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A U.S. naval ship can been seen from Pearl Harbor National Memorial Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, in Honolulu. A U.S. sailor shot and wounded several civilian Department of Defense employees at the Pearl Harbor shipyard Wednesday before taking their own life, the military said. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, one of the Navy’s major installations, said the shooting began around 2:30 p.m. at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones) HIMG105 HIMG105

December 4, 2019 at 11:02 pm

Pearl Harbor commemoration to go on after fresh tragedy VIEW

HONOLULU (AP) — Officials will beef up security as usual for the ceremony to remember those lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor 78 years...

December 4, 2019 at 5:22 pm

Sailor kills 2 civilians, self at Pearl Harbor shipyard VIEW

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — An active duty U.S. sailor whose submarine was docked at Pearl Harbor opened fire on three civilian employees Wednesday, killing...

November 9, 2019 at 8:55 pm

Pacific bird refuge struggles as ocean garbage patch grows VIEW

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) — Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a...

Plastic sits in the decomposed carcass of a seabird on Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones) HICJ118OTK HICJ118OTK

November 6, 2019 at 9:42 pm

Pacific bird refuge struggles as ocean garbage patch grows VIEW

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) — Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a...

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Rob Kraft, director of undersea operations at Vulcan Inc., reviews sonar scans of a warship from the World War II Battle of Midway that was found by the crew of the research vessel Petrel on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 off Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The crew confirmed the ship was the flagship Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones) HICJ805 HICJ805

October 20, 2019 at 12:34 pm

Expedition started by Paul Allen finds second warship from WWII Battle of Midway VIEW

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) — A crew of deep-sea explorers and historians looking for lost World War II warships have found a second...

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, photo, Vulcan Inc. director of subsea operations on the Petrel, Rob Kraft, left, looks at images of the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga, off Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Deep-sea explorers scouring the world’s oceans for sunken World War II ships are honing in on a debris field deep in the Pacific. Weeks of grid searches around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands already have led the research vessel Petrel to one sunken battleship, the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga. This week, it’s investigating what could be another. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones) HICJ405 HICJ405

October 17, 2019 at 9:38 pm

Deep-sea explorers continue Paul Allen's quest for sunken World War II ships VIEW

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) — Deep-sea explorers scouring the world's oceans for sunken World War II ships are focusing in on debris fields...

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This Sept. 12, 2019 photo shows bleaching coral in Kahala’u Bay in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Just four years after a major marine heat wave killed nearly half of this coastlineâ€™s coral, federal researchers are predicting another round of hot water will cause some of the worst coral bleaching the region has ever seen. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones) HICJ101 HICJ101

September 23, 2019 at 9:04 am

Coral die-off predicted as marine heat wave engulfs Hawaii VIEW

CAPTAIN COOK, Hawaii (AP) — At the edge of an ancient lava flow where jagged black rocks meet the Pacific, small off-the-grid homes overlook the...

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August 25, 2019 at 8:11 am

Hawaii or Spain? Telescope experts say it may not matter VIEW

HONOLULU (AP) — When starlight from billions of years ago zips across the universe and finally comes into focus on Earth, astronomers want their telescopes...

August 22, 2019 at 3:28 pm

7 sent to hospital after smoke fills cabin of Hawaii flight

HONOLULU (AP) — Seven people were taken to the hospital Thursday after smoke filled the cabin of a Hawaiian Airlines flight from California to Hawaii....

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August 7, 2019 at 2:14 pm

Honolulu authorities investigate arsons at 3 Waikiki hotels VIEW

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police said Wednesday surveillance video recorded images of the same man at three different high-rise hotels near Waikiki Beach where fires...

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