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Dawn Takeuchi Apuna has been named the acting director of Honolulu's Department of Planning and Permitting after its previous director, Dean Uchida, suddenly resigned. HPR's Casey Harlow spoke with DPP's new acting director about the challenges the department faces.

A look at how two key issues this election season — inflation and the fight over abortion — are informing voters' midterm votes.

Ben Affleck's film is a dramatization of how Nike signed NBA rookie Michael Jordan in a legendary deal that would forever change the landscape of celebrity endorsements and professional sports.

Most of us don't usually get to meet the people who pick our apples, oranges or other seasonal favorites. What are their lives and work like? Dan Charles has spent the past year finding out.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to the Atlantic Council's director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative, Kirsten Fontenrose, about the U.S. strategy in Iran.

Health care workers are bracing for a deadly January, and President-elect Joe Biden cautioned that "the next few weeks and months are going to be very tough."

Local officials have urged residents to get a COVID booster shot, but the state says fewer than half the people eligible have gotten one. States like Vermont have administered booster doses to more than half of their populations. HPR’s Zoe Dym talks with health care workers from Hawaiʻi and Vermont to see how the state can catch up.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders about President Trump's actions on Iran and the escalation of tensions, along with the upcoming Iowa Caucuses.

This year, animals made their marks with encounters that ranged from sad to creepy to cute.

As more schools band together to commit to recruiting and graduating 50,000 more low-income students, four college presidents discuss what it will take to get there.