The Associated Press
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Recent allegations against César Chavez have sparked a renewed focus on Filipino contributions to the U.S. farmworker movement. Lawyers in Hawaiʻi are highlighting Pablo Manlapit, Hawaiʻi's first Filipino lawyer, who organized plantation workers for equal pay and an eight-hour workday. -
Prosecutors say the killings of three men on Hawaiʻi Island were “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.” Jacob Baker has been charged with murder in the deaths of three men over the age of 60. -
Kīlauea has hit a record number of lava fountaining episodes for any one eruption from the volcano. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says that Monday marked fountaining episode 48 since the latest on-and-off eruption began in December 2024. -
The Sentry is moving its title sponsorship across the Pacific Ocean from Kapalua to Torrey Pines in California. The PGA Tour says The Sentry will be played January 27-30 at Torrey Pines. -
A man wanted in connection with the killings of three men has been apprehended after a massive search of Hawaiʻi Island. Police say they deployed “significant resources” to find 36-year-old Jacob Baker.
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A tourist from Washington state is accused of throwing a coconut-sized rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal. His defense attorney claims he was trying to protect sea turtles. -
Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth Cabinet official to depart during Trump's second term. -
Hawaiʻi's recent catastrophic flooding has devastated local farms, leaving many farmers struggling. -
The new Hawaii law is aimed at curbing what is often called "dark money" in politics. -
A tourist from Washington state is facing federal charges after a witness recorded what prosecutors say was a video of him hurling a coconut-sized rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal.
