Maui fire: 93 killed as governor warns of ‘significant’ death toll rise

Ninety-three people have been killed and hundreds are unaccounted for days after fires broke out in Hawaii. More »

Maui fires: ‘We’re self-reliant people – but where’s the help?’

Some residents on the Hawaiian island of Maui are questioning why there is not more official aid. More »

Hawaii fire: Maps and images reveal Maui devastation

Satellite images and before-and-after pictures show extent of damage to town of Lahaina on Maui. More »

What caused the Hawaii wildfires?

What sparked the fires is still a mystery, but a mix of wind and dry weather helped the flames spread. More »

‘Secret’ life of sharks: Study reveals their surprising social networks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sharks have more complex social lives than previously known, as shown by a study finding that gray reef sharks in the Pacific Ocean cultivate surprising social networks with one another and develop bonds that can endure for years. The re... More »

Gabbard calls Clinton ‘personification of the rot’ as war of words heats up

(Reuters) – An ugly war of words broke out among Democrats on Friday, as Representative Tulsi Gabbard responded angrily to broad hints by Hillary Clinton, the party’s 2016 presidential nominee, that Gabbard was being “groomed” to disrupt the 2020 election as a... More »

Newfound comet likely an ‘interstellar visitor,’ scientists say

(Reuters) – A newly discovered comet hurtling toward the orbit of Mars has scientists scurrying to confirm whether it came from outside the solar system, a likely prospect that would make it the second such interstellar object observed in our planetary neighbo... More »

‘Seeing the unseeable’: Scientists reveal first photo of black hole

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Using a global network of telescopes to see “the unseeable,” an international scientific team on Wednesday announced a milestone in astrophysics – the first-ever photo of a black hole – in an achievement that validated a pillar of scienc... More »

Scientists defy ‘force of nature’ to unlock secrets of Hawaii volcano

PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Dressed in heavy cotton, a helmet and respirator, Jessica Ball worked the night shift monitoring “fissure 8,” which has been spewing fountains of lava as high as a 15-story building from a slope on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. The lava p... More »

Cigar-shaped interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua classified as comet

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The reddish cigar-shaped object called ‘Oumuamua spotted last year tumbling through space is a comet, scientists said on Wednesday, solving the mystery over how to classify the first interstellar object found passing through our solar sy... More »

Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano channeling molten rock through fits and…

(Reuters) – The latest bursts of molten rock, ash and toxic gas from Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii are part of an ever changing and still largely mysterious cycle of eruptions that have been at work for hundreds of thousands of years. Kilauea, on... More »

Mixed Martial Arts: Holloway replaces injured Ferguson in UFC title…

(Reuters) – UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will replace injured interim title-holder Tony Ferguson and take on Khabib Nurmagomedov for the lightweight title at UFC 223 in New York on Saturday, the promotion has announced. With Conor McGregor failing t... More »

Hawaii lawmakers approve medical aid in dying for terminally ill

(Reuters) – Hawaii would become the seventh U.S. state to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients under legislation passed by the state Senate on Thursday and sent to the governor. The bill would allow terminally ill individuals to obta... More »

Beijing treated to super lunar eclipse not seen since Qing dynasty

Millions of people across the Chinese capital were treated to a "super blood blue moon" eclipse on a cold but clear night on Wednesday, a phenomenon not seen since the late Qing dynasty more than 150 years ago. More »

Heavenly show to feature trifecta of super blue moon, eclipse

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The moon will stage a rare triple show on Wednesday when a blue super moon combines with a total lunar eclipse that will be visible from western North America to eastern Asia, U.S. astronomers say. The overlap of a blue moon – the second... More »

Colossal distant black hole holds surprises about early universe

Artist’s conception of the most-distant supermassive black hole ever discovered, which is part of a quasar from just 690 million years after the Big Bang is shown in this illustration released on December 6, 2017. Courtesy Robin Dienel/Carnegie Institution for... More »

Actor Jim Nabors, TV’s ‘Gomer Pyle’ of 1960s, dies at 87

Actor Jim Nabors, whose portrayal of the grinning country bumpkin Gomer Pyle on the 1960s television hit "The Andy Griffith Show" belied a classic baritone singing voice, died on Thursday at the age of 87, his website said. More »

Factbox: Six facts about ‘Gomer Pyle’ actor Jim Nabors

(Reuters) – As Gomer Pyle, the earnest, simple-minded gas station attendant who became a U.S. Marine, Jim Nabors, who died at 87 on Thursday in Hawaii, played one of the most popular characters on U.S. television in the 1960s. Here are six facts about Nabors. ... More »

Director Brett Ratner sues woman who accused him of rape

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Taiwan to boost defense spending, U.S. concerned over possible military imbalance: official media

Taiwan will increase future defense spending by two percent each year, President Tsai Ing-wen said during a visit to Hawaii where the United States expressed concern over a possible military imbalance in the Taiwan Straits, Taiwan media reported. More »

U.S., South Korea, Japan urge North Korea to cease `irresponsible` provocations

Senior defense officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan held trilateral talks and urged North Korea to walk away from its "destructive and reckless path" of weapons development, the U.S. military said in a statement. More »

Mystery space object may be first confirmed interstellar visitor

A small asteroid or comet that has been spotted racing through our solar system may have come from elsewhere in the galaxy, U.S. space scientists say, possibly marking the first such interstellar visitor observed from Earth. More »

Federal judge in Hawaii expands block on Trump travel ban

A federal judge in Hawaii extended his halt of U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban on citizens from six Muslim-majority countries. More »

