The Associated Press
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The military has finished draining more than 104 million gallons of fuel from an underground fuel tank complex on Oʻahu that poisoned 6,000 people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor’s drinking water in 2021. The task force will hand over responsibility for the tanks on Thursday to Navy Closure Task Force-Red Hill.
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A woman who purchased a vacant lot in Hawaiʻi was surprised to find out a $500,000 house was built on the property by mistake. She’s now mired in legal wrangling over the mix-up.
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Gov. Josh Green says some 3,000 people displaced by Lahaina’s wildfires are still living in hotels more than seven months after the August blaze. But he told a news conference that between 25 and 30 of them are moving to longer-term housing each day.
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As part of an initiative Instagram announced last month, the popular social media service owned by Meta Platforms has stopped “proactively” recommending political content posted on accounts that users don’t choose to follow. But users can get around Instagram’s political curbs in just a few steps.
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Authorities say an inmate was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash soon after his escape. Correctional officers found the inmate on a highway outside Kauaʻi Community Correctional Center early Friday.
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One of the few remaining survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has died. Richard C. "Dick" Higgins died at home in Bend, Oregon, at the age of 102. His granddaughter said Wednesday he died of natural causes.
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A man has pleaded guilty to murder, about two years the decomposing body of his lover was found encased in concrete in a bathtub in one of Hawaiʻi’s most exclusive gated communities.
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Investigators have needed to issue eight additional subpoenas for documents and 53 additional subpoenas for interviews about the Aug. 8 fire that killed at least 101 people. The first phase of the report had been expected this month, but will now come out on April 17.
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A pinky and thumb extended with the remaining fingers curled down: That’s the “shaka” in Hawaiʻi. It's sometimes known outside the islands as the “hang loose” sign associated with surf culture. But in Hawaiʻi, where it originated, it's a more common and nuanced gesture.
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Authorities say a man accused of dousing a woman with acid on Oʻahu last year allegedly tried to cast doubt on himself as a suspect by plotting with a fellow inmate to carry out a second, similar attack.