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As schools across the U.S. grapple with the student mental health crisis, the use of telehealth therapy for students has skyrocketed.

San Diego State coach Brady Hoke says he will retire from leading the Aztecs after this season, having guided the program for six years over two stints that included three bowl appearances.

As China's navy grows and its land-based missile systems expand, the United States is reworking its strategy in the Indo-Pacific, particularly as it relates to the defense of Taiwan.

The man who originally introduced the bill, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, reintroduced the bill to Congress in March.

Hawaii’s land board says it will hand over state land on Maui to be used for a wildfire memorial and fire debris disposal.

Maui County's mayor says all of West Maui except for burned-out sections of historic Lahaina will reopen to tourism on Nov. 1.

Among the first families to return to the burn zone in Lahaina is that of Leola Vierra, who spent nearly 50 years living in a home she designed before it burned down Aug. 8 in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century.

Lahaina residents are bracing for what they'll find when they return to the ruins of their homes after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century killed at least 97 people and destroyed thousands of buildings.

Born and bred in Texas, I've built a second home on the island of Maui. This week, I traveled back there for the first time since the deadly Lahaina wildfire on Aug. 8, 2023.

The PGA Tour is returning to Maui five months after the deadly wildfires devasted nearby Lahaina.

A cat sanctuary in Hawaii is struggling to care for its hundreds of animals after the wildfires in Maui last month caused tourist travel to the islands to plummet.

Authorities in Hawaii have adjusted the number of deaths from the deadly Maui wildfire down to at least 97 people.

The Maui Invitational will be held in Honolulu this year because of the wildfires that devastated Lahaina, where the tournament usually is played.

The alert level has been downgraded for a Hawaiian volcano that ranks as one of the world's most active.

Most of West Maui will officially reopen to travelers next month under a new wildfire emergency proclamation signed by Hawaii's governor.

One month after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century leveled the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says the number of missing has dropped to 66, the death toll remains at 115, and authorities will soon escort residents on visits to their property.

Lawyers for residents and business owners of the Hawaiian town devastated by last month’s fires on Maui told a court that cable TV and telephone companies share responsibility for the disaster.

Shares of Hawaiian Electric Company’s parent fell more than 18% by market close Friday, one day after the utility was sued by Maui County over the fires that devastated Lahaina.

Maui County has sued Hawaiian Electric Company over the fires that devastated Lahaina, saying the utility negligently failed to shut off power despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions.

A total of 850 people are missing in connection with the deadly wildfires that devastated Maui earlier this month, the county’s mayor announced.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it has approved more than $5.6 million in assistance to nearly 2,000 households in Maui so far as the federal government tries to help survivors of the devastating wildfires.

The death toll has climbed to more than 100, and the photos below chronicle just how devastating the damage has been, particularly in the town of Lahaina.

The fires that broke out on Maui last week have exacerbated Hawaii’s housing crisis as more than 3,000 buildings in Lahaina were damaged or destroyed, leaving many wondering if homeowners can afford to rebuild.

Officials face a formidable challenge identifying the remains of more than 100 victims of the Maui blaze as agonized loved ones yearn for information on those missing after the United States’ deadliest wildfire in more than a century.

For decades, Spam has been a staple in Hawaiian cooking, a phenomenon dating back to its introduction during World War II.

Many survivors of the wildfire that consumed Lahaina are experiencing depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder even while still living in mass shelters filled with grim reminders of their escape.

Pets and people are recovering this week after fleeing Maui wildfires that claimed over 90 lives and decimated a historic town.

Hawaii's governor says the blaze that burned through the town of Lahaina on Maui last week has killed at least 101 people, as recovery efforts continue.

As the death toll from the Maui wildfires continues to climb, a Houston man who grew up in Lahaina is pleading for help as his family and friends who lost everything attempt to rebuild their lives.

The destruction and suffering caused by the Maui wildfires in Hawaii prompted many to immediately look for ways to help.

Officials in Maui are warning residents that it remains too early to return to some parts of the island where firefighters have extinguished flames.

Houstonians are known for giving back to communities who need help after a disaster. Brian Ching owns Pitch 25 in downtown Houston, and he wanted to raise money for those affected by the devastating wildfires in Maui.

For scores of families still hoping to reunite with loved ones, it was not yet time to give up, even as Hawaii authorities predict that more remains would be found in the ashes left behind by a wildfire that gutted the once-bustling town of Lahaina.

Parishioners mourned the dead and prayed for the missing in Hawaii churches as communities began looking ahead to a long recovery from last week’s wildfire on Maui.

In the hours before a wildfire engulfed the town of Lahaina, Maui County officials failed to activate sirens that would have warned the entire population of the approaching flames and instead relied on a series of sometimes confusing social media posts that reached a much smaller audience.

As smoke cleared from the fires in Maui that killed at least 80 people and wiped out a historic town, the firestorm left hundreds of people searching desperately for missing loved ones.

As wildfires tear through the Hawaiian island of Maui, residents of a Northern California town are reliving their own harrowing experience with a similar conflagration.

The wildfires in Hawaii come after a summer of record wildfires in Canada, which has caused air quality issues around the world.

Police say a new fire burning on the Hawaii island of Maui on Friday night has triggered evacuations of a community to the northeast of the area that burned earlier this week.

The fast-moving wildfires that raked Maui this week will take a heavy toll on the environment.

