Hawaii island residents blast proposed raises for county officials

Honolulu police have arrested a 26-year-old man for suspicion of manslaughter after a man who was found unresponsive in Chinatown on Wednesday later died at a hospital.

Ryan Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder suspected of becoming a cocaine smuggling kingpin, has been arrested, NBC News reported today, citing two law enforcement officials familiar with the U.S. investigation.

As arctic cold and snow squalls threaten much of the United States this weekend, managers of electric grids from the Midwest to the East Coast have issued warnings that many homes and businesses could lose power.

Ben & Jerry’s years-long struggle to defend its progressive social mission from parent-company pressure escalated this week, as The Magnum Ice Cream Company accused the brand’s former board chair of misconduct and said its once…

A man in his 40s was in critical condition after being found unresponsive in the ocean off Waikiki, according to first responders.

NEW YORK >> U.S. airlines have rolled out sweeping travel waivers as a winter storm, forecast to spread heavy snow, sleet and dangerous ice across two dozen states, threatened to disrupt air travel across a wide swath of the country…

NEW YORK >> A lawyer for actor Justin Baldoni urged a federal judge on Thursday to dismiss actor Blake Lively’s lawsuit stemming from their 2024 movie “It Ends with Us,” saying her sexual harassment and retaliation case…

LOS ANGELES >> Vampire thriller “Sinners” stormed into Oscars history on Thursday with a record 16 nominations, positioning the Warner Bros film as the frontrunner for best picture and pitting star Michael B. Jordan against…