to 10,000 soldiers from the mainland through Western Pacific islands and into nations around the East and South China Seas for training that will send a message to China. The first “Defender Pacific” — the Pentagon's most significant exercise for the region in 2020 — is expected to be followed by an even bigger version involving more than 10,000 mainland soldiers. Gen.
Navy reports about 12 COVID-19 cases aboard Pearl Harbor destroyer USS Chafee
Another Pearl Harbor destroyer has had a COVID-19 outbreak. Cmdr. Sean Robertson, a spokesman for the Navy’s 3rd Fleet, said about a dozen personnel assigned to USS Chafee, now in San Diego, tested positive for coronavirus and are off the ship. The destroyer has a crew of about 350. “Individuals who were in close contact with those sailors are also off the ship and are in quarantine while they monitor for any symptoms, ” Robertson said today.
Air Force C-17 aircraft delivers COVID-19 vaccinations to Hawaii National Guard troops
COVID-19 vaccine. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando/TNS) Hundreds of activated Hawaii National Guard personnel with the joint task force responding to COVID-19 are getting vaccinated, with some on neighbor islands receiving the Pfizer vaccine today from the back of a C-17 cargo aircraft making a brief stop. “These are all people who were activated to support the state ” coronavirus effort, said Hawaii Guard spokesman Jeff Hickman.
Discharged US Navy sailor receives Purple Heart
Navy dog handler Casey Kaiwi had a feeling things were going to go south when he and a group of Army soldiers rolled up to a small village in Afghanistan that was suddenly devoid of much of its population. U.S. forces had taken casualties there before, and higher-ups had said, “We want engineers, we want dogs. We want to clean this place up, ” Kaiwi recalls.
'Few hundred' medical staff receive COVID-19 vaccine at Tripler Army Medical Center
A “few hundred ” Defense Department medical personnel who might come in contact with patients in the Hawaiian Islands have so far been given the first doses of Pfizer vaccine as of this morning, Tripler Army Medical Center officials said today. Tripler was selected as one of 16 sites worldwide for a “controlled pilot ” program for the first vaccinations within what the Defense Department is calling a phased approach.
Hawaii Tech Bridge Closes Gaps Between Military, Localities
The Navy has established new "Tech Bridges" in Hawaii and the Gulf Coast, with the Hawaii branch expected to be a super connector tying together state and local government, industry and academia to solve Navy problems.
Massive US defense bill pushes back against China; includes $2.2B for Pacific Deterrence Initiative
Senate and House Armed Services Committees (DOD Photo by Helene C. Stikkel/Released) A $740.5 billion defense policy bill agreed to by the Senate and House Armed Services Committees “pushes back on Chinese aggression ” by establishing the Pacific Deterrence Initiative with $2.2 billion in funding, according to a summary of the legislation.
Coronavirus England: Tier 2 'sex ban' to continue, says Matt Hancock
Published: 21:01 GMT, 30 November 2020 | Updated: 21:56 GMT, 30 November 2020 Matt Hancock has confirmed that the ban on sex with anyone outside your household will continue after the national lockdown is lifted. The Health Secretary told today’s Downing Street press conference that any couples living apart in Tier 2 areas could only meet up outside. Households are allowed to mix in Tier 1 areas, whereas people in Tier 3 can only meet other households in outdoor public spaces.
79th observance of Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7 to be mostly virtual
An SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 15 flies over the USS Arizona Memorial. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/U.S. Navy) The 79th observance of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Oahu will be largely virtual due to COVID-19 with “a very small number of veterans and speakers ” in attendance at Pearl Harbor, the National Park Service said today.
US ship-borne missile could stop North Korean attack, test shows
A Standard Missile 3 fires from the USS John Finn DDG-113. (U.S. Missile Defense Agency/Released) The destroyer USS John Finn fired a new type of interceptor missile Monday night and destroyed a “threat-representative ” intercontinental ballistic missile in the broad ocean area northeast of Hawaii in a first-of-its-kind validation that has tremendous implications for the Aloha State.
Tougher punishments for damaging poppy wreaths and memorials
© Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Protestors who deface war memorials could be jailed under new plans to protect sites by the government. Ministers are drawing up new sentencing guidelines to stop demonstrators or vandals damaging war graves and tributes such as poppy wreaths. It comes after an Extinction Rebellion activist walked over tribute to hang a politicised wreath on the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day.
US Missile Defense Agency plans ICBM shoot-down test
An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 12:27 a.m. Pacific Time, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Patrick Harrower) Sometime yet this fall, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said it plans to test for the first time a new, mainly ship-based interceptor against an intercontinental-range ballistic missile target in a “defense of Hawaii” scenario.
VIDEO: Ballistic missile submarine practices drone, Osprey and helicopter resupply off Hawaii
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ruben Arzate, attached to the "Lucky Red Lions" of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, lowers a payload from an MV-22B Osprey to the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl.
Boris Johnson will unveil tough three-tier lockdown TODAY
Boris Johnson will today reveal tough new three-tier lockdown rules for England which will close pubs, bars and gyms for millions living in coronavirus hot spots for up to six months. The Prime Minister will hold an emergency Cobra briefing on Monday morning to hammer out the final details before setting out the new nationwide system in the Commons.
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