Maui mayor prioritizes housing and vows to hire more firefighters in aftermath of Lahaina Fire
HONOLULU — Maui’s mayor says he is prioritizing housing, evaluating evacuation routes and hiring more firefighters as his Hawai‘i community recovers from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.
Climate a major separator in election year
RALEIGH, N.C. — The race for the White House isn’t the only one with big stakes for climate policy. In campaigns for Congress and for governor around the country, candidates are talking about how green the grid should be, too.
Acid attack suspect plotted second strike
HONOLULU — A man accused of dousing a woman with acid in Hawai‘i last year allegedly tried to cast doubt on himself as a suspect by plotting with a fellow inmate to carry out a second, similar attack, authorities said.
The U.S. has its first presidential rematch since 1956
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just when Americans thought they were out, Joe Biden and Donald Trump pulled them back in.
Biden clinches nomination, Trump getting closer
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Bidenclinched the Democratic presidential nomination with decisive victories in Georgia and Mississippi on Tuesday, overcoming concerns about his leadership from within his own party as the 2024 presidential contest shifts to a general election rematch that many voters do not want.
Republican Rep. Ken Buck to leave Congress
DENVER — Colorado Republican Rep. Ken Buck said Tuesday that he’ll resign next week, narrowing his party’s razor-thin House majority and potentially short-circuiting Rep. Lauren Boebert’s effort to succeed him.
TSA unveils passenger self-screening lanes in Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Federal airport security officials unveiled a passenger self-screening system Wednesday at busy Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, but say they do not plan to use it in other cities around the country.
Digital photo manipulation is now mainstream
NEW YORK — It’s been a common refrain when seeking proof that someone’s story or some event actually took place: “Pics, or it didn’t happen.”
Maxwell’s lawyer say Epstein’s plea deal protects her
NEW YORK — Imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to toss out her sex trafficking conviction and 20-year prison sentence, saying Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 non-prosecution deal with a U.S. attorney in Florida should have prevented her prosecution.
Aid ship sails to Gaza, thousands face starvation
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food set sail for Gaza on Tuesday in a pilot program for the opening of a sea corridor to the territory, where the five-month-old Israel-Hamas war has driven hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to the brink of starvation.
Polish president visits Biden, pushes NATO spending, Ukraine funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Polish President Andrzej Duda used a joint White House visit with his political rival, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, on Tuesday to call on NATO allies to significantly increase defense spending and press a divided Washington to break its impasse over replenishing funds for Ukraine at a critical moment in the war in Europe.
Russia says it thwarted an incursion from Ukraine
Ukrainian long-range drones smashed into two oil facilities deep inside Russia on Tuesday, officials said, while an armed incursion claimed by Ukraine-based Russian opponents of the Kremlin unnerved a border region just days before Russia’s presidential election.
New leadership for Haiti, gangs want a seat at the table
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Politicians across Haiti are scrambling for power after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced Tuesday that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created.
2 detectives looking for students disappear in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Two detectives looking for 43 students who went missing almost ten years ago have themselves disappeared in Mexico’s Pacific coast state of Guerrero, Mexico’s president said Tuesday.
5 people found dead in Honolulu home in apparent murder-suicide
HONOLULU — Honolulu police said Sunday they were investigating what appears to be the murder-suicide of a family, including three children, at a Manoa home.
Republicans head to the polls on Tuesday
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Super Tuesday put former President Donald Trump within reach of clinching his third consecutive Republican presidential nomination, but it may be Republican voters in Georgia, Hawai‘i, Mississippi and Washington who put him over the top.
Regulatory costs have huge impact on condo prices
HONOLULU — A University of Hawai‘i report published Monday found regulatory costs account for more than half of the price of a new condominium in Hawai‘i, a place where high housing costs are fueling an exodus of local-born residents searching for cheaper places to live.
Biden wins Democratic caucuses in Hawai‘i
HONOLULU — President Joe Biden won the Democratic caucuses in Hawai‘i on Wednesday, propelling him closer to winning his party’s nomination again after romping through the Super Tuesday contests earlier this week.
Hawai‘i Democrats to hold presidential caucus
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hawai‘i Democrats will hold a presidential preference vote on Wednesday, as President Joe Biden moves closer to securing the delegates needed to clinch nomination for a second term in the White House.
Delicate reef ecosystems being examined in Lahaina
LAHAINA, Hawai‘i — Abraham “Snake” Ah Hee rides waves when the surf’s up and dives for octopus and shells when the water is calm. The lifelong Lahaina, Hawai‘i, resident spends so much time in the ocean that his wife jokes he needs to wet his gills.