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LOS ANGELES >> How does a person summarize the 45-year career of Tom Cruise in a four-minute speech? “Mission impossible,” said director Alejandro Inarritu on Sunday as Hollywood celebrated the movie star with an honorary Oscar.
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SINGAPORE/LONDON >> Bitcoin fell below $90,000 for the first time in seven months on Tuesday in the latest sign that investor appetite for risk is drying up across financial markets.
WASHINGTON >> The Pentagon is withdrawing some National Guard troops from Chicago and Portland, weeks after President Donald Trump deployed them to combat what he described as increased crime, two U.S. defense officials familiar with the decision said today.
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Over 130 people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally have been detained in Charlotte, North Carolina, authorities said on Monday, as President Donald Trump’s nationwide mass deportation campaign ramped up in the South.
CHICAGO >> A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that a former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to disable the engines of a passenger jet mid-flight while riding off-duty in the cockpit will not serve additional prison time.
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Gov. Josh Green has ordered the state and U.S. flags be flown at half-staff at all state offices in honor of the late Maui County Council member Tasha Kama and former Vice President Dick Cheney.
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The Hawaiian Humane Society is asking for the community’s help due to an influx of cats and kittens arriving in its care with feline panleukopenia, a highly contagious disease.
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Thousands of documents related to Amelia Earhart, the aviator who vanished in 1937 while attempting to become the first woman to circumnavigate the world, were published online by the National Archives on Friday and billed as an effort to increase transparency about her disappearance, but Earhart experts said the collection was a dud.
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The Hawaii Department of Health says trace levels of selenium have been detected for the first time in water samples collected from a system serving the Lahaina, Honokowai, and Napili areas on Maui.
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WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump said today he plans to approve the sale of U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, speaking a day before he hosts Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for a day of diplomacy.
Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders made his long-awaited NFL debut Sunday when starter Dillon Gabriel was sidelined with a concussion. Sanders played the entire second half in a 23-16 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, completing 4 of 16 passes for 47 yards.
TOKYO >> Japan’s economy contracted for the first time in more than a year during the July to September quarter, as tariffs imposed by the Trump administration began to weigh on the exports of one of the United States’ top trading partners.
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WASHINGTON >> The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote as soon as Tuesday to force the release of investigative files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with passage seen as all but guaranteed after President Donald Trump dropped his longstanding opposition.
David Richardson, the acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, resigned today, the Washington Post reported, citing people familiar with the situation. Richardson, a former Marine Corps officer, is the latest acting leader to resign from the role during President Donald Trump’s second term.
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WASHINGTON >> A U.S. judge found today there is evidence of misconduct in how a federal prosecutor closely aligned with President Donald Trump secured criminal charges against James Comey, and ordered that grand jury materials be turned over to the former FBI chief’s defense lawyers.
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Alphabet shares rallied nearly 6% to a record high today after Berkshire Hathaway’s new stake provided an endorsement of the tech giant’s artificial intelligence efforts amid heightened worries over a looming bubble.
The number of international college students enrolling in their American schools for the first time decreased by 17% this fall, according to data published today.
TOKYO/BEIJING >> Japan moved on Monday to tamp down an escalating row with China over Taiwan that has prompted Beijing to urge citizens to halt travel to its East Asian neighbor.
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WASHINGTON >> The Federal Aviation Administration late today said it would end mandated cuts in domestic flights at 40 major U.S. airports, including Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, effective at 6 a.m. ET Monday (1 a.m. in Hawaii), easing restrictions that had been imposed over air traffic control concerns during the federal shutdown.
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The Maui Police Department has identifies the 21-year-old Kula woman killed Saturday evening after crashing her 1998 Toyota 4Runner.
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WASHINGTON >> Democratic Sen. John Fetterman said on Saturday that he is now home after a Thursday fall that resulted in 20 stitches in his face.
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WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump bought at least $82 million in corporate and municipal bonds from late August to early October including new investments in sectors benefiting from his policies, financial disclosures made public on Saturday showed.
SEOUL >> Hyundai Motor Group will invest 125.2 trillion won ($86.47 billion) in South Korea from 2026 to 2030, the automaker said on Sunday after Seoul finalised a trade deal reducing U.S. tariffs on South Korean autos to 15% from 25%.
NEW DELHI >> Indian agricultural exporters are among the winners from President Donald Trump’s exemption of dozens of food items from his reciprocal tariffs regime, which some analysts say could help to revive lost demand.
DUBAI >> Boeing aims to stabilize aircraft production at current levels before advancing to the next industrial milestones as it implements safety and quality improvements, its top jetmaking executive said on Sunday.
The hallowed grounds of Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted its first NFL game, and the Spanish crowd was treated to a game-winning field goal as the Miami Dolphins defeated the Washington Commanders 16-13 in overtime Sunday.
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WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump today urged his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote for the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reversing his earlier resistance to such a move.
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Charlotte Kelly and Annabelle Thalken had 10 kills apiece and Cal Poly completed an undefeated regular season at home with a 25-14, 25-20, 25-12 sweep of Hawaii today at Mott Athletics Center in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
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A second suspect has been arrested in connection with a Nov. 8 incident in which a gun was fired toward a crowd at the Chinese Cultural Plaza.
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The Honolulu Fire Department’s Air 1 helicopter was called into action today to rescue an ailing hiker from the Diamond Head Crater Trail.
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Honolulu police arrested a 36-year-old man suspected of brandishing a knife to rob another man of his belongings in Iwilei Friday morning.
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