Ahead of what Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi called “an incredible, joyous, happy Fourth of July,” city officials Thursday urged residents to celebrate safely amid heightened fire risks.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed public record requests asking county police departments to detail how they work with the federal agents making civil immigration arrests in Hawaii.

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LOS ANGELES >> Michael Madsen, an actor who appeared in dozens of films including “Reservoir Dogs” and “Thelma & Louise,” has ...

Microsoft will lay off nearly 4% of its workforce, the company said on Wednesday, in the latest job cuts as the tech giant ...

Nvidia hit a market value of $3.92 trillion today, on track to become the most valuable company in history, as Wall Street ...

A small single-engine Cessna plane with one pilot aboard made an emergency landing at a beach north of the Kona airport this ...

NEW YORK >> Wall Street rallied today to record closing highs, as chipmaker Nvidia rose closer to a $4 trillion valuation and ...

WASHINGTON >> The top U.S. intelligence officer today leveled an unusual attack on a journalist, accusing a Washington Post ...

Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has been arrested by U.S. immigration officers and is being processed for expedited ...

ALTADENA, California >> Terry Kilgore lives alone in his Altadena neighborhood in California, sleeping in a recreational ...