A woman was killed this morning after being struck by a vehicle as she was walking on a Makakilo road, police said.

A 24-year-old woman shot and critically injured in Ewa Beach Tuesday night has been identified by family members as Francesca Kelso.

The Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $1.7 billion, the third highest in history, after no one won the latest drawing Wednesday night.

Hawaii has joined forces with the newly launched West Coast Health Alliance, which includes California, Oregon, and Washington.

A 70-year-old Punchbowl man pleaded not guilty to second-degree arson today in a wildfire along Kunia Road on Aug. 23.

WASHINGTON >> Washington, D.C., sued President Donald Trump’s administration today over his deployment of National Guard troops in the capital city, a move likely to heighten tensions between the Republican president and the city’s Democratic leaders.

Honolulu firefighters put out a fire at a two-story townhome in Waianae on Wednesday night.

WASHINGTON >> Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a withering barrage of questioning from a Senate committee on his vaccine policy and his record as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, responding at times with clear disdain for the senators, public health data and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which he oversees.

CHICAGO >> The president of Northwestern University, a prestigious school in suburban Chicago, announced today that he would resign as the institution deals with budget issues stemming from cuts in federal funding by the Trump administration.

MILAN >> Designer Giorgio Armani, who helped to put Italy at the forefront of global fashion and dressed Hollywood stars, has died at the age of 91, the company that he founded and led for five decades said today.

The Justice Department has launched a criminal mortgage fraud probe into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and has issued grand jury subpoenas out of both Georgia and Michigan, according to documents seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the matter.

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WASHINGTON >> Multiple health groups and medical associations called on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to step down in a joint statement on Wednesday, saying he was disregarding decades of lifesaving science and reversing medical progress.

American Eagle Outfitters shares surged 26% in premarket trading today, fueled by renewed shopper interest in the retailer following a controversial jeans ad campaign featuring actor Sydney Sweeney.

BERLIN >> As the leaders of China and Russia walked to the viewing platform at a military parade in Beijing today, they made small talk about living forever.

WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump said today the U.S. might have to “unwind” trade deals it reached with the European Union, Japan and South Korea, among others, if it loses a Supreme Court tariffs case, and warned that a loss would cause the U.S. “to suffer so greatly.”

Shark warning signs have been posted at Waimea Bay after two were observed this afternoon, according to city officials.

A two-day, two-game trip to Maui highlights the 2025-26 Hawaii women’s basketball schedule released today.

Two endangered Hawaiian monk seal pups have been rescued this summer, according to federal wildlife officials, improving their prospects for survival.

More EV chargers are now available at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport parking lot in Honolulu.

LISBON >> At least 15 people died and 18 were injured today when Lisbon’s Gloria funicular railway car, which is popular with tourists and is one of the city’s symbols, derailed and crashed, an emergency medical service spokesperson told reporters.

Harvard University won a crucial legal victory in its clash with the Trump administration today, when a federal judge said that the government had broken the law by freezing billions of dollars in research funds in the name of combating antisemitism.

NEW YORK >> The U.S. dollar fell against the yen and Swiss franc today after economic data showed weakening labor market conditions, supporting investor expectations of U.S. monetary policy easing by the Federal Reserve.

Memos released in recent days by the Food and Drug Administration show that the agency’s vaccine chief overruled staff scientists who favored widespread access to COVID shots, setting off a firestorm of criticism from lawmakers, state officials and doctors.

After nearly three decades of silence, dozens of victims of Jeffrey Epstein and their supporters massed at the foot of the U.S. Capitol today, demanding the release of all government records pertaining to Epstein as well as others involved in his sex trafficking crimes.

WASHINGTON >> U.S. job openings fell to a 10-month low in July and there were more unemployed people than positions available for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, data consistent with easing labor market conditions and supporting expectations the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates this month.

Florida plans to end all state vaccine mandates, including for children to attend schools, the state’s surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, announced on Wednesday, likening the requirements to “slavery.”

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A 31-year-old man died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday night after allegedly shooting a 24-year-old woman in Ewa Beach, leaving her in critical condition, Honolulu police said.

BEIJING >> Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the world was facing a choice between peace or war at a massive military parade in Beijing on Wednesday, flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in an unprecedented show of force.

Pfizer said today its COVID-19 vaccine has saved more than 14 million lives worldwide, after President Donald Trump urged pharmaceutical companies to justify the success of their pandemic drugs.

City officials are closing Kailua Beach Park from midnight to 4 a.m., starting Friday, as part of a three-month pilot program that will help determine if the closure hours should become permanent.

Hundreds of Sudanese villagers were killed when a landslide engulfed their village in Darfur, a region already stricken by famine and war, according to officials and a local rebel group that issued an urgent appeal today for international help.

A decade after its merger created a global food giant, Kraft Heinz said early today that it planned to split into two separate companies.

WASHINGTON >> The U.S. military killed 11 people today in a strike on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics, President Donald Trump said, in the first known operation since his administration’s recent deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean.

TOKYO >> The chair of the Japanese beverage giant Suntory has resigned amid a police investigation into his purchase of a supplement that could be illegal in Japan, the company said Tuesday.

Starting tonight, the Kaneohe-bound lanes of Likelike Highway are scheduled for full, weeknight closures for the installation of rods at Wilson Tunnel, for an estimated two months.

NEW YORK >> Wall Street started off September on a sharply lower note today as investors weighed the legality of President Donald Trump’s tariffs after a federal appeals court ruled most of his sweeping tariffs illegal. A divided U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Trump’s tariffs are illegal, but allowed for the levies to be in place until October 14. Trump this afternoon said his ad

WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump said today he will relocate the U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama, noting the southern state’s strong support for him while criticizing Colorado’s voting practices. The move, first reported by Reuters, benefits a state that overwhelmingly supported Trump’s three Republican presidential bids, at the expense of one that opposed them.

LONDON/NEW YORK >> Coffee roasters 3 Coracoes and Melitta are raising prices for their products in Brazil, the world’s second-largest coffee consumer behind the U.S., according to documents sent to clients and seen by Reuters.

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More than 85 American and international scientists have condemned a Trump administration report that calls the threat of climate change overblown, saying the analysis is riddled with errors, misrepresentations and cherry-picked data to fit the president’s political agenda.

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A federal judge today blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from using the military to fight crime in California, as the Republican president threatens to send troops to more U.S. cities, including Chicago. San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found that the Trump administration violated a law known as the Posse Comitatus Act with its June deployment of 4,000 National

U.S. investors returning from Labor Day break today were hit with fresh uncertainty in trade policy after a federal appeals court ruled most of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs illegal.