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WASHINGTON >> Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled skepticism today toward a Hawaii law that restricts the carrying of handguns on private property open to the public without the owner’s permission, appearing ready to expand gun rights again.
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The state Department of the Attorney General has opened an investigation after an agreement with federal authorities to share evidence “related to an ongoing federal matter” that involves an unnamed legislator who allegedly accepted $35,000 in a paper bag.
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MADRID >> A six-year-old girl was found walking alone along the tracks on Sunday night after her parents, brother and cousin all died in the high-speed crash between two trains in southern Spain. She had been on a family outing to see the Lion King musical in Madrid.
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Honolulu CrimeStoppers is asking for the public’s help finding a 37-year-old assault suspect who escaped police custody after being handcuffed Saturday afternoon.
Federal prosecutors issued subpoenas today to at least five Democratic officials in Minnesota, ramping up the Justice Department’s investigation into their response to the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown in the state, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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A barricade situation on Skyline Drive in the Liliha-Kapalama area has ended after Honolulu police officers took a suspect into custody.
LOS ANGELES >> Netflix narrowly exceeded Wall Street’s revenue estimates for its holiday quarter, as viewers tuned in for the final season of the hit sci-fi series “Stranger Things,” sending its shares down 4% in after-hours trading.
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NEW YORK >> Estee Lauder was sued by a self-described “disruptive” startup that accused the cosmetics giant of effectively putting it out of business by stealing technology to boost sales from jet-setting travelers in hotels.
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U.S. Bancorp CEO Gunjan Kedia warned on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s proposed 10% cap on credit card interest rates would significantly impact its clients and the broader economy, echoing concerns raised by the banking industry.
WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Postal Service said on Tuesday it is launching an online bidding platform to take proposals for access to its last-mile delivery network, opening more than 18,000 destination delivery units and local processing centers nationwide to a broader range of customers that could raise badly needed funds.
All three major Wall Street indexes closed well down today, joining other global stock markets in a broad selloff triggered by concerns that fresh tariff threats from President Donald Trump against Europe could signal renewed market volatility.
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SAINT PAUL, Minn. >> A Minnesota man told Reuters that he felt fear, shame and desperation after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn Sunday, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing shorts and Crocs.
JERUSALEM >> Israel demolished structures inside the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency’s East Jerusalem compound today after seizing the site last year, in an act condemned by the agency as a violation of international law.
President Donald Trump said today there was “no going back” on his goal to control Greenland, refusing to rule out taking the Arctic island by force and rounding on allies as European leaders struggled to respond.
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Fernando Mendoza rushed for a touchdown, Mikail Kamara had a key blocked punt and Indiana won its first football national championship with a 27-21 victory over Miami in the College Football Playoff title game on Monday night at Miami Gardens, Fla.
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Police are investigating an assault at Ala Moana Beach Park that sent a 42-year-old man to the hospital Sunday morning with a stab wound.
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DAVOS, Switzerland >> Donald Trump is expected to meet global business leaders in Davos on Wednesday, sources familiar with the matter said, as the president’s presence looms large over the annual gathering of the global elite in Switzerland.
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Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, will attend the oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday over whether President Donald Trump has the authority to remove Lisa Cook, a governor at the central bank, according to a person familiar with Powell’s plans.
Three U.S. Catholic archbishops on Monday decried the direction of American foreign policy, saying the country’s “moral role in confronting evil around the world” was in question and that military action must only be used as an extreme last resort.
The New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, said he intends to raise the impact of travel bans on this summer’s FIFA World Cup with President Donald Trump, saying it is “something (he) hopes will change” ahead of the tournament.
GUATEMALA CITY >> The death toll from coordinated gang attacks in Guatemala has risen to nine police officers, an official confirmed on Monday, following a weekend of violence that began with prison riots.
LONDON, >> Prince Harry, Elton John and other public figures were victims of systematic phone hacking and other unlawful acts by Britain’s powerful Daily Mail, their lawyer said on Monday as the trial of their high-profile privacy case against the publisher began.
ROME >> A mix of carmine and scarlet, with a hint of orange — a new hue, inspired by an elderly woman at Barcelona’s opera house, whose elegance struck a young Valentino Garavani.
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After consulting with an engineer, Hawaii County officials have decided to reconstruct the pedestrian bridge between Waiakea Peninsula and Moku‘ola (Coconut Island) rather than simply repair the damaged section.
President Donald Trump has linked his drive to take control of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he no longer thought “purely of Peace” as the row over the island threatened to reignite a trade war with Europe.
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ADAMUZ, Spain >>At least 40 people have died in southern Spain after a high-speed train derailed and collided with an oncoming one on Sunday night in one of the worst railway accidents in Europe in 80 years.
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Gold and silver hit record highs today, driven by a flight to safety after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of extra tariffs on some European countries in a dispute over Greenland.
MADRID >>A high-speed train derailed and smashed into another oncoming train in southern Spain on Sunday, pushing the second train off the tracks in a collision that police sources confirmed to Reuters had killed at least 21 people.
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