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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige extended the state’s mandatory 14-day quarantine for all arriving travelers on Wednesday in a bid to keep coronavirus cases in the islands low. Ige said the rule is being extended to the end of July as the state works to solidify a screening process that could soon allow travelers to return in some capacity. Officials said they are planning to install thermal screening stations with facial recognition in the airports by the end of the year. Hawaii has among the lowest COVID-19 infection and mortality rates in the nation. Ige enacted a mandatory self-quarantine for all arriving tourists and residents in March. Violators of the quarantine rules have been arrested, including a resident who was found to have left her home after returning to Waikiki this week.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona hospitals that are expected to be able to treat new cases of coronavirus without going into crisis mode were above 80% capacity as the state becomes a hotspot. The milestone should trigger an automatic end to elective surgeries at affected hospitals. Wednesday's report from the Department of Health Services comes as the state deals with a surge in virus cases and hospitalizations that experts say is likely tied to Gov. Doug Ducey’s ending of statewide closure orders in mid-May. Ducey has been criticized for not adding requirements that could prevent a surge, and some say the time to put those measures in place has come.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo’s mayor has announced several changes to police practices amid widespread calls for racial equality and police accountability. Mayor Byron Brown says the city will halt arrests for low-level, non-violent offenses like marijuana possession and make it easier for the public to view police body camera video under reforms announced Wednesday. The city also will replace its police Emergency Response Team with a new “Public Protection Unit” after two members of the former unit were videotaped shoving a 75-year-old protester, who fell and cracked his head. The protester remains hospitalized and the officers are facing felony charges.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A&E Network has canceled the police reality series “Live PD." The cable network announced the move Wednesday, a day after Paramount Network dropped the similar show “Cops.” A&E said in a statement that it's a critical time in the nation's history and it's ceasing production on “Live PD” as it seeks better ways to tell stories of police interaction with communities. The cancellation follows weeks of protests inspired by the death of George Floyd, as well as a report in the Austin American-Statesman that a camera crew from the show filmed but never aired or shared video of a black man who died after he was restrained by police.
HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) — Severe thunderstorms accompanied by winds approaching 70 mph have battered lower Michigan as the remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal move out of the Midwest and into Canada. Cristobal ended a trek from the Gulf of Mexico up the mid-United States that caused flooding across the region, downed trees and power lines and damaged homes and businesses in Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri and Iowa. The weather service issued a gale warning through Wednesday evening on Lake Michigan. About 430,000 customers of Michigan's electric utilities were reported to be without power late Wednesday.
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