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April 4, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

For three years, the U.S. economy has been buffeted by rapid inflation, high interest rates and political instability at home and abroad. Yet it has proved surprisingly resilient, supported by...

April 3, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

The latest round of U.S. trade tariffs unveiled on Wednesday will sap yet more vigour from a world economy barely recovered from the post-pandemic inflation surge, weighed down by record debt...

April 3, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Markets around the world shuddered on Thursday after President Donald Trump announced across-the-board 10% tariffs on all U.S. trading partners except Canada and Mexico, as well as even higher...

April 3, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

The Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) recently recognized the top football players from the 2024 season, releasing the All-BIIF First Team for Division II. The Division I team was a...

April 3, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a 10% minimum tariff on most goods imported to the United States, with much higher duties on products from dozens of countries,...

April 2, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

President Donald Trump has settled on a final plan for sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs, which are expected to take effect Wednesday after he announces the details at an afternoon Ros...

April 2, 2025 | 10 MIN READ

The Trump administration laid off thousands of federal health workers Tuesday in a purge that included senior leaders and top scientists charged with regulating food and drugs, protecting Amer...

April 1, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

The 81-year-old woman who was stabbed to death in the driveway of her Hilo home Saturday morning was already dead when officers arrived on scene, according to court documents filed by police....

April 1, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

A nationwide “Hands Off!” protest against the second Trump administration on Saturday will include four demonstrations by Indivisible Hawaii members and supporters on the Big Islan...

April 1, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

TORONTO/NEW YORK — The “Buy Canadian” movement is sending new ripples of concern through the executive offices of U.S.-based consumer companies that banked on selling their p...

March 31, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump did not rule out seeking a third term in office on Sunday, telling NBC News that he was “not joking” about the possibility and...

March 31, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

Key Hawaii Republicans offered differing views of President Donald Trump three months into his second term, with some continuing their full support while others are hearing from constituents w...

March 31, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

Ziggy Duchnowski spent Saturday morning car shopping along Northern Boulevard in the New York City borough of Queens with two goals in mind.

March 30, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

A bill that would provide funding for Hawaii Island Community Health Center to expand the reach of its services to about 55,000 patients yearly is making its way through the state Legislature....

March 30, 2025 | 9 MIN READ

RAINELLE, W.V. — The phone rang over the whine of Trey Yates’ butter churn. The person calling was polite, but the message was devastating: Mountaineer Food Bank was ending Yates&r...

March 30, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, resigned under pressure Friday and said that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on...