Hawaii

News from the state of Hawaii

Historic resort in ‘Blue Hawaii’ to be auctioned this month

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WAILUA, Hawaii — The historic resort where Elvis Presley’s character got married in the 1961 film “Blue Hawaii" will go up for auction at...

Latest reopenings mark return to business in mainland US

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon and Washington on Wednesday lifted most of their COVID-19 restrictions to become two of the last states to broadly ease...

Legendary big-wave surfer Greg ‘Da Bull’ Noll dies at 84

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LOS ANGELES — Greg “Da Bull” Noll, who became a surfing legend by combining a gregarious, outsized personality with the courage and skill to...

Rental assistance fell victim to politics, bureaucracy

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Before the pandemic hit, Jacqueline Bartley, a mother of two girls and a boy, had a comfortable life. Then the 41-year-old lost her job...

States hesitant to adopt digital COVID vaccine verification

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Customers wanting to wine, dine and unwind to live music at the City Winery's flagship restaurant in New York must show proof of a...

3 Honolulu police officers face charges in fatal shooting

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HONOLULU — Three Honolulu police officers appeared in court on Friday to face charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old Micronesian...

Sharpton condemns Honolulu police shooting of Black man

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HONOLULU — Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton is condemning the Honolulu Police Department for the fatal shooting of a Black man as...

3 Honolulu police officers charged in killing of 16-year-old

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HONOLULU — A policeman has been charged with murder and two officers charged with attempted murder in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy,...

American Samoa culture plays role in US citizenship ruling

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HONOLULU — In a decision citing American Samoa cultural traditions, those born in the U.S. territory shouldn't have citizenship automatically forced on them, a...

As COVID-19 cases wane, vaccine-lagging areas still see risk

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JACKSON, Miss. — New COVID-19 cases are declining across the most of the country, even in some states with vaccine-hesitant populations. But almost all...