Honolulu News

Honolulu police closed Liliha Street in both directions between Judd Street and Halapia Place becasue of a leaning utility pole.

U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono is joining other federal lawmakers marking the one-year anniversary of the death of longtime Sen. Daniel Inouye by introducing a bill to rename a defense institute in Honolulu in his honor.

Honolulu had a ghost sighting reported in 1909. It seemed to be haunting a family and followed it to three different places of residence.

The buzz over the 13th annual Winterfest , set for Dec. 30-31 at Liberty University's Vines Center, is amplifying.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie has appointed Honolulu lawyer Patricia Kim Park to the Judicial Selection Commission, the governor's office announced today.

"Arabella was a gifted pediatric surgeon and compassionate provider for many children in Hawaii and throughout the Pacific," Andi Kubota , interim administrator/director of patient care Services and chief nurse executive and Bruce Holmberg , chairman of the board of governors, said in a statement.

Alex O'Loughlin shows off his sexy shirtless body while enjoying some time on the beach on Sunday in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The top-trending vacation rental destinations in the world include Kihei, Maui, at No.

Genevieve Andrade Ah San Dec. 13, 2013 Genevieve Andrade Ah San, 97, of Honokaa, Hawaii, a homemaker, died in North Hawaii Community Hospital.

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Catholic Charities Hawaii hired 30-year-old Asofitu Fio to do good work, but now he's in jail and accused of doing bad things.

An Iraq War veteran accused of stealing identification information of roughly 400 members of his former Army unit so he could make fake IDs for his militia was ordered Monday to remain in federal custody.

We are the World 2013 Philippines. Song and music video with Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Janet Jackson and many more stars.

The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation has instructed rail-car maker Ansaldo Honolulu JV to double the number of cars for the city's $5.16 billion elevated rail project to four, from the planned two, in order to avoid future service shutdowns.

Matthew Brian Case, 47, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Dec. 6. ~~ The former captain of a Honolulu-based longline fishing vessel who admitted trying to sell 100 illegally harvested shark fins to a restaurant at the Ala Moana Hotel has been fined in federal court but faces further prosecution by the state - if he ever returns from Mexico.

OK, we know St. Nick was a dude. But these ladies, who are doing the shopping, the cooking, the cleaning this holiday season, want their props too.

A 29-year-old man Wailua man was injured this morning in a house fire in Kapaa and medevaced to Straub Clinic and Hospital in Honolulu, Kauai County officials said.

Leimomi Haitsuka, left, Kent Isoda, Noelani Isoda, Lilian Tamashiro and Kenneth Tamashiro grabbed a corner table at Honolulu Grill, which calls itself "Da Gathering Place," during a stop in St. George, Utah, in mid-October.

A 59-year-old man was killed when he was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street on Farrington Highway.

Honolulu police arrested a suspect in a series of rapes in the Kaheka and Liliha area after matching DNA evidence collected in one of the cases.