Maui firefighters transport female hiker with broken leg
Maui firefighters early Tuesday afternoon rescued a 50-year-old woman who slipped and fell breaking her lower right leg on Bamboo Forest Trail near Hana.
View ArticleGirl, 17, arrested for allegedly threatening relative with gun
Police Tuesday arrested a 17-year-old girl who allegedly threatened a 38-year-old relative with his gun.
View ArticleHistorical drama plays out in Hawaii
LOS ANGELES » There is perhaps no greater American monument to the War in the Pacific than Ford Island in Hawaii's Pearl Harbor.
View ArticleStudents plan protest of shooting on Alabama campus
MOBILE, Ala. » Students are planning a demonstration to protest a deadly police shooting at the University of South Alabama.
View ArticleSpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. » A private company successfully delivered a half-ton of supplies to the International Space Station early today, the first official shipment under a billion-dollar contract with...
View ArticleKalani moves on by topping Kapolei
Kalani showed it can win the games it is supposed to. Now it is time to win the games it is not.
View Article2 U.S. scientists win Nobel chemistry prize
STOCKHOLM » Two American researchers won the Nobel Prize in chemistry today for studies of protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals like danger or the flavor of food....
View ArticleRaging surf
Massive waves of the first swell of the season drew tourists and locals to Oahu's North Shore on Tuesday, though not in huge droves likely to come later in the winter wave season.
View ArticleNames from anti-annexation petition to be displayed in Washington
The names of more than two thousand people who more than a century ago signed petitions opposing the U.S. annexation of Hawaii will be displayed this month in the heart of Washington, D.C.
View ArticleObama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
WASHINGTON » A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues:
View ArticleToyota recalls 7.43M vehicles on faulty window switch
Toyota Motor Corp. began recalling about 7.43 million vehicles worldwide after the company detected a possible flaw that could lead the power-window switch to melt or catch fire.
View ArticleRobbers hit Waipahu and Pearl City businesses
Two businesses were robbed Tuesday afternoon in the Waipahu and Pearl City areas.
View ArticleTeam decides against Thursday supersonic skydive
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. » Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner hopes to make a second attempt at a supersonic skydive over New Mexico on Sunday or Monday.
View ArticleCity shuts 24-hour restroom facilities in Waikiki
The city said it will no longer keep any public restrooms in Waikiki open around the clock, fueling debate over how the city's park closure law affects tourists and residents in the state's top...
View ArticleNative Hawaiian wins national business honor
Kaleo Nawahine has been named National Minority Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
View ArticleHigh surf warning remains in effect
The north and west-facing shores of the state could see surf today up to 30 feet high.
View ArticleFresco's failings recall bad memories
When I started working as the first restaurant critic for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, I was charged by publisher and foodie Catherine Shen — who was married to San Francisco chef Bruce Cost — to raise...
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