Hawaii approves telescope on volcano sacred to indigenous people

A team of scientists won approval from Hawaii officials on Thursday to build a $1.4 billion telescope atop a volcano indigenous people consider sacred, but opponents vowed to continue fighting. More »

U.S. appeals court rejects Trump`s bid to bar most refugees

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's effort to temporarily bar most refugees from entering the country, ruling that those who have relationships with a resettlement agency should be exempt from an executive order banning refugee... More »

U.S. appeals court questions scope of Trump travel ban

A U.S. appeals court on Monday sharply questioned a lawyer defending President Donald Trump's effort to broadly enforce a temporary refugee ban that the Republican president said was necessary for national security. More »

Supreme Court gives Hawaii until Tuesday to answer Trump travel ban motion

U.S. President Donald Trump in Hamburg, Germany July 8, 2017. The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the State of Hawaii to respond by Tuesday at noon to President Donald Trump’s motion to block a judge’s ruling that prevented his travel ban from being applied to gr... More »

Supreme Court gives Trump more time to file travel ban briefs

U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration more time to file papers responding to an appeals court ruling that upheld a block on a proposed ... More »

Trump travel ban fight heads toward Supreme Court showdown

A picture of the travel advisory page of Qatar Airways advising passengers bound for the United States from seven newly banned majority Muslim countries that they need to have either a U.S. green card or diplomatic visa, January 28, 2017 in London, Britain. Pi... More »

New York, other states challenge Trump over climate change regulation

FILE PHOTO: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks at a news conference in New York, New York, U.S. March 29, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo A coalition of 17 U.S. states filed a legal challenge on Wednesday against efforts by President Donald... More »

Trump vows appeal up to Supreme Court after loss on travel ban

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the American Center for Mobility for American Manufactured Vehicles in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, U.S. March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst A defiant President Donald Trump has pledged to appeal to the U.S. ... More »

Hate daylight saving time? You may have a point, researchers say

Scott Gow adjusts a tower clock on test at the Electric Time Company in Medfield, Massachusetts March 6, 2009. Daylight saving time begins in the United States at 2 a.m. March 8. REUTERS/Brian Snyder For most Americans, daylight saving time means only one thin... More »

Hawaii issues first challenge to Trump`s new travel ban

FILE PHOTO: Tourists and locals play on Ko’Olina beach on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, July, 29, 2013. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry/File Photo The state of Hawaii requested emergency court intervention on Wednesday to halt a revised executive order from President Donald... More »

Trump steps up attack on judge, court system over travel ban

Demonstrators in support of the immigration rules implemented by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, rally at Los Angeles international airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu President Donald Trump on Sunday ra... More »

Facebook CEO, facing wave of criticism, stops attempt to force Hawaii land sale

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen on stage during a town hall at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California September 27, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo Facing mounting criticism from islanders and local lawmakers, Facebook (FB.O) CEO Mark Zuck... More »

Scientists enter Hawaii dome in eight-month Mars space mission study

Six scientists have entered a dome perched atop a remote volcano in Hawaii where they will spend the next eight months in isolation to simulate life for astronauts traveling to Mars, the University of Hawaii said. More »

On Pearl Harbor visit, Abe pledges Japan will never wage war again

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe give remarks as U.S. President Barack Obama listens at Kilo Pier overlooking the USS Arizona Memorial at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. December 27, 2016. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry Japanese Prime Minister ... More »

Telescope group chooses Canary Islands as alternative to Hawaii

The team behind a project to build one of the world’s largest telescopes said on Monday it has chosen Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean as a possible alternative to Hawaii. More »

Endangered Hawaiian crow shows a knack for tool use

A captive Hawaiian crow using a stick tool to extract food from a wooden log is shown in this image released on September 14, 2016. Courtesy Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Global/Handout via REUTERS An endangered crow species from Hawaii that already is extinct in the... More »

FDA recommends Zika testing for all blood donated in U.S.

An edes aegypti mosquito is seen inside a test tube as part of a research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases at a control and prevention center in Guadalupe, neighbouring Monterrey, Mexico, March 8, 2016. REUTERS/Danie... More »

SEC charges 71 muni issuers for misleading investors

A sign for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pictured in the foyer of the Fort Worth Regional Office in Fort Worth, Texas June 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Stone (Story corrects paragraph 4 to show a Minnesota county municipal finance official did not ... More »

Solar-powered plane lands in Arizona on round-the-world flight

LOS ANGELES A solar-powered airplane midway through a historic bid to circle the globe completed the 10th leg of its journey on Monday, landing in Arizona after a 16-hour flight from California, the project team said. The Swiss team flying the aircraft in a ca... More »

Trump takes Michigan in repudiation of Republican establishment

DETROIT Republican front-runner Donald Trump racked up primary wins in the big prize of Michigan and in Mississippi on Tuesday, brushing off a week of blistering attacks from the party’s establishment and expanding his lead in the White House nominating race. ... More »

Rockies Reyes put on paid leave pending abuse case

Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes has been placed on paid leave pending completion of his criminal proceedings on domestic abuse charges in Hawaii, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said on Tuesday. Four-time All-Star Reyes entered a plea of n... More »

Solar-powered plane breaks solo flight record across Pacific to Hawaii

HONOLULU A Swiss man attempting to circumnavigate the globe with an aircraft powered only by the sun’s energy has broken a world record for the longest non-stop solo flight, the project team said on Thursday. The Solar Impulse, which took off from Japan on Mon... More »

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