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Man indicted for assault of Honolulu police officer
An Oahu grand jury indicted a 60-year-old man today for the Nov. 27 assault of a Honolulu police officer. Read more
Grand jury indicts man, 36, in sushi restaurant armed robbery
Wilsand Sardinha, allegedly armed with a simulated firearm, entered Kan Sushi at 1910 Ala Moana Blvd., just as it was closing, and pointed what appeared to be a handgun and demanded money from two employees, restraining one of them, and threatening a third. Read more
Man, 43, gets three years probation in fish smuggling case
A man who plead guilty to setting up an illegal aquarium fish smuggling operation marketing non-native, endangered species and protected Hawaii reef fish was sentenced to three years probation today, according to the U.S.Department of Justice. Read more
Democrats release images of Epstein’s private island home
Democrats chose the images they released today from a larger set of material given to the Oversight Committee by law enforcement authorities in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Read more
Man, 37, seriously hurt in alleged Makiki road rage stabbing
Honolulu Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene at 1322 Kinau St. at 10:07 p.m. to treat a man apparently stabbed in the upper body. Read more
Democrats release images of Jeffrey Epstein’s private island home
Taken together, they offer a glimpse at Epstein’s life on secluded islands that he used as a personal hideaway and where his accusers have said he brought girls as young as 11. Read more
Pentagon review faults Hegseth over Signal messages on Yemen
In a statement, the Pentagon said the review exonerated Hegseth. Read more
Stocks rise as data lifts Fed rate cut odds for next week
According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 gained 21.27 points, or 0.30%, to end at 6,849.76 points, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 40.42 points, or 0.18%, to 23,454.09. Read more
Browns open 21-day return window for QB Deshaun Watson
Watson was designated to return to practice, opening a 21-day window for the franchise to either activate him to the 53-man roster or shut him down for the remainder of the 2025 season. Read more
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China, Russia claim consensus on Ukraine, Japan tensions
Beijing and Moscow must “continue to coordinate and cooperate, to resolutely subdue Japanese far-right forces’ provocative actions to undermine regional peace and stability and attempts at remilitarising,” Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Read more
Gold holds steady, silver scales record high
Silver steadied after touching a record high of $58.98 earlier in the session. Read more
Trump calls Somalis ‘garbage’ he doesn’t want in U.S.
Trump’s outburst comes as he started a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation targeting Somalis in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region. Read more
Trump pardons Democrat Rep. Cuellar and wife in bribery case
Last year, Cuellar and his wife were indicted for allegedly accepting close to $600,000 in bribes in two schemes meant to benefit an Azerbaijani state-owned energy company and an unnamed bank based in Mexico. Read more
HPD seeks 2 masked gunmen after St. Louis Heights home invasion
District 7 patrol officers responded at about 2:25 a.m. to a home on Alencastre Street after reports that two men were attacked inside the residence, according to HPD. Read more
Experts push back on Hegseth’s ‘fog of war’ defense
“I did not personally see survivors,” he said at a Cabinet meeting in the White House, referring to people who were clinging to the boat’s wreckage between two U.S. strikes Sept. 2. Read more
DOJ weighs new Comey charges as key figure sues to block evidence
The material at issue in the lawsuit from Daniel Richman, a law professor and former attorney to Comey, would likely be central to any effort by prosecutors to revive the case against Comey. Read more
Kauai police seek 6 persons of interest involved in alleged assault
The Kauai Police Department has released video footage Opens in a new tab and images of the suspects. Read more
DHS secretary Noem recommends travel ban in wake of shooting
Noem’s statement came amid a wider crackdown on legal pathways of immigration after the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., by a gunman identified by authorities as an Afghan national last week. Read more
Costco sues Trump administration for refund of tariffs
The complaint, filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade, argues that Trump misused a 1977 law in his move to implement tariffs on products from more than 100 countries. Read more
Kauai lifeguard bitten by shark released from Queen’s
Queen’s shared that Swanson, 33, was discharged Monday after numerous surgeries to save his left leg. Read more
Equities rise on Fed rate cut optimism, Boeing jumps
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 185.13 points, or 0.39%, to 47,474.46, the S&P 500 gained 16.74 points, or 0.25%, to 6,829.37 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 137.75 points, or 0.59%, to 23,413.67. Read more
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