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HONOLULU — Hawaii geared up on Saturday to face a hurricane that threatened to pummel the islands with dangerous surf, strong winds and flash floods even as residents grappled with escalating numbers of coronavirus cases....

The Youth and Education in Science (YES) program at USGS in collaboration with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is launching a community outreach and educational project called Bridging Local Outreach &Seismic Signal Monitoring in Hawaii. BLOSSM aims at e...

Right now, America needs heroes. And we have one for the ages in John Lewis....

'Wonderful care'...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Hurricane Hanna roared ashore onto the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, bringing winds that lashed the shoreline with rain and storm surge, and even threatening to bring possible tornadoes to a part of the country trying to cope...

Jared "Kamaka" Auna, said he wants to become the elected prosecutor of Hawaii County because of "the love I have for my island."...

Voters on Oahu have greater access to the polls than those on the neighbor islands, as the City and County of Honolulu has already opened its ballot dropoff boxes to the public while neighbor island counties are using the Aug. 3 date set in state law....

Christopher Bridges, one of three attorneys running for Hawaii County prosecutor, said he's "open to institute real change and real reform in our criminal justice system."...

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday that he had tested negative for the new coronavirus, based on a fourth test since he said July 7 that he had the virus. He later went for a ride on a motorcycle, mingling with wellw...

Lake Waiau's water levels remain robust, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources reports....

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that Republicans were set to roll out the next COVID-19 aid package Monday and assured there was backing from the White House after he and President Donald Trump's top aide met to salv...

NEW YORK — Regis Philbin, the genial host who shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades and helped himself and some fans strike it rich with the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," has died at 88....

Ballots have arrived in Hawaii voters' mailboxes. Now it's decision time....

"I'm a prosecutor. I'm not a defense attorney; I'm not a politician. If you elect me, you're getting a prosecutor."...

The Big Island as seen by Hawaii Tribune-Herald cartoonist Gary Hoff....

Yvonne Haunani Young Baker, 69, of Hilo died July 22 at home. Born in Honolulu, she was manager and part owner of KAHU Radio Station, an independent associate for LegalShield, Kumu Hula for Ke 'Opio o Puna, stewardess for Aloha Airlines, professional ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Hundreds of armed, predominantly Black, activists demanded justice for Breonna Taylor during peaceful demonstrations Saturday in her Kentucky hometown that drew counter-protesters from a white militia group....

HONOLULU (AP) — The owner of a hydroponic greenhouse operation in Hawaii has announced changes to the farm operation in Lanai, including a new leader and severance from resort operations....

TROY, Ala. — Civil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis was remembered Saturday — in the rural Alabama county where his story began — as a humble man who sprang from his family's farm with a vision that "good t...

The Hawaii Rush and Kona Rage soccer players had a blast running up and down the soccer field, feeling like it was old times again....

The center of Hurricane Douglas was located about 55 miles east to northeast of Kahului, Maui, and 140 miles east of Honolulu as of 11 a.m. today....

Aroundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A U.S. judge on Friday denied an order sought by Oregon's top law enforcement officer to restrict federal agents' actions when they arrest people during nightly protests that have roiled Portland and pitted local officials a...

WASHINGTON — Negotiations over a new COVID-19 rescue bill were in flux Friday after the White House floated cutting an unemployment benefits boost to as little as $100 and President Donald Trump turned to a new priority, adding money to build a new ...

If you are truly interested in conservation, then chose to protect one of our most unique plant species, the genus Pritchardia....

SAN FRANCISCO — A Chinese researcher accused of concealing her ties to the Chinese military on a visa application she submitted so she could work in the U.S. was booked Friday into a Northern California jail and was expected to appear in federal cou...

Gov. David Ige on Friday said a mandatory quarantine for travelers, in place to curb the spread of COVID-19, may — as a last resort — be broken to gather supplies and materials in preparation of Hurricane Douglas....

President Donald Trump's threat to send federal troops to Oakland is a desperate ploy to improve his sagging reelection hopes....

The Hawaii Supreme Court announced Wednesday it has established an option for applicants for the September 9-10, written bar exam to receive a temporary, provisional license to practice law as an alternative to sitting for the written exam....

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer was released Friday after a judge ruled that he had been sent back to prison from home confinement as retaliation for his plan to release a book critical of Trump before November's e...

WASHINGTON — Unable to land the big deal with Congress to curb drug costs, President Donald Trump on Friday moved on his own to allow imports of cheaper medicines, along with other limited steps that could have some election-year appeal....

Millions are unemployed, public budgets are falling apart, the economy is struggling, and the COVID-19 epidemic is raging anew — and most of the $2.7 trillion floor Congress put beneath that misery will soon be gone....

Two months after the Trump administration awarded $21 million to study whether a common heartburn drug was effective against COVID-19, government health officials raised serious concerns about patient safety and scientific integrity, according to internal...

HONOLULU (AP) — Investigators with the Hawaii attorney general's office arrested a 20-year-old woman after seeing videos of her dancing in a store and dining out when she was supposed to be obeying a traveler quarantine the state mandated to pro...

LOS ANGELES — As public health officials warned Friday that the coronavirus posed new risks to parts of the Midwest and South, enhanced federal payments that helped avert financial ruin for millions of unemployed Americans were set to expire —...

The state Department of Health today reported that Hawaii set a new single-day record for COVID-19 cases....

UH-Hilo athletics will be sidelined the remainder of the year after the Pacific West Conference's executive board voted unanimously to postpone competitions until after the new year due to COVID-19 concerns....

Guam votersget new absentee ballot option...

NEW YORK — Slumping stocks across most of Wall Street sent the S&P 500 to its worst loss in nearly four weeks on Thursday, undercut by a report showing layoffs are picking up throughout the country with coronavirus counts....

Window air conditioners will no longer need a building permit and stricter standards will be applied to factory-built homes under amendments to the building code considered Wednesday by the County Council....

The show must go on — safely — which means Shakespeare will move from the park to the parking lot this summer....

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's hopes to salvage a four-night celebration for his re-election campaign have been thwarted by spiking coronavirus cases throughout the Sun Belt, with the president announcing Thursday that he was calling off ...

Republicans in Congress, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, effusively eulogized Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia after the civil rights legend died last week. McConnell, R-Ky., rightly described Lewis as an "American hero" who...

In anticipation of Hurricane Douglas, the county Department of Public Works announced Thursday that public access to Waipio Valley will be closed from 7 a.m. Saturday until further notice....

Gov. David Ige Thursday issued an emergency disaster declaration ahead of the anticipated arrival this weekend of Hurricane Douglas....

The world as seen by cartoonist Steve Breen, The San Diego Union-Tribune....

WASHINGTON — It doesn't quite have the ring of "Morning in America" and "I Like Ike."...

An interfaith coalition is pressing the world's largest brewer to remove the name of a Hindu god from a popular beer that dates to the late 1800s — a dispute the beermaker insists is a case of mistaken identity....

WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama stepped up their attacks on President Donald Trump and defended their time in the White House in a new video showing their first in-person meeting since the c...

New virus name?...