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Roadwork to close lanes of Pali and H-1 • Man charged in burglary

Boy and dad hurt in pocket bike crash • Police hunt for woman wanted on warrant • Teen nabbed for allegedly swiping purse • Snorkeler sent to Maui hospital

Millions of additional dollars will be required to address two safety oversights to Hono­lulu's future rail system, according to the project's top executive.

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　全米の確定申告（タックスリターン）の締切日である今日15日に、州内28の郵便局では、郵便局の営業時間を延長して対応にあたっている。　州内でもっとも遅くまで営業を行うのは、ホノルル空港の郵便局で、今日の午後8時まで利用することができる。そのほかの27の郵便局では、郵便局カウンターの営業時間は通常通りとなっているものの、営業時間終了後も郵便局外にオレンジのサインで「Tax Mail Drop」と書いたドロップボックスが設置され、深夜12時に最終ピックアップが行われる。ただしTax Mail Dropと書かれたドロップボックス以外のピックアップは通常通りとなっているの注意が必要となっている。
参考：ハワイ・ニュース・ナウ

 昨日午後5時ごろ、オアフ島のアラモアナ・ビーチパークにヘリコプターが不時着する騒ぎがあった。ヘリコプターは午後5時45分ごろには再びアラモアナ・ビーチパークの不時着地点から飛び立っており、不時着による怪我人などは確認されていない。　昨日のヘリコプター不時着の原因などは判明していないものの、ヘリコプターが不時着した際、周辺の上空には厚い雲がかかり、雨が降っていたため、悪天候が不時着の一因ではないかとみられている。
参考：KHON2

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DES MOINES, Iowa » Thanks to work by state employees and a nonprofit group, more than 450,000 state documents dating back to Iowa's early history are now online and available to anyone with computer access.

BEIJING » The last known face-to-face contact between Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader, and senior Chinese officials did not end well.

ORLANDO, Fla. » In the pews of the First Baptist Church of Orlando, where thousands of evangelical Christians gather on Sundays to worship and sing, a change of heart is happening on the once toxic issue of immigration.

The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation board unanimously approved a $35,000 performance bonus Thursday for the agency's executive director and CEO.

The recent theft of $50,000 from the Chinese Buddhist Association of Hawaii in Nuu­anu appears to be the work of a serial thief who has stolen several times from another temple in Hono­­lulu, temple members say.

The state Department of Health is temporarily allowing students, teachers, health care workers and others to attend school and go to work without the required tuberculosis clearance but said it believes the public will not be at an increased risk of contracting the disease.

Sending a message about priorities, state House and Senate budget negotiators Thursday agreed to make a substantial down payment on the state's $16 billion unfunded liability in the public-worker health care fund.

Students in Hawaii Pacific University's graduate nursing program say they're scrambling to apply for student loans and find second jobs after learning that their tuition will increase by more than 50 percent this summer.

An American Airlines employee is in federal custody in Hono­lulu, accused of using his airline credentials to bypass airport security checks in Los Angeles to transport meth­am­pheta­mine to Hawaii.

The president's 2014 defense budget request includes at least $410 million for military construction projects in Hawaii — $44 million more than in fiscal 2013, U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono's office said.

The trees along the Beretania Street sidewalk of Thomas Square are trimmed, and city workers Thursday planted dozens of ficus shrubs that city officials hope will eventually form hedges like the ones that border the three other sides of the park.

A tiny dog on the H-1 freeway, caught on the city's live traffic camera, captured the attention of Thursday morning TV news viewers as police officers and motorists tried to catch him.