A man who spent decades in a Hawaii psychiatric hospital for killing a woman wants to go to trial on escape and identity theft charges after authorities said he fled the facility and flew to California before being captured, his defense attorney said T… Continue reading →
{FD} No psychiatric hospital employee responsible for escape
Officials said they are ready Wednesday to discuss the findings of an investigation into how a man escaped from a Hawaii psychiatric hospital and ended up in California. Continue reading →
{FD} Hawaii psychiatric hospital escape investigation completed
Officials said they are ready Wednesday to discuss the findings of an investigation into how a man escaped from a Hawaii psychiatric hospital and ended up in California. Continue reading →
{FD} Soldier who tried to help terrorists gets 25-year sentence
A soldier based in Hawaii is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for trying to help the Islamic State group. Continue reading →
{FD} Soldier set to be sentenced for trying to help Islamic State
A soldier based in Hawaii is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for trying to help the Islamic State group. Continue reading →
{FD} Hawaiian princess amends trust amid ongoing court battle
Records show a 92-year-old Native Hawaiian princess has changed her trust to ensure her wife receives $40 million and all her personal property, including her Chihuahua “Girlie Girl.” Continue reading →
{FD} Ex-death row inmate who beat sex trafficking case arrested
A day after Isaiah McCoy, a former death row inmate from Delaware, walked out of a U.S. courthouse in Hawaii a free man when prosecutors dropped sex trafficking charges against him, he found himself again in handcuffs. Continue reading →
{FD} 10 Indonesian fishermen accused of shark fin smuggling
Ten Indonesian fishermen arrested in Hawaii are accused of trying to smuggle nearly 1,000 shark fins from the U.S. to Indonesia. Continue reading →
{FD} Sex trafficking case dropped against ex-death row inmate
Sex trafficking charges in Hawaii have been dismissed against a former death row inmate from Delaware, allowing him to walk of court a free man again. Continue reading →
{FD} Ruling keeps Hawaii man hospitalized in ’06 triple murder
The retired U.S. judge who was tied up after a man allegedly shot and killed three people in Honolulu in 2006 says he’s satisfied with a ruling that dismisses all charges but recommits him to a psychiatric hospital. Continue reading →
{FD} Foundation board: Protect Hawaiian heiress’ millions
Board members of a foundation a 92-year-old heiress established for Native Hawaiians are calling for a judge to protect her $215 million trust. Continue reading →
{FD} US soldier pleads guilty to trying to help Islamic State
A soldier based in Hawaii pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to help the Islamic State group — admitting he provided secret military information, a drone meant to track U.S. troops and other support to undercover agents he believed were members of the … Continue reading →
{FD} Tropical Storm Lane damage assessment under way
Hawaii officials are assessing damage from Tropical Storm Lane, which dumped the third most rain from a tropical cyclone in the United States since 1950. Continue reading →
{FD} Hawaii residents seek shelter as hurricane approaches
As emergency shelters opened, rain began to pour and cellphone alerts went out, the approaching hurricane started to feel real for Hawaii residents. Continue reading →
{FD} Hawaii residents brace themselves as hurricane strengthens
Hawaii residents are stocking up on bottled water, ramen and ****** paper as a strengthening hurricane makes its way west to the state. Continue reading →
{FD} Hawaii’s Big Island readies as Hurricane Hector approaches
Hawaii emergency officials are keeping track of a hurricane that’s expected to pass to the south of the islands this week. Continue reading →
{FD} Road damage from earthquakes is latest Hawaii volcano peril
Officials on Hawaii’s Big Island, where Kilauea volcano continues to send huge amounts of lava across the land, are bracing for the possibility that frequent earthquakes will cut off a major highway. Continue reading →
{FD} 2 arrested after officer killed in Hawaii, shooter sought
Two associates of a man suspected of killing a Big Island police officer have been arrested but the shooter remained at large, authorities said Friday. Continue reading →
{FD} Hawaii volcano unleashes more small blasts, snaking lava
Small explosions at the summit of an erupting Hawaii volcano could send ash into communities. Continue reading →
{FD} Hawaii lava evacuee recounts neighborhood shooting near flow
A woman who evacuated her Hawaii home because of an erupting volcano says she filmed an angry neighbor shooting at a man near a lava flow. Continue reading →
