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March 7, 2019 at 3:32 pm

Young humpback whale freed from fishing gear off Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) — A number of private boats helped a team of federal responders free a young humpback whale from heavy gauge fishing gear off...

February 19, 2019 at 12:35 pm

Landslide on Oahu covers highway, seriously injuring a woman

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii transportation officials were assessing an unstable slope above a busy highway on Oahu Tuesday after a landslide on the roadway sent...

In this Jan. 15, 2019 photo provided by Juan Oliphant, Ocean Ramsey, a shark researcher and advocate, swims with a large great white shark off the shore of Oahu. Ramsey told The Associated Press on Thursday, Jan. 17 that images of her swimming next to a huge great white shark prove that these top predators should be protected, not feared. (Juan Oliphant via AP)

January 18, 2019 at 6:59 am

Watch divers swim extremely close to a giant great white shark WATCH

Watch as divers get extremely close to a giant great white shark.

December 6, 2018 at 9:54 pm

Pearl Harbor survivor and Navy veteran recalls 1941 attack VIEW

HONOLULU (AP) — Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Don Long was alone on an anchored military seaplane in the middle of a bay across the island...

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November 28, 2018 at 1:42 pm

Food chain disruption eyed in Hawaii whale sighting decline

HONOLULU (AP) — Research into the decline of humpback whale sightings in Hawaii points to a food chain disruption likely caused by warmer ocean temperatures...

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November 6, 2018 at 9:19 pm

Guam Catholic Church to file bankruptcy amid abuse lawsuits VIEW

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Guam's Catholic Church will file for bankruptcy — a move that will allow the archdiocese to avoid trial in dozens of...

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In this Sept. 28, 2015 file photo, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology director Ruth Gates jumps off a boat into Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay. Gates, who dedicated much of her career to saving the world’s fragile and deteriorating coral reefs, has died at age 56. The University of Hawaii, where Gates was the director of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, said Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018 that the researcher died in Honolulu on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File) HICJ202 HICJ202

October 30, 2018 at 4:04 pm

'Super coral' scientist Ruth Gates dies in Hawaii at 56

Ruth Gates advocated the breeding of a “super coral” that could resist the effects of global warming and replenish rapidly deteriorating reefs worldwide.

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October 26, 2018 at 9:56 pm

Islands regain some air, sea access after monster storm WATCH

Some airport and shipping access has returned to a U.S. Pacific territory ravaged by a super typhoon, but tens of thousands of residents still without...

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October 24, 2018 at 10:49 pm

Typhoon crumbles homes, kills 1 in Northern Mariana Islands VIEW

The strongest storm to hit any part of the United States this year crumbled concrete houses, smashed cars and killed at least one person in...

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This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Typhoon Yutu crossing over the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, producing damaging winds and high surf Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. The National Weather Service in Honolulu says maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (290 kph) were recorded around the eye of the storm, which passed over Tinian island and Saipan early Thursday morning local time. Waves of 25 to 40 feet (6 to 12 meters) are expected around the eye of the storm. (NOAA via AP) LA306 LA306

October 24, 2018 at 11:10 am

Injuries reported in Marianas after Super Typhoon Yutu hits VIEW

HONOLULU (AP) — Super Typhoon Yutu crossed over the U.S. commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands early Thursday as the equivalent of a Category 5...

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