HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama heads into a day of heavy diplomacy in his native Hawaii with some of the United States’ most important and complicated allies, the start of a nine-day tour of the crucial and growing Asia-Pacific region. (more)
HONOLULU (AP) — One of President Barack Obama’s close friends has been arrested in Honolulu on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute. (more)
Reporting from Washington and Honolulu — A standout season has done plenty to calm the controversy surrounding quarterback Michael Vick. But President Obama’s praise of the Philadelphia Eagles for giving the convicted dogfighter a second chance has brought new energy to an old firestorm. (more)
MOKULEIA, Hawaii (AP) — President Barack Obama and his family are returning to Oahu’s North Shore for a barbecue with a high school friend at his beachfront home. (more)
Honolulu – Gregory Reese, 39, said he came to Hawaii from Seattle in May because he was promised a job that didn’t work out. (more)
Hawaii voters who haven’t mailed in their special election ballots are running out of time, and the political parties are running hard to sway the late deciders. The latest pitch is — from Democrats who were popular enough to get elected governor — boils down to, ‘Whatever you do, don’t vote for Djou.’ (more)
Legislators in Hawaii have passed a civil unions bill that would give same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples. (more)
NEW YORK – A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has rattled Indonesia’s northwest island of Sumatra, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Tuesday. (more)
Before the Republican National Committee spent $1,946 at a bondage-themed nightclub, before its chairman, Michael Steele, drew complaints for frequently chartering private jets on his donors’ dime, before Steele redecorated his office for more than $18,000 and hosted a winter meeting in Honolulu during the worst economy since the Great Depression – before all that, Steele had already accumulated a long list of money management woes as a Maryland politician. (more)
Hawaii congressional candidate Charles K. Djou, who aims to become his state’s second Republican ever to serve in the House, says that despite all the tough talk on Iran, the real threat to the country comes from “the nutcase in Pyongyang.” (more)
HILO, Hawaii — A tsunami triggered by the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile reached Hawaii today, hours after sirens began blaring throughout the state to alert residents about the expected waves. (more)
In a sign of just how much the political landscape has changed since November 2008, for the first time in 18 years a Republican is mounting a serious challenge in Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District, which includes Honolulu and the childhood home of President Obama. (more)
