HONOLULU

Report: LA tops list of cities with worst traffic

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles has the worst traffic in the nation, according to a new report. The traffic information firm INRIX says LA beat Honolulu for jam leader in its national scorecard covering 2012 and the first three months of this year.

2013/04/27

Off-duty Calif. cop helps airport agent in Honolulu

HONOLULU (AP) — An off-duty California police officer who came to the rescue of a security agent being assaulted at the Honolulu airport was praised by federal authorities as video of the incident was released.

2013/04/05

Campaign for Obama library in full swing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Where will President Barack Obama put his presidential library? Four years from the end of Obama’s presidency, Chicago and Honolulu are ramping up campaigns to build the center.

2013/03/16

Passenger escorted off plane after threat warning

SEATTLE (AP) — Two military jets escorted an Alaska Airlines flight into Seattle and authorities took a passenger off the plane, after a caller told the FBI that a possible hijacker was aboard.

2013/01/17

Obama in Hawaii, fiscal cliff standoff behind him

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama is back in Hawaii for vacation after a tense, end-of-the-new-year standoff with Congress over the fiscal cliff.

2013/01/02

US WWII Veteran marches in a Memorial Day parade. (AP Photo)

NY WWII vet who liberated Nazi train dies in Fla.

HUDSON FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A World War II veteran from New York whose account of liberating Holocaust victims from a Nazi train led to reunions with the survivors 60 years later has died.

2012/12/19

F-22 in Pearl Harbor event scrapes tail on landing

HONOLULU (AP) — An F-22 fighter jet used in a flyover during a remembrance ceremony at Pearl Harbor scraped its tail on a runway as it landed, causing $1.8 million in damage. A Hawaii National Guard spokesman says nobody was hurt in the incident.

2012/12/07

No tsunami threat to Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) – A strong earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan does not appear to pose a tsunami threat to Hawaii. According to Hawaii News Now, the earthquake occurred at 10:18 p.m. Thursday and had a magnitude of 7.3.

2012/12/07

WWII vet dies at age 93 after casting last ballot

HONOLULU (AP) – A World War II veteran who inspired many with his determination to vote even though he had end-stage liver cancer has died. Frank Tanabe’s daughter Barbara Tanabe says he died Wednesday morning […]

2012/10/24

Travel with the Times: Alfred Shaheen classics

Catharine Hamm, editor of Travel with the Times, talks with Maggie McKay and Michael Shappee about a special exhibit in Honolulu featuring the work of Hawaiian shirt maker Alfred Shaheen. Here are some Shaheen pieces. […]

2012/10/18

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