Suspect with checkered legal past assaults woman in own home while out on release
HILO A 56-year-old Hawaiian Beaches woman told police a man entered her Kawakawa Street home Saturday morning as she was having coffee, assaulted her, stole her cordless house phone and took a swing at her husband and missed.
County ready to prosecute old rape cases
HILO Hawaii Islands decade-long backlog of rape test kits have all been processed, and now its time to move onto the next step investigating and prosecuting the cases.
County: Construction on Kona emergency shelter project to begin next spring
KAILUA-KONA Hawaii County expects to begin construction this spring on the Kukuiola emergency shelter project.
McManus column: Alexander Hamilton saw this coming
WASHINGTON The grounds for impeaching President Donald Trump arent hard to find. Theyre clearly stated in the spare words of the Constitution.
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Please slow down this holiday season
Congress pushes ahead on Trump impeachment with nation split
WASHINGTON The House is plunging into a landmark impeachment week, with Democrats who once hoped to sway Republicans now facing the prospect of an ever-hardening partisan split over the question of removing President Donald Trump from office.
Washington’s Chris Petersen resigns, Jimmy Lake to take over
SEATTLE Chris Petersen has always worked according to his own schedule.
College basketball: Who gets the spotlight this week?
One thing fans have learned about preseason rankings in college basketball: They dont mean a thing.
Patriots have much to clean up with Chiefs up next
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Issues on offense have been a recurring theme for the Patriots this season.
Jaguars switching back to rookie QB Minshew amid 4-game skid
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The Mississippi Mustache is back in Jacksonvilles starting lineup.
Louisville is new No. 1, unranked Michigan goes to No. 4
Louisville is the latest No. 1 following an unexpected loss by Duke. Michigan has matched a record by debuting at No. 4.
Help-yourself breakfast buffet makes it easy on host, guests
Lets say guests are staying with you for some part of the holiday. Youve planned a beautiful, robust holiday dinner. Youve even been prescient enough to make a big batch of soup and buy a graze boards supply of cheeses, charcuterie, olives, etc. for a casual midday meal. Youve made the beds, laid out fresh towels, remembered to bump up your wine reserves.
Pull out the cast-iron skillet for these lamb chops with tomato and mint slaw
With the acquisition of one of my grandmothers 10-inch cast-iron frying pan with a near Teflon-level of seasoning, I now have three heavy-bottomed skillets on my stove right now.
Airbnb looking for 100 of the best home chefs for a trip
NEW YORK Airbnb is launching a global search for 100 top home cooks and treating them to a trip to Italy to learn how to refine their recipes with teachers including David Chang and his mom.
Anna Chiotti named Kona hospital CEO
KEALAKEKUA – Kona and Kohala hospitals have their new leader.
Honolulu lifeguards find body of man swept out to sea
HONOLULU Honolulu lifeguards have found the body of a man believed to have been swept off a rocky shoreline by a wave over the weekend.
Dictionary.com chooses ‘existential’ as word of the year
NEW YORK Climate change, gun violence, the very nature of democracy and an angsty little movie star called Forky helped propel existential to Dictionary.coms word of the year.
Patriotism is the theme of Christmas at the White House
WASHINGTON Melania Trump is celebrating American patriotism at the White House this Christmas, incorporating red and blue into the traditional holiday green, adding a timeline of American design, innovation and architecture and studding a Christmas tree with her familys annual ornament, the American flag.
Schools, offices close as long-lived storm clobbers US East
ALBANY, N.Y. A seemingly endless winter storm that hindered travel across most of the country over the long holiday weekend is delivering a last wallop as it swoops through the Northeast, dumping heavy snow, shuttering hundreds of schools and bedeviling commuters in the region Monday.
Bullock becomes 3rd governor to drop presidential campaign
HELENA, Mont. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock ended his Democratic presidential campaign Monday, becoming the third Western governor boasting executive experience and a Washington-outsider appeal to flame out in the contest.
House impeachment report coming ahead of landmark hearing
WASHINGTON The House impeachment report on President Donald Trump will be unveiled Monday behind closed doors for key lawmakers as Democrats push ahead with the inquiry despite the White Houses declaration it will not participate in the first Judiciary Committee hearing.
China’s climate paradox: A leader in coal and clean energy
WASHINGTON As world leaders gather in Spain to discuss how to slow the warming of the planet, a spotlight falls on China the top emitter of greenhouse gases.
Roberts seems to hold key to case over New York City gun law
WASHINGTON Chief Justice John Roberts appeared Monday to be the key vote in whether the Supreme Court considers expanding gun rights or sidesteps its first case on the issue in nearly 10 years.
