Council members establish wishlist of legislative priorities
Changes to state regulations regarding e-cigarettes and midwives are among a wishlist of state bills the Hawaii County Council hopes to see pass next year.
Climate lawsuits are exploding across the world. Are homicide charges next?
Lawsuits against fossil fuel companies over climate change are piling up. Legislators and activists are pushing prosecutors to pursue criminal charges. Children are suing governments, arguing that their right to a healthy environment is being trampled on.
Trump safe after what FBI describes as an assassination attempt
MIAMI — Former President Donald Trump was playing golf Sunday afternoon in Florida when a Secret Service agent spotted a man with a rifle standing by a chain-link fence on the perimeter of the course, law enforcement officials said.
Suspected gunman with Hawaii ties said he was willing to fight and die in Ukraine
Ryan Wesley Routh, the 58-year-old man who was arrested Sunday in connection with what the FBI described as an attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump, had expressed the desire to fight and die in Ukraine.
UPDATE: Kilauea briefly erupted Sunday night west of Napau Crater
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Second phase of Lahaina fire findings released
Hawaii Island All Nations Powwow returns for 10th year
With the sound of beating drums and an abundance of brightly colored regalia, it was hard to miss members of over a dozen tribal nations gathered together for a powwow in Keaau.
Native Hawaiian convention slated this week
A large convention for Native Hawaiians will take place this week on Hawaii Island for the first time.
Harris visits red areas of Pennsylvania, hoping to cut into Trump’s edge
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned through Pennsylvania’s conservative interior Friday, aiming to shave a few percentage points off former President Donald Trump’s winning margins in parts of the state where he remains popular.
Biden administration ratchets up tariffs on Chinese goods
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday announced measures that will add tariffs to Chinese products worth tens of billions of dollars, a move intended to protect U.S. factories and project a tough-on-China approach before the presidential election.
Will Taylor Swift’s Harris endorsement influence the U.S. election?
Global pop star Taylor Swift’s support for Kamala Harris may have boosted the Democratic vice president’s hopes of attracting young voters, but the question remains: Will the celebrity endorsement make a difference on Election Day?
Biden slams Trump over false story of pet-eating immigrants: ‘This has to stop’
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden angrily denounced former President Donald Trump on Friday for continuing to traffic in false rumors about Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs, unfounded tales that have roiled a community in Ohio and inflamed the presidential campaign.
When political memes take on a lie of their own
By the time the Arizona Republican Party’s digital billboards urging Phoenix residents to “EAT LESS KITTENS” and “Vote Republican!” went up on Tuesday, the story they referred to had already been widely debunked.
HPD wants state’s high court to block order by Hilo judge in Ireland case
The associate director of the Hawaii Innocence Project told the state Supreme Court on Thursday that prosecutors — who provided information that helped overturn the convictions of Albert “Ian” and Shawn Schweitzer in the Christmas Eve 1991 abduction, rape and murder of Dana Ireland in Puna — now appear to be impeding the brothers’ quest to be compensated for being wrongly imprisoned.
Harris, after a debate success, confronts a battleground ‘game of inches’
PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris’ strong debate performance has sent her campaign surging into the final weeks of the race with newfound confidence, sharper ideas about how to convince the country that former President Donald Trump is unfit for office, and a host of questions about what comes next.
Hilo-based stuntman launches unique program for local talent
A local stuntman and actor is bringing his experience in television and movies back to Hawaii as he mentors students interested in the world of entertainment.
A temporary truce in the political wars as Harris, Trump and Biden mark 9/11
NEW YORK — Barely 10 hours earlier, they had been at each other’s throats, calling one another a “disgrace,” “horrible” and “grossly incompetent.” Then they put down their political swords on Wednesday morning and stood just a few feet apart to mark one of the most solemn moments on the modern American calendar.
Harris and Trump bet on their own sharply contrasting views of America
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s America is a grim place, a nation awash in marauding immigrants stealing American jobs and eating American cats and dogs, a country devastated economically, humiliated internationally and perched on the cliff’s edge of an apocalyptic World War III.
Harris outwitted Trump, but will that sway undecided voters?
Being drunk on hubris and narcissism is the surest way to lose a confrontation to a clever, clearheaded opponent. It’s a story that’s been repeated throughout history.
Two finalists named for UH president
The University of Hawaii Board of Regents has named two finalists for the next president of the state’s 10-campus public higher education system.
