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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Canadian tourist drives Jeep off cliff
HONOLULU — A tourist driving in the early morning dark on the southern tip of Hawai‘i Island accidentally drove his rented Jeep off a cliff, but was able to swim to shore until firefighters pulled him up with a rope and helicopter.
Details emerge on $175M fund to compensate Maui wildfire victims
HONOLULU — Hawai‘i Gov. Josh Green said Tuesday that a $175 million fund to compensate families of people killed in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century will begin accepting applications at the end of the week.
U.S. government may sue PacifiCorp for nearly $1B in wildfire costs
The U.S. government is threatening to sue PacifiCorp, a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, to recover nearly $1 billion in costs related to the 2020 wildfires in Southern Oregon and Northern California, though the company is trying to negotiate a settlement.
White House and Tribal leaders hail deal to restore salmon runs in Pacific Northwest
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of Oregon and Washington celebrated on Friday as they signed papers formally launching a $1 billion plan to help recover depleted salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest.
How do whales sing? Lab experiments suggest their voice boxes have a unique feature
LONDON — Whales sing loud enough that their songs travel through the ocean, but knowing the mechanics behind that has been a mystery.
Hawai‘i state and county officials seeking $1B from Legislature for Maui recovery
HONOLULU — Hawai‘i state and county officials have requested about $1 billion from the Legislature to help cover Maui wildfire recovery expenses in the near term.
Aloha State opens doors to cryptocurrency
HILO, Hawai‘i — The state of Hawai‘i has quietly gone from one of most restrictive to one of the most open states in the country when it comes to cryptocurrency.