A Las Vegas-based video journalist for The Associated Press dispatched to cover devastating wind-fueled wildfires in Hawaii says the scene over Maui was one of the worst he’s seen in more than eight years of covering the disasters.

Thirty-six people are dead thousands have been displaced as blazes swept across the island, destroying parts of Maui.

Deadly wildfires burning across Maui have killed at least 36 people and prompted evacuations for residents in the area. Officials described the wildfires as “unprecedented.”

A dangerous mix of conditions appear to have combined to make the wildfires blazing a path of destruction in Hawaii particularly damaging, including flash drought, high winds, low humidity and dry vegetation.

Two-thirds of the single-family homes on Hawaii's most populous island have no hurricane protections.

Hiroshima and Pearl Harbor, two symbols of World War II animosity between Japan and the United States, are now promoting peace and friendship through a sister park arrangement.

The concept of gender-fluidity -- or “mahu” -- has existed in Hawaii for hundreds of years and is the hallmark of a culture that allows space between the concepts of male and female.

Texans corner's father hosting defensive back-linebacker football camp in Hawaii.

Scientists say an eruption of a Hawaii volcano that began nearly two weeks ago has come to a pause.

U.S. officials say a Navy admiral with extensive experience in the Indo-Pacific has been recommended to be the service’s next top leader.

Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii's Big Island is erupting again.

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green has signed legislation that will allow more people to carry concealed firearms.

An Alaska fishing adventure became a nightmare for a family of eight when the wreckage of one of the two boats they’d chartered over the Memorial Day weekend was found partially submerged off an island.

The Defense Department and the Federal Aviation Administration have been tracking a balloon that was flying off the coast of Hawaii last week.

Lawmakers in Hawaii may soon repeal a law dating back to the Cold War.

Police in Hawaii have vowed to step up illegal gambling enforcement after one of the most serious shootings in state history called attention to the dangers that come with cockfighting.

A former Hawaii lawmaker has been sentenced to two years in prison in a federal corruption case that’s drawn attention to a perennial problem in the islands: the tens of thousands of cesspools that release 50 million gallons of raw sewage into the state’s pristine waters every day.

Hawaii authorities say they have referred 33 people to U.S. law enforcement after the group allegedly harassed a pod of wild dolphins in waters off the Big Island.

A U.S. judge says the National Marine Fisheries Service violated the law when it failed to develop a plan to prevent the harming of humpback whales by West Coast commercial fishermen catching sablefish.

Hawaii's second-largest volcano is likely to resume erupting soon after a brief pause.

Princess Cruises is offering up to 40 percent off select voyages sailing March 2023 and beyond.

The government is rolling out a new “dashboard” that lets travelers see which which airlines let families with young children sit together on flights at no extra cost.

Elizabeth Webster and her husband, Alexander Burckle, said they had to swim about half a mile to shore, according to a federal lawsuit.

An autopsy report says Honolulu police fatally shot a 29-year-old South African man who had a degenerative brain disease often found in American football stars subjected to repeated head trauma.

Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic representative from Hawaii who clashed often with her party and eventually left it, has a memoir coming out in October.

A Hawaii man who spent more than 20 years in prison for the killing and rape of a tourist has been released because of new evidence.

A judge has ordered a man released immediately after his attorneys presented new evidence and argued that he didn’t commit the crimes he was convicted of and spent more than 20 years in prison for: the 1991 murder, kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman visiting Hawaii.

Progressive legislators are hoping the time is right to hike taxes on the rich, especially after three pandemic years.

A Russian spy ship has been patrolling off the coast of Hawaii but so far has remained in international waters.

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is describing a landscape of two rival leagues going down different paths.

Xander Schauffele's year is not off to an ideal start.

Lava from Kilauea is spurting high into the air and spreading out across the Hawaii volcano’s summit crater floor.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has begun erupting inside its summit crater.

Few events carry more intrigue than the most exclusive gathering of champions.

A strong winter storm is downing trees, knocking out power and flooding soccer fields as it moves across the Hawaiian Islands.

Scientists have declared on the same day that two active Hawaii volcanoes have stopped erupting.

Scientists have lowered the alert level for the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island and say its first eruption in nearly 40 years may soon end.

Scientists in Hawaii say lava from the world’s largest volcano is no longer an imminent threat to the main highway across the Big Island.

Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if lava from Mauna Loa volcano blocks the quickest route connecting two sides of the island.

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years late Sunday night, Nov. 27.

Crisis response is one way to sum up Hawaii Gov. David Ige's eight years in office.

Oumar Ballo dominated inside with 30 points and 13 rebounds for No. 14 Arizona, which held off No. 10 Creighton 81-79 to win the Maui Invitational for the third time.

Holiday celebrants in Hilo, Hawaii, might notice something different about the traditional Yule Log cake from the Short ’N Sweet bakery this year.

Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth, just 1,600 light-years away.

The largest lottery prize in U.S. history has people across the country clamoring for a chance to win a mega jackpot.

Hawaii officials are warning residents of the Big Island that the world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, is sending signals that it may erupt.

A magnitude-5.1 earthquake struck Friday on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on the planet that scientists say is in a “state of heightened unrest.”

A former deputy Nevada attorney general has been arrested in Reno as a suspect in a 1972 homicide in Hawaii.

Hawaii got back-to-back homers from Kekoa Payanal and Kama Angell in the