Pacific coaching staff is loaded with local flavor
Pacific libero Koala Matsuoka sucked up a quarter of her team's 103 digs last week against UC Santa Barbara, and the Kamehameha graduate is not even the most imposing part of the Tigers' Hawaii...
View ArticleKaneshiro should stay as prosecutor
Fidelity toward Honolulu's criminal prosecutors goes back nearly three decades, and incumbent chief Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro has been a recipient of loyalty by some, but is seen as an antagonist by...
View Article1 dead, 6 seriously injured in Arizona bus crash
A charter bus carrying tourists back from the Grand Canyon careened off a northwest Arizona highway late Friday night and crashed, killing the driver and injuring more than 20 passengers, six of them...
View ArticleScout abuse files release sparks public interest
A website with files showing the Boy Scouts of America’s cover-up of decades of sexual abuse is generating interest from people wanting to know who the alleged abusers are and whether people who...
View ArticlePalestinians hold local elections in West Bank
Palestinians voted for mayors and local councils in 93 communities across the West Bank on Saturday, their first chance to cast ballots in six years.
View ArticleIt's been 3 months; do you know where your AD is?
The way things have been going you might have begun to wonder what the University of Hawaii will find first, the missing $200,000 from the Stevie Wonder debacle or a new athletic director.
View ArticleEarlier puberty seen in boys, just like in girls
When it comes to the birds and the bees, some parents may want to have that talk with their boys a little sooner than they expected.
View ArticleIndian gov’t to pay subsidies to poor in cash
The Indian government is preparing to directly transfer cash to the bank accounts of millions of poor people who often become victims of fraud and theft in the government distribution system covering...
View ArticleQuestions for Medicare in meningitis outbreak
Medicare is coming under scrutiny in the meningitis outbreak that has rekindled doubts about the safety of the nation’s drug supply.
View ArticleMan arrested for allegedly choking, slashing woman in Kahala
Police arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly choking and slashing a 26-year-old woman during an argument in Kahala Friday morning.
View ArticleSting moves venue of Philippine concert
MANILA » Sting has moved the location of his "Back to Bass Tour" concert in the Philippines following a petition by environmentalists who said the original venue is owned by a conglomerate that plans...
View ArticleFarrington backs are too much for Kapolei
Tyler Taumua rushed for 116 yards and ran for the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter as No. 3 Farrington outlasted Kapolei 20-10 on Friday night at Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium.
View ArticleAl-Qaida in Afghanistan is attempting a comeback
KABUL, Afghanistan » A diminished but resilient al-Qaida, whose 9/11 attacks drew America into its longest war, is attempting a comeback in Afghanistan's mountainous east even as U.S. and allied forces...
View ArticleGOP contract hire in Virginia charged with voter fraud
RICHMOND, Va. » The State Board of Elections will not ask the attorney general to investigate the case of a Republican operative accused of throwing eight completed voter registration forms in the...
View ArticleDad, 4-year-old killed in California shooting; 3 hurt
INGLEWOOD, Calif. » A father and his 4-year-old son were killed and a woman and two other young children were wounded by a gunman wearing a painter's mask who set fire to their home near Los Angeles...
View ArticleBoth parties see gains coming from Medicare debate
WASHINGTON » A little more than two weeks before Election Day, Republicans and Democrats alike say Medicare is working to their political advantage in campaigns for the White House and Congress.
View ArticleDozens of states make it hard to get abortions
CHICAGO » It's legal to get an abortion in America, but in many places it is hard and getting harder.
View Article7-Eleven clerks rip clothes off shoplifting suspect in NYC
NEW YORK » A worker at a 7-Eleven in Brooklyn has lost his job after he and other store employees were recorded ripping the clothes off a suspected shoplifter.
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