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It took federal investigators five days to arrest former Hawaiʻi resident Luigi Mangione, 26, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The Conversation talked to former FBI agent Arnold Laanui about his thoughts on the case.

A U.S. Army soldier has been arrested in Hawaiʻi on charges that he repeatedly struck a police officer with a flagpole during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol more than three years ago.

A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI who received cash, golf clubs and other expensive gifts in exchange for spying for China faces a decade in prison if a U.S. judge approves his plea agreement. Seventy-one-year-old Alexander Yuk Ching Ma is due in U.S. District Court in Hawaiʻi on Wednesday.

A former CIA analyst has been charged with spying for South Korea's government. It's an unusual case involving cash, clothing and allegations of lobbying for a foreign government. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

As part of an agreement with prosecutors, Alexander Yuk Ching Ma has pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to gather or deliver national defense information to a foreign government.

An investigation by the FBI revealed thousands of images that contained child pornography on two phones owned by the suspect.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently announced the results of "Operation Cross Country," a nationwide sweep targeting sex traffickers. The effort involved local police departments, non-profit groups and more. Read and listen to the full story from The Conversation's Catherine Cruz.

For the past year and a half since taking over as agent-in-charge of the FBI in the Pacific region, Steven Merrill has made an effort to raise the profile of the agency. Merrill spoke to The Conversation about his latest recruiting effort.

Fighting public corruption continues to be a high priority for the FBI. Its Honolulu office and other federal partners have helped ferret out corruption among Hawaiʻi officials from a former police chief to a former Senate president.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation seeks the public's help in public corruption cases; Scientists scrutinize Hanauma Bay management; HPR reporter Casey Harlow details the governor's homeless proclamation; and Maui-native Jason Baum vies for another Grammy