It’s the sort of crime that you might see in a heist film. A long-time employee of a cash handling firm snatched nearly $400,000 from three banks whose money he was tasked to protect, then quit his job and disappeared.

Apo said her daughter asked her to speak out not only for her, but for all children who are being bullied. “She was like, ‘Mom ... it’s bigger than my story. It’s bigger than me, but all the other kids ... so many other kids get bullied, and those girls bully other kids too,’” Apo said.

An invasive pest that has already spread through the islands of Maui, Hawaii and Oahu has now been detected on Kauai. “These guys are prolific egg-layers,” said Michelle Au, a graduate research assistant at the UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience.

A Hawaii-style dating show is looking for contestants. In the new Hawaii show, “No Lei, No Love,” contestants will take off their lei if they don’t like what they see or hear. The show will be filmed at Team Hawaii Studios in Hilo, but singles from all islands, 18 and older, are welcome.

The importance of treating others with kindness is one of the first lessons most parents and guardians try to teach children. But the skill sometimes falls by the wayside in work settings that encourage competition and where adults face deadlines and pressure.

Smith said he believes Trump officials now will do “everything in their power” to prosecute him, but he said he would “not be intimidated” by attacks from the president, adding that investigators gathered proof that Trump committed “serious crimes.” “I’m not going to pretend that didn’t happen ...

The social video platform company signed agreements with major investors including Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX to form the new TikTok U.S. joint venture. The new version will operate under “defined safeguards that protect national security through comprehensive data protections, algorithm securit...

Jennifer Walker Elrod, chief judge of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, hearing arguments Thursday over Trump’s use of an 18th-century wartime law had a question: Could a president use the same law against a “British invasion” that was corrupting young minds?

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday defended his investigations of Donald Trump at a public congressional hearing ... “No one should be above the law in our country, and the law required that he be held to account. So that is what I did,” Smith said of Trump.

The Hawaiʻi attorney general reversed course on Tuesday, announcing she will take up the case of a Hawaiʻi lawmaker who was recorded accepting $35,000 in a paper bag from the subject of a bribery investigation in 2022.

A new national ranking said Hawaii’s drivers and driving conditions are the worst in the country. WalletHub ranked Hawaii as the worst state to drive in, citing more than 30 factors such as gas prices, congestion, and road quality. The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) said the data ...

It’s not often we get to pay tribute, in full, to our giants while they’re still with us. But in “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” Judd Apatow dutifully and affectionately celebrates the laugh-filled life of a comedy legend who’s still here to tell the story — and the jokes — himself.

"Humans, we really didn’t evolve to live in these big, structured communities with all the traffic and lights and noise. Our genetic roots are in the outdoors and surroundings,” Dr. Nathanial Mann, an emergency room physician at Prisma Health, said.

A recent NerdWallet survey of 1,300 pet owners and found that nearly a quarter now have pet insurance — which costs, on average, $1,200 per year, per pet, or $100 a month. Kaz Weida, an insurance expert with NerdWallet, said pet insurance used to be more of a niche thing, but there’s been a 13% ...

The U.S. stock market bounced back from its worst day since October on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he reached the framework for a deal about Greenland, an island he’s long coveted, and won’t impose tariffs he had threatened on several European countries.

The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone with a final order of removal, a move that advocates say collides with Fourth Amendment protections and upends years of advice given to immigrant communities.

Officials said that the catfish were then transported and sold to unregulated or illegally operated pay lakes — private lakes stocked with fish where patrons pay for a set amount of fishing time. Officials said this practice is illegal and threatens the long-term sustainability of Kentucky’s nat...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to keep Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook in her job, casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s bid to wrest control of the nation’s central bank. No president has fired a sitting governor in the 112-year history of the Fed.

Trump said Wednesday he is dropping his threat to impose tariffs on several European countries, citing what he described as a new framework with NATO on Arctic security. Asked how long the deal will last, Trump said it’s long term. “It’s a deal that’s forever. It’s what’s called an infinite deal.”

Days before the 2026 tax filing season begins, the head of the IRS announced a shake-up Tuesday, saying the personnel and operational changes are intended to improve taxpayer service and modernize the agency.

Maggie DeGreenia's beloved cat, Tinsel, disappeared in December, 2021, leading to weeks of searching and posting. But despite all her efforts, DeGreenia eventually had to accept that her pet was gone. 4 years after losing Tinsel, DeGreenia's cousin saw her on a local shelter’s website.

Aloha Specialties, which opened nearly 40 years ago in the California Hotel in Vegas, was shut down immediately following a routine inspection that was conducted on Tuesday, January 13, 2026. In an official report of the inspection, it was noted that a total of 31 violations were discovered.

The Trump administration backed the challenge to the law barring guns in places like malls and hotels unless the property owner specifically allows them. It's sometimes referred to as a “vampire rule," for its permission requirement.

NASA’s Suni Williams — one of two astronauts stuck for months at the International Space Station — has retired at the end of December. Williams’ crewmate on Boeing’s ill-fated capsule test flight, Butch Wilmore, left NASA last summer.

