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The bodies of two children uncovered in rural Idaho are a boy and his big sister who have been missing since September, relatives said Wednesday, bringing a grim end to a search that captivated people worldwide but no fewer questions about a case that has put their mother and her husband behind bars.

The U.S. is getting closer to 2 million cases of coronavirus. But there are surges of cases outside of the U.S. and Europe.

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

Chad Daybell has been taken into custody after human remains were found on his Idaho property Tuesday morning, Rexburg Police Assistant Chief Gary Hagen said at a news conference.

Daybell is the husband of Lori Vallow, whose two children have been missing since September.

Hagen said that "detectives and investigators have recovered what is believed to be human remains that have not been identified at this time," according to video provided by CNN affiliate KIFI/KIDK.

The U.S. Coast Guard has found four people aboard an overdue sailboat. Plus, George Floyd is set to be buried today in Texas.

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

Calls for deep police reforms gained momentum as leaders in the city where George Floyd died at the hands of police pushed to dismantle the entire department.

Floyd's death sparked nationwide protests demanding a reckoning with institutional racism that have sometimes resulted in clashes with police, but many officers took a less aggressive stance over the weekend when demonstrations were overwhelmingly peaceful.

Preparations are underway for a memorial in Houston today for George Floyd. Plus, New York City will begin reopening today in what it calls phase one.

The state saw its COVID-19 statewide total swell by nine Friday, with six new and three older cases reported, just as more sectors of Oahu’s economy reopened.

Protesters stirred by the death of George Floyd vowed Friday to turn an extraordinary outpouring of grief into a sustained movement as demonstrations shifted to a calmer, but no less determined, focus on addressing racial injustice.