Honolulu City Lights features colored water fountain Updated: 59 minutes ago

There are new features at this year's Honolulu City Lights display at Honolulu Hale.

East Oahu school adds solar to save money Updated: 3 hours ago

There's a new addition to the roof of Sacred Hearts Academy in Kaimuki.    

Honolulu Mayor wants city buses turned into rolling billboards Updated: 3 hours ago

Security increased for Honolulu Marathon Updated: 4 hours ago

Nearly 30,000 runners are expected to hit the pavement for Sunday's Honolulu Marathon and they'll be joined by plenty of of police officers. Security will be tighter than ever in light of the deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon in April.

Coast Guard locates missing boaters off Kauai Updated: 5 hours ago

UPDATE: Two boaters who were in possible distress off Kalalau Beach, Kauai, were located safely ashore Tuesday.

Suspect in Waipio murder, dismemberment appears in Calif. court Updated: 6 hours ago

Murder suspect Bryan Suitt made his first court appearance in California on Wednesday. He's accused of killing 34-year-old Alex Gonzales and dumping his dismembered body in a Waipio ravine in September.

Hawaiian Air to add 4th flight to Brisbane, Australia Updated: 6 hours ago

 In response to booming demand from both U.S. and Aussie travelers, Hawaiian Airlines will be adding a fourth flight to its weekly non-stop service schedule between Honolulu and Brisbane, beginning March 31, 2014.

Waipahu fisherman fined for taking undersized papio Updated: 5 hours ago

Lionel Tunac, 52 pled guilty to taking an papio less than 10 inches in length from ocean waters at Kalaeloa Deep Draft Harbor.

Owner: Pearl Ultralounge will not reopen Updated: 6 hours ago

A popular night spot at Ala Moana Center will not be reopening.

Big Island police looking for attempted-robbery suspect Updated: 7 hours ago

Big Island police are investigating an attempted robbery that occurred in Hilo on Oct. 31.

Man sentenced after stealing more than $100K from retired pastor Updated: 7 hours ago

Leon Faamama who was found guilty of first degree theft for a scheme in which he stole more than $100,000 from a retired pastor was sentenced to prison Wednesday.

Kauai man dies in 2-car crash Updated: 7 hours ago

Kauai police report that a 32-year-old Koloa man died from injuries he sustained in a traffic crash that occurred late Tuesday night.  His identity has not yet been released. 

HCDA approves 2nd tower at 801 South Street Updated: 8 hours ago

The Hawaii Community Development Authority has approved a second tower at the site of the former Honolulu Advertiser building.

Honolulu Marathon brings in big money for businesses Updated: 3 hours ago

The Honolulu Marathon is quickly approaching. With just four days to go, close to 30,000 people have registered and that means big bucks for the state.

Laulima: Students use recycling money to buy toys for less fortunate Updated: 3 hours ago

A lot of kids would go without gifts this holiday season if it wasn't for our Laulima Giving Program. One group of kids is doing their part to make the holiday a little brighter for other kids in need.

Tech Tips: Guide to protecting Internet accounts Updated: 9 hours ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Security experts say passwords for more than 2 million Facebook, Google and other accounts have been compromised and circulated online, just the latest example of breaches involving leading Internet companies.

Obama: Income inequality a defining challenge Updated: 5 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama prodded Congress to raise wages and secure the social safety net as he issued an overarching appeal Wednesday to correct inequalities that he said make it harder for a child to escape poverty. "That should offend all of us," he declared. "We are a better country than this."

Workers try again to save whales in Everglades Updated: 33 minutes ago

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife workers will try again Thursday to lead 41 pilot whales out of dangerously shallow waters in Everglades National Park and back to the deep ocean waters where they belong.

Nigerian man survives 3 days at bottom of Atlantic Updated: 1 day ago

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — About 100 feet down, on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, divers had already pulled four bodies out of the sunken tugboat. Then a hand appeared on a TV screen monitoring the recovery.

China gives no ground to Biden in air zone dispute Updated: 5 hours ago

BEIJING (AP) — Giving no ground, Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden traded strong arguments Wednesday over China's contentious new air defense zone, with little indication of progress toward defusing a situation that is raising anxieties across Asia and beyond.

Stolen cobalt-60 found abandoned in Mexico Updated: 4 hours ago

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A missing shipment of radioactive cobalt-60 was found Wednesday near where the stolen truck transporting the material was abandoned in central Mexico, the country's nuclear safety director said.