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Tourist falls off cliff while trying for close-up view of Hawaii volcano eruption

He was stuck between a rock and a hot place. A Bostonian slipped right off the edge of a cliff while trying to get a close-up look at Hawaii’s Kīlauea Volcano…

John McCarthy June 15, 2025

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Two teen girls subjected to full-body scans, strip searches, for wanting to backpack in Hawaii

HONOLULU (Daily Beast) — Two teenage girls from Germany were detained, arrested, and deported at an airport in Hawaii after immigration officials said it was suspicious they had not booked…

John McCarthy April 21, 2025

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Police chief accused of helping cover up gang rape allegedly carried out by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Odell Beckham Jr. and comedian Druski

MAUI, Hawaii (NYP) — Maui’s police chief has been accused in a bombshell court filing of helping to cover up a gang rape allegedly carried out by Sean “Diddy” Combs, NFL…

John McCarthy March 12, 2025

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Pro surfer Makai McNamara wakes up after massive Pipeline wipeout

PUPUKEA, Hawaii (Island News) — Pro surfer Makai McNamara gained consciousness after being hospitalized from a surfing accident at Pipeline over the weekend. The surfer was caught in a massive…

John McCarthy March 1, 2025

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Woman has burning sensation in legs after vacation — then doctors find brain parasites

After a three-week-long vacation through Thailand, Japan and Hawaii, a 30-year-old woman learned she brought home an unwelcome souvenir, doctors said. When the woman first returned home to the coast…

John McCarthy February 22, 2025

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A 3-year-old boy’s death in Honolulu fireworks explosion raises toll to 4

HONOLULU (AP) — A 3-year-old boy who died Monday was the fourth person to succumb to injuries from a massive explosion of fireworks on New Year’s Eve at a Honolulu home, and…

John McCarthy January 6, 2025

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Fumes in the cockpit prompts Hawaiian flight’s return to Seattle

SEATTLE (AP) — A Hawaiian airlines flight bound for Honolulu was forced to return to the Seattle airport shortly after takeoff due to reports of fumes in the cockpit, according…

John McCarthy January 1, 2025

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100-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor recalls confusion and chaos during Japanese bombing 83 years ago

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Bob Fernandez thought he’d go dancing and see the world when he joined the U.S. Navy as a 17-year-old high school student in August 1941.…

John McCarthy December 7, 2024

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Woman seriously hurt in apparent shark attack off Oahu in Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) — A woman was seriously injured in an apparent shark attack Friday in the waters off the island of Oahu in Hawaii, officials said. Paramedics responded at about…

John McCarthy June 9, 2024

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Man pleads guilty to murder in Hawaii after killing lover and encasing his body in tub

HONOLULU (AP) — A man pleaded guilty to murder Monday, about two years after his lover’s decomposing body was found encased in concrete in a bathtub in one of Hawaii’s most exclusive…

John McCarthy March 18, 2024