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Henderson County (Jul 28, 2023) - The Rev. James Dan Blackwell, who baptized babies, officiated at weddings and offered memorable eulogies while clinging steadfastly to scripture during more than 60 years of delivering that old-time religion, died Friday, July 21, hours after he left a Vacation Bible School class at Dana Baptist Church. He was 89.

A soldier in Hawaii has been recognized with the highest honor for an act of valor outside of combat -- saving a woman's life by putting himself between her and an enraged attacker.

A U.S. Army soldier stationed in Hawaii received the military's highest noncombat award for heroism Wednesday after he saved a woman from being beaten by a man last year in Wahiawa.

Spc. Rene Rodriguez, who is stationed in Hawaii with the 25th Infantry Division, told CNN that he was driving home from work last October when he came upon a group

Relations with China dominated much of the discussion during a Monday appearance by Australian Ambassador Kevin Rudd at the Sheraton Waikiki.

Australian Ambassador Kevin Rudd, who studied in Taiwan as a student and worked as a diplomat at Australias embassy in Beijing during the 1980s, acknowledged that tensions are high. But he pushed back on the notion that the U.S. and China are engaged in a new Cold War.

The US Army has awarded Spc. Rene Rodriguez for saving the life of a woman who was being assaulted by a man while he was on his way home.

Spc. Rene Rodriguez is set to be awarded the Soldier's Medal, the service's highest award for heroism outside of combat.

Tropical Storm Calvin has maintained its 45 MPH wind speed as it has passed south of the Big Island, now about 205 miles to the southwest of Hilo, according to

The National Weather Service has dropped the Tropical Storm Warning for Calvin and has downgraded the storm to a post-tropical cyclone.