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SAN DIEGO — A military seafaring assault vehicle that sank off the coast of Southern California is under hundreds feet of water, beyond the reach of divers and complicating rescue efforts for eight missing troops, officials said Friday....

RALEIGH, N.C. — The first wave of college students returning to their dorms aren't finding the typical mobs of students and parents. What they found Friday were strict safety protocols and some heightened anxiety amid a global pandemic where vir...

In recent decades, we have rarely seen so much worker anger and so many strikes as we've seen since COVID-19 hit America. Fears of the virus have greatly emboldened American workers....

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that he remains confident that a coronavirus vaccine will be ready by early next year, telling lawmakers that a quarter-million Americans already have volunteered to take part in clinical trials....

Hawaii's students will return to school nearly two weeks later than initially planned after the state Board of Education approved a recommendation to delay their start to Aug. 17....

Testing for COVID-19 has increased nationwide, but delays in processing those tests — and providing the results — are keeping some away from work or potentially putting asymptomatic people out in public to spread the virus....

Nearly twice as many visitors arrived in the state in June than in May, despite the ongoing ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic....

RIP, power plant...

Mitch McConnell is in a tough spot....

The Puapuaa properties located makai of Alii Drive will now officially belong to the people of Hawaii County following the purchase of more than 12 acres in North Kona....

HONOLULU — Gov. David Ige said Thursday he would exercise his line-item veto on a bill appropriating federal coronavirus relief funds....

Stephen John Kendall, 68, of Kailua-Kona died July 20 at his residence. Born in Newport, R.I., he was a former laborer for various local companies including Gaspro Hawaii, Kiewitt Pacific, Safety Signs and Systems, Vector Industries and Robert's Hawai...

Police are seeking several unknown individuals who are thought to have broken into a Pahoa home and tied up the residents before robbing them....

ATLANTA — Herman Cain, former Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of a major pizza chain who went on to become an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, died Thursday of complications from the coronavirus. He was 74....

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, lagging in the polls and grappling with deepening economic and public health crises, on Thursday floated the startling idea of delaying the Nov. 3 presidential election. His campaign to sow doubt about the electi...

We all can't grow up in paradise. I spent a portion of my teenage years living just outside Cleveland. Not only is it a fine town, but being there gave me a front-court seat to a torturous yet memorable period in the city's sports history....

Lawmakers pass bill blocking Oahu landfill expansion...

Motorists are advised of upcoming nighttime roadwork in Waimea as improvements are made to Mamalahoa Highway....

WASHINGTON — The coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy plunging by a record-shattering 32.9% annual rate last quarter and is still inflicting damage throughout the country, squeezing already struggling businesses and forcing a wave of layoffs t...

The world as seen by cartoonist Marshall Ramsey, Creators.com....

WASHINGTON — The White House and some of its Republican allies in the Senate are signaling they want to extend, at least temporarily, a $600-per-week expanded jobless benefit that has helped keep families and the economy afloat during the COVID-19 p...

The former financial officer of Kua O Ka La Public Charter School who admitted she embezzled $628,835 from the school throughout a seven-year period was sentenced to five years in prison....

The state Department of Health reported 123 new COVID-19 cases in the state today, bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic began to more than 2,000....

A new animal control vendor was selected for Hawaii County....

All jury trials on Hawaii Island, whether criminal or civil, are now postponed until at least Sept. 1 under a new set of orders filed Wednesday by 3rd Circuit Chief Judge Robert Kim....

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — As the world races to find a vaccine and treatment for COVID-19, there is seemingly no antidote in sight for the burgeoning outbreak of coronavirus conspiracy theories, hoaxes, anti-mask myths and sham cures....

The Hilo Community Players will offer additional performances of "Othello" after shows were canceled last week because of Hurricane Douglas....

War is not a game. But impressionable kids may not be able to tell the difference if the U.S. military continues its esports recruitment....

After months of not being able to play recreational tennis due to the coronavirus pandemic, it'stime for the residents of the Big Island to get back on the court....

Almost all stores and restaurants in Prince Kuhio Plaza have reopened since closing during the initial COVID-19 lockdown in March....

The world as seen by cartoonist Ken Catalino, Creators.com....

WASHINGTON — Having endured what was surely a record-shattering slump last quarter, the U.S. economy faces a dim outlook as a resurgent coronavirus intensifies doubts about any sustained recovery the rest of the year....

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic is endangering the modest economic recovery that followed a collapse in hiring and spending this spring. As a result, he said, the Fed plans to keep inte...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed Democratic demands for aid to cash-strapped cities in a new coronavirus relief package and lashed out at Republican allies as talks stalemated over assistance for millions of Americans....

A married Waikoloa couple is suing the state, Gov. David Ige and Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim, alleging Ige and Kim overextended and overstepped their emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic — including telling the husband he couldn't sle...

US agents to pull back in Portland but will stay on standby...

Athletes deserve better...

Because of the recent surge of COVID-19 cases, Gov. David Ige during a news conference Wednesday said he is proposing Hawaii's four counties reinstate measures — initially implemented to curb the spread of the virus — that have been relaxe...

John "Butch" Akana, 78, of Waimea died March 13 at home. Born in Honolulu, he was a retired Honolulu city bus driver and became a farmer in Waimea. Burial at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at Mauna Kea Memorial Park in Papaikou. Condolences to: Samuel P...

For the second day in a row, Hawaii has tallied more than 100 new COVID-19 cases....

A new vendor for animal control services for Hawaii County has been selected....

The state Board of Education has approved a recommendation to delay students' return to school to Aug. 17....

It's official. There will be no college volleyball in Hawaii the remainder of the year....

The state Board of Education will consider a proposal Thursday to push back the start of school for students to Aug. 17....

CHICAGO — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will reject new applications and shorten renewal periods for an Obama-era program that shields young people from deportation, taking a defiant stance after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to let...

Hundreds of bags of school supplies were distributed earlier this month ahead of the anticipated reopening of Hawaii Island public schools in August....

The world as seen by cartoonist Ken Catalino, Creators.com....

Police are seeking the public's assistance with finding a 15-year-old boy reported as a runaway....

HONOLULU — Hurricane Douglas joined a long list of hurricanes that have come near the Hawaiian Islands but didn't cause major damage....

With millions of Americans losing their expanded unemployment benefits this week, Congress and the Trump administration are still at odds over what to do. Details of the next phase of coronavirus relief should've been resolved long before now — ...