WASHINGTON >> The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits held at an eight-month high last week ...

Gov. Josh Green and Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez joined their Democratic counterparts from around the country in ...

FUKUSHIMA, Japan >> In a spectacle that seemed straight from a picture scroll of Japan’s Warring States period, the three-day Soma Nomaoi festival held its main event May 25 in Minami-­Soma, Fukushima ...

The Hawaii Supreme Court will consider whether contracts between the state’s largest health insurer and its health care ...

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TOKYO >> The Japanese government is boosting a system to encourage middle-age workers in major companies to move into ...

A special state envoy has been tasked with better informing the public about contamination and remediation of Oahu’s ...

A Hawaii Kai man, whose mental health has come under scrutiny by the court for nearly two years, will stand trial Friday on ...

Honolulu authorities are inching forward to address a chronic problem that deserved the urgent attention of city leadership ...

A 29-year-old Honolulu man was charged with two counts of second-degree attempted murder Tuesday after he allegedly attacked ...

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A fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon damaged a building and nearby church and displaced two people in Waiehu, according to ...