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The Associated Press
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The U.S. military is celebrating an all-Japanese U.S. Army unit that was key in liberating Italy's central Tuscan region from Nazi-Fascist forces in July 1944, even while their family members were interned at home as enemies of the state following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Kauaʻi firefighters continue to watch an area that experienced a fast-moving brush fire in Hanapēpē, prompting evacuation orders for nearby residents.
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Former President Donald Trump has appeared triumphantly at the Republican National Convention’s opening night with a bandage over his right ear. Delegates cheered wildly when he was seen onscreen two days after being injured when a would-be assassin opened fire at his rally in Pennsylvania.
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Authorities have suspended the search for a tour helicopter pilot and one of his passengers. The helicopter was carrying the pilot and a couple from Kentucky when it crashed into the ocean off Kauaʻi last week.
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The helicopter was part of Aliʻi Kauai Air Tours and Charters. One person’s body was recovered Thursday, but crews continue to search for two people.
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Operations at Hilo International Airport were halted when security screeners spotted two items that looked like grenades in a bag belonging to a man from Japan. Police say officers evacuated the terminal area Tuesday morning.
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Local officials say two men arrested on a public road within Oprah Winfrey's property on the island of Maui are suspected of illegal night hunting. The men are both 19.
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Maui officials are highlighting some steps toward rebuilding nearly a year after a deadly wildfire destroyed much of Lahaina. That includes residential building permits being issued, construction underway to rebuild one home and new growth on a giant, 151-year-old banyan tree along the town's historic Front Street.
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The Lahaina fire worsened Maui's housing shortage. Now officials eye limiting tourist Airbnb rentalsThe mayor of Maui County wants to stop owners of thousands of vacation properties from renting to visitors. Instead, he wants the units rented long-term to people who live on Maui to address a chronic housing shortage that intensified after last August's deadly wildfire.
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Authorities say the death toll from last year’s wildfire in Lahaina on the island of Maui has risen to 102. The Maui Police Department said Monday the Honolulu Medical Examiner’s office found 68-year-old Claudette Heermance succumbed to injuries suffered in the fire.