Critics of criminal justice bill make final push for changes
WASHINGTON — Critics of a criminal justice bill backed by President Donald Trump are making a final push to amend the legislation in a way that would likely kill its prospects.
Trump administration moves to ban bump stocks
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration moved Tuesday to officially ban bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like automatic firearms, and has made them illegal to possess beginning in late March.
NASA’s 1st flight to moon, Apollo 8, marks 50th anniversary
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Fifty years ago on Christmas Eve, a tumultuous year of assassinations, riots and war drew to a close in heroic and hopeful fashion with the three Apollo 8 astronauts reading from the Book of Genesis on live TV as they orbited the moon.
Trump signs order to create US Space Command
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump launched the Pentagon’s new Space Command Tuesday, an effort to better organize and advance the military’s vast operations in space that could cost as much as $800 million over the next five years.
US surgeon general warns of teen risks from e-cigarettes
WASHINGTON — The government’s top doctor is taking aim at the best-selling electronic cigarette brand in the U.S., urging swift action to prevent Juul and similar vaping brands from addicting millions of teenagers.
Man dies after falling at Manoa Falls on Oahu
HONOLULU — A 27-year-old man has died after falling from near the top of a waterfall in a popular hiking area on Oahu, authorities said.
AP analysis: Unemployment, income affect life expectancy
NEW YORK — Even your lifespan can be local.
Former Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin joins law firm
HONOLULU — Former Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin has joined a Honolulu law firm following his unsuccessful run for Congress this year.
Used to bucking establishment, Gabbard eyes White House run
HONOLULU — One of Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s duties when she deployed to Iraq with the Hawaii Army National Guard in 2005 was to scan a list of U.S. combat casualties for names of her unit’s soldiers.
GOP waits on Trump as clock ticks toward partial shutdown
WASHINGTON — The fight over President Donald Trump’s $5 billion wall funds deepened Monday, threatening a partial government shutdown in a standoff that has become increasingly common in Washington.