Wahine hoops team falls short in Beeman coaching debut
The Hawaii women's basketball team fell short in a comeback effort today at San Francisco and lost 65-52 in Laura Beeman's coaching debut for the Rainbow Wahine.
View ArticleFire damages Hawaii island house, leaves front wall standing
A fire this morning left a Hawaii island house in Kau with just its front wall standing, fire officials said.
View ArticleCoast Guard investigates false distress calls
The Coast Guard is asking for help in finding the source of recent false distress radio calls that appear to contain a child’s voice.
View ArticleMan arrested for allegedly attacking man with knife in Waianae
Police arrested a man in his 40s tonight for allegedly attacking a 24-year-old man with a kitchen knife in Waianae, according to police dispatch.
View ArticleRainbows win basketball opener
Christian Standhardinger scored a game-high 27 points in his Hawaii debut as UH beat Maryland-Eastern Shore 76-64 in the season-opening men's college basketball game for both schools Friday.
View ArticleMan critically injured in Punchbowl stabbing; police detain 2 men
A man in his 40s was critically injured in the Punchbowl area tonight after he was stabbed, an Emergency Medical Services official said..
View ArticleMililani rallies behind running game to beat Baldwin in state playoff
WAILUKU, Maui >> When Baldwin converted a pair of turnovers into field goals in the first quarter to take a 10-point lead, Mililani fans couldn't be blamed for thinking, "Here we go again."
View ArticleFarrington hits ground running to advance to state football semifinals
KAILUA-KONA >> Farrington slightly — yet significantly — altered the postseason mantra of "win or go home" Friday night.
View ArticleFace of U.S. changing; elections to look different
WASHINGTON >> It's not just the economy, stupid. It's the demographics — the changing face of America.
View ArticleIraq reconsiders $4 billion Russian arms plans
BAGHDAD » Iraq is reconsidering plans to buy more than $4 billion in arms from Russia, officials said today, throwing the proposed purchase into question just weeks after it was announced.
View ArticleJustin Bieber and Selena Gomez call it quits
NEW YORK » A source confirms to The Associated Press that Justin Bieber is no longer Selena Gomez's "Boyfriend."
View ArticleOccupy Sandy: Onetime protesters find new cause
NEW YORK » The social media savvy that helped Occupy Wall Street protesters create a grass-roots global movement last year is proving to be a strength in the wake of Superstorm Sandy as members and...
View ArticleEU officials: We were hacked at Web security conference
LONDON » A European official says her staff members were hacked when they joined her for a conference on Internet security in Azerbaijan.
View ArticleMan found with gun in vehicle
Police arrested a 46-year-old man in the Kapolei area Friday afternoon after they found him with an unloaded firearm in the bed of his truck.
View ArticleMan reports being robbed in McCully area
A 27-year-old man reported being robbed in the McCully area Friday evening, police said.
View ArticleBeach cleaners find military training flare in Kahuku
Volunteers cleaning up a beach this morning near the Kahuku Golf Course found what appeared to be unexploded ordnance in the bushes, a spokesman for the Honolulu Fire Department said.
View ArticleObama wins Florida, topping Romney in final tally
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. » President Barack Obama was declared the winner of Florida's 29 electoral votes today, ending a four-day count with a razor-thin margin that narrowly avoided an automatic recount...
View ArticlePetraeus' biographer a military reservist, scholar
WASHINGTON >> Paula Broadwell first met fellow West Point graduate David Petraeus in the spring of 2006, when she was a graduate student at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
View ArticleDodgers bid $25.7 million for South Korean lefty
SEOUL, South Korea >> The Los Angeles Dodgers have bid nearly $26 million for a chance to sign pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin.
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