The storm arriving late this week and into the weekend is shaping up to be a “widespread potentially catastrophic event from Texas to the Carolinas,” said Ryan Maue, a former chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The court is hearing arguments Wednesday over Trump’s effort to oust Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook based on allegations she committed mortgage fraud, which she denies. No president has fired a sitting Fed governor in the agency’s 112-year history.

Shaylee Smith said she wants to share their story as a warning to others while cautioning them to stay vigilant. “I was shaking really bad, and I was mad and angry that someone would do that... really disgusted,” she said. Smith, who is from Knoxville, said she is still in shock after making ...

Former Hawaii chief justice Mark Recktenwald is helping bring together about 40 other former chief justices to defend their colleagues and judicial institutions from President Trump’s criticism of judges and control of the Justice Department.

Surrounded by bodies after the train accident in southern Spain, one little girl somehow emerged virtually unscathed. Newspaper La Vanguardia reported that a Civil Guard officer found her barefoot on the tracks after she escaped through a broken window.

The high court is considering whether President Donald Trump can fire Cook, as he said he would do in late August, in an unprecedented attempt to remove one of the seven members of the Fed’s governing board. Powell plans to attend the high court’s Wednesday session, according to a person familiar...

The massive pileup prompted the Michigan State Police to close both directions of Interstate 196 Monday morning just southwest of Grand Rapids as while officials worked to remove all the vehicles, including more than 30 semitrailer trucks. The State Police said there were numerous injuries, but ...

The platform would be separate from the NYSE itself, which operates only on weekdays, and allow for instant settlement of transactions, orders sized in dollar amounts and stablecoin-based funding, NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange said Monday.

On this edition of "Beg-Knows America," David Begnaud shares the story of a young worker who saved a couple from a car wreck and is later surprised with a scholarship to become an EMT from the people he rescued.

“The beautiful thing was we cut her free, we released her, and she swam away about 30 meters and then it felt like she decided to come back,” said Andre Smits. “She really swam back to us and did a ‘thank you’ circle. She came right between us to our faces, almost giving us a grateful hug.”

66-year-old Graham Garnett was discovered alive yesterday sheltering in a hut in the Kahurangi National Park by a crew of contractors who were working in the area. He’d gone hiking in the Baton/Ellis River area of the park and did not return as expected on December 30.

A team of shark researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has solved a long-standing mystery, identifying the first-ever documented mating hub for tiger sharks. The new study, led by the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology Shark Lab, utilized six years of acoustic tracking data to pinpo...

Chris Gotterup celebrates being a three-time PGA Tour winner after topping Ryan Gerard and Patrick Rodgers to claim the 2026 Sony Open championship in Hawaii. After his round, Gotterup showed his emotions.

A $1 billion contribution secures permanent membership on the Trump-led board instead of a three-year appointment, which has no contribution requirement, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity about the charter, which hasn’t been made public.

Instances of threats or inappropriate communication towards Judiciary staff jumped to 140 last year from 69 in 2024. Members of the Judiciary worry the state’s courthouses are becoming less safe as staffing shortages within the Department of Law Enforcement mean fewer armed sheriffs standing guard.

Hawaiʻi has never been big on guns. King Kamehameha III banned the possession of firearms and all deadly weapons in the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1833. Even after the kingdom was overthrown and Hawaiʻi eventually became a state, tight regulations on gun ownership remained. To this day, Hawaiʻi has some...

David and Angie Carroll had a memorable first trip to Maui, but it was far from what they had hoped for. “I don’t want to come back here, I’m good,” Angie said. The Texas couple’s visit went awry after a confrontation on the Road to Hana last Friday. What was supposed to be a scenic drive ended...

Hawaii’s gun laws, long among the strictest in the nation, will be the focus of arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. The court is taking up the state’s ban on firearms on private property that is open to the public, such as stores and hotels, unless the owner explicitly allows it.

“We are ending the war on protein,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said. The guidance — including a new food pyramid — emphasizes red meat, whole milk and other animal sources of protein, while downplaying plant-based offerings. But top nutrition experts question the protein push...

The story shown Sunday included no on-camera interviews with Trump administration officials. But it did include statements from the White House and Department of Homeland Security that were not part of what Alfonsi had used before her story was pulled. Some of statements, which were carried in ...

U.S. Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt “an obligation to think purely of Peace,” two European officials said Monday.

A high-speed train derailed, jumped onto the track in the opposite direction and slammed into an oncoming train Sunday in southern Spain, killing at least people 21 and injuring dozens more, the country’s transport minister said.

Wikipedia top five articles of 2025: #1: Charlie Kirk #2: Deaths in 2025 #3: Ed Gein #4: Donald Trump #5: Pope Leo XIV The most-read article on English Wikipedia this year covered Charlie Kirk, a US political activist, entrepreneur, and media personality who was assassinated...

Jaguars, monkeys and other animals were given an iced diet prepared according to each species’ needs, zoo officials said. Some received frozen fruit, while others were offered mixtures containing frozen blood. A group of monkeys were handed watermelon popsicles by zoo keepers...

To find such intact evidence of cheetahs that lived long ago in this part of the world is “entirely without precedent,” study author Ahmed Boug with the National Center for Wildlife in Saudi Arabia said in an email.

Your guide to which Honolulu city services will be available or suspended in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026.