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As cities continue to reopen, cases are on the rise in 26 states. Plus, the Department of Justice has ruled that Hawaii's travel quarantine is unconstitutional.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday he is cautiously optimistic there will be a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year or early 2021, but warned that the next few weeks will be critical to tamping down coronavirus hot spots around the country.

Fauci and other top health officials also said they have not been asked to slow down testing for coronavirus, a controversial issue after President Donald Trump said last weekend that he had asked them to do just that because it was uncovering too many infections. Trump said earlier in the day that he wasn’t kidding.

Happening now: Board of Water Supply crews are still working on repairs to a broken water main in Hawaii Kai. Plus, a murder suspect is still on the loose this morning after a deadly shooting in Pearl City.

Top stories from across Hawaii and around the world, as seen on the 5 p.m. news broadcast from Hawaii News Now.

Authorities say 21 shipping containers fell from a Young Brothers barge off the Big Island and at least a dozen remain missing.

The U.S. Coast Guard is warning boaters of the hazard after multiple 40-foot containers were found floating in waters off Hilo on Monday morning.

Officials said a fisherman reported seeing the containers about 3 miles east of Pepeekeo Point.

The Coast Guard said Young Brothers lost them overboard somehow.

A viewer told Hawaii News Now that her husband was fishing and counted nine shipping containers in the water.

It’s not clear what products were in the containers.

There are no reports of any missing people in the water.

New York City is reopening more businesses amid growing fears that a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is underway. Plus, the state is set to receive millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 aid.

Hawaii reported 27 new COVID-19 case Friday, in the biggest single-day spike in two months.

The state is blaming a spike in COVID-19 cases Friday on clusters of infection linked to large households, an outbreak at a nursing home and a faith-based gathering.

Twenty-seven new cases were reported Friday, bringing the statewide total to 789.

It’s the largest single-day spike in cases since April 4 ― and comes as bars, movie theaters, museums and other higher-risk venues reopen on Oahu.

Sunrise 4:30 a.m. More Oahu businesses are preparing to reopen their doors for the first time in months. Plus, Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell has canceled a controversial park project in Waimanalo.