HAWAII

In this Thursday, March 14, 2019 photo, customers line up at the Wiki Wiki Drive Inn takeout restaurant counter in Honolulu. Hawaii would be the first state in the nation to ban most plastics used at restaurants, including polystyrene foam containers, if legislation lawmakers are considering is enacted. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ENVIRONMENT
Hawaii Could Be The First State To Ban Most Plastics In Restaurants
By Nick Visser
Local businesses worry the strict policies would force them to close shop.
FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2011 file photo, Taeko Bufford, left, and Diane Cervelli pose for a photo near Waikiki beach in Honolulu. A Hawaii appeals court ruling that a bed and breakfast discriminated against a couple by denying a room to two women because they're gay will stand after the state's high court declined to take up the case. The Hawaii Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, rejected Phyllis Young’s appeal of a lower court ruling that ordered her to stop discriminating against same-sex couples. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. NEWS
Supreme Court Dismisses Hawaii Bed And Breakfast That Rejected Lesbian Couple
By Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
Justices refused to hear an appeal by Phyllis Young, who runs Honolulu's Aloha Bed & Breakfast.
(From left to right) Ketnina Smith, Jennifer Biluk, and Jesse Biluk pose for a portrait at the Kaʻaʻahi Homeless Shelter for Women and Families in Honolulu, HI on Dec. 28, 2018.
Marie Eriel Hobro for HuffPost
IMPACT
Homelessness In Hawaii Is A Crisis. Climate Change Could Make It Worse.
By David Uberti
The housing market is chewing up and spitting out thousands of migrants.
VIDEOS
Snow Hits Parts Of Hawaii For The First Time Ever
For the first time ever, one Hawaii state park saw snow on its grounds.
Looe Key is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It lies to the south of Big Pine Key. This reef is within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA).
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POLITICS
Key West Bans Popular Sunscreen To Protect Coral Reef
Hawaii also banned the sale and distribution of similar sunscreens, which contain chemicals that lead to coral bleaching.
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 28: Hawaiian Airlines A330 at Los Angeles International Airport on June 28, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by FG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
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U.S. NEWS
Hawaiian Airlines Flight Returns to LAX 3 Times
Flight 33, bound for Maui, was forced to return to the California airport following a series of "unrelated faults," an airlines spokesman said.
US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, attends a community meeting at Pahoa High School, Friday, May 4, 2018, in Pahoa, Hawaii. Gabbard, who serves in the National Guard, will be activated tomorrow and will serve in the lava affected areas of the Big Island. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
POLITICS
Tulsi Gabbard Apologizes For Past Anti-LGBTQ Comments
By Antonia Blumberg
In a video posted to YouTube, the 2020 presidential contender said her views have changed.
Photographer Kimberly Jeffries filmed on as a massive white shark had a meal off the coast of Oahu.
Kimberly Jeffries for HuffPost
ENVIRONMENT
Massive Great White Shark Takes Lunch Break In Oahu As Divers Watch In Awe
By Carla Herreria
Some consider Deep Blue to be one of the biggest great white sharks ever filmed.
Ed Case
Ed Case
ASIAN VOICES
Hawaii Congressman Claims He's An 'Asian Trapped In A White Body'
By Kimberly Yam
Rep. Ed Case (D-Hawaii) made the remark an event celebrating the Asian-American and Pacific Islander members of Congress.
U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) delivers a nomination speech for Senator Bernie Sanders on the second day at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 26, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Mike Segar / Reuters
OPINION
Tulsi Gabbard's 'Evolution' On LGBTQ Rights Isn't Convincing
By Michelangelo Signorile, Columnist
It's part of why her candidacy is dead in the water.
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 18: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) speaks at a press conference on House Resolution 922 outside the U.S. Capitol July 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. Gabbard and Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) spoke on reclaiming 'Congress's constitutional right to declare war' and efforts to define presidential wars not declared by Congress as impeachable 'high crimes and misdemeanors.' (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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QUEER VOICES
Tulsi Gabbard’s Homophobic Remarks Surface After 2020 Presidential Announcement
By Carla Herreria
Facing criticism, the Hawaii Democrat said she regrets the positions she took in the past "and the things I said."
Lonely George, the last known tree snail of its species, has died in Hawaii, wildlife officials announced.
Hawaii DLNR
SCIENCE
Lonely George The Tree Snail Has Died, Wiping Out An Entire Species
By Nina Golgowski
Despite ongoing efforts, Hawaii's remaining land snails also face imminent extinction, wildlife officials said.
Obama holds baby
Chelcie Edwards
POLITICS
Obama Cuddles His Youngest Fan And It's Really Adorable
By David Moye
7-week-old Paisley Edwards met the former president while he was golfing in Hawaii.
Hawaii, Midway , Sand Island, Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi ). (Photo by Sylvain CORDIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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WEIRD NEWS
Hawaiian Monk Seal Gets Eel Stuck Up Its Nose
By Ron Dicker
Don't worry, it was "successfully removed."
Clorox Co. Pine-Sol brand cleaner is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. Clorox Co. is scheduled to report second-quarter earnings on Feb. 4. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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U.S. NEWS
Preschoolers Served Pine-Sol Instead Of Apple Juice In Snack Mix-Up
By Nina Golgowski
Three children reportedly took sips of the cleaning product but did not show any signs of illness.
FILE - This Jan. 13, 2018 file smartphone screen capture shows a false incoming ballistic missile emergency alert sent from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency system. A man who suffered a heart attack shortly after Hawaii mistakenly issued an alert about a ballistic missile is suing the state. The lawsuit filed in state court Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, said the sending of the false missile alert and failing to cancel it in a timely manner was a substantial factor in causing James Sean Shields' heart attack on Jan. 13. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. NEWS
Man Who Suffered Heart Attack After False Missile Alert Is Suing Hawaii
By Audrey McAvoy, AP
James Sean Shields said the Jan. 13 false alarm played a "substantial" role in triggering a near-lethal heart attack.
BOSTON, MA - OCTOBER 3: A truck bearing a 'Support the Strike' sign is pictured outside of the Westin Boston Waterfront during a hotel workers strike on Oct. 3, 2018. Hotel workers walked off the job at seven Marriott hotels in Boston Wednesday morning, launching the first hotel strike in the city's history following months of fruitless contract negotiations. The job action involves more than 1,500 Marriott International employees, from housekeepers to bartenders to bellmen at the Aloft Boston Seaport District, Element Boston Seaport District, Ritz-Carlton Boston, Sheraton Boston, W Hotel Boston, Westin Boston Waterfront, and Westin Copley Place. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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BUSINESS
The Huge Marriott Hotel Strike Is Winding Down As Workers Win Pay Raises
By Dave Jamieson
Workers in Hawaii reached a deal on a new contract, leaving only California workers still on the picket lines.
Bruno Mars presents the Icon award at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Invision
ENTERTAINMENT
Bruno Mars Pays For Thanksgiving Meals For 24K People In His Home State Of Hawaii
By Kimberley Richards
The "24K Magic" artist performed this weekend in Honolulu to close out his world tour.
This illustration provided by Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) shows the proposed giant telescope on Mauna Kea on Hawaii's Big Island. A long-running effort to build one of the world's largest telescopes on the mountain sacred to Native Hawaiians is moving forward after a key approval Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, reopening divisions over a project that promises revolutionary views into the heavens but has drawn impassioned protests over the impact to a spiritual place. Hawaii's land board granted a construction permit for the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope atop the state's tallest mountain, called Mauna Kea, but opponents vowed to keep fighting. Protesters willing to be arrested were successful in blocking construction in the past. (Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) via AP)
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U.S. NEWS
Hawaii's Supreme Court Approves Giant Telescope On Sacred Mountain
By Dominique Mosbergen
The court upheld a building permit for the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea, a mountain considered sacred by many Native Hawaiians.
Debris is scattered after Super Typhoon Yutu hit the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, in Garapan, Saipan. Residents of the U.S. territory braced Thursday for months without electricity or running water after the islands were slammed with the strongest storm to hit any part of the U.S. this year. (AP Photo/Dean Sensui)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ENVIRONMENT
Northern Mariana Islands May Face Months Without Power After Super Typhoon Yutu
By Caleb Jones and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, AP
"It's like a small war just passed through."
East Island, French Frigate Shoals
Chip Fletcher/YouTube
ENVIRONMENT
Remote Hawaiian Island Wiped Off The Map
By Chris D'Angelo
“This event is confronting us with what the future could look like,” one federal scientist said about the loss of East Island, caused by Hurricane Walaka.
This wide-angle photo shows the fissure 8 cone (center of image) and the long line of steaming areas extending uprift (west), towards the upper right corner of the image. No significant change was observed at fissure 8 during today's overflight. Thermal images (see inset lower left) show no signs of lava within the cone - the small collapse pit in the center of the crater floor is cold.
USGS
ENVIRONMENT
Look At How Kilauea Volcano Turned A Rural Paradise Into A Barren Lava Field
By Carla Herreria
Before and after photos show how one rural community was devastated by this summer's eruption.
Difference Makers
RYOT Studio
IMPACT
100 Nonprofits You Need To Know And The Difference Makers Behind Them
By RYOT Studio
These individuals are impacting change right now in nonprofits around the country.
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AP/Jae C Hong
U.S. NEWS
Hawaii's Volcanic Park Finally Reopens After Monthslong Kilauea Eruption
By Caleb Jones, AP
The park reopened on Saturday, National Public Lands Day, after being shuttered for more than 130 days.
HONOLULU, HI - JANUARY 12: Tadd Fujikawa of the United States plays his shot from the 15th tee during the first round of the Sony Open In Hawaii at Waialae Country Club on January 12, 2017 in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
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QUEER VOICES
Tadd Fujikawa Just May Be The First Male Professional Golfer To Come Out As Gay
By Curtis M. Wong
The Hawaii-born athlete said he "spent way too long pretending, hiding, and hating who I was."
Mud and debris litter a backyard as a result of flooding caused by Hurricane Lane in Hilo, Hawaii, U.S., August 25, 2018. REUTERS/Terray Sylvester
Terray Sylvester / Reuters
ENVIRONMENT
Tropical Storm Olivia Nears Hawaii, Officials Warn Against 'Emergency Fatigue'
By Carla Herreria
"Because Lane wasn’t a direct hit, and Miriam and Norman bypassed the islands, people may start to feel like we’re safe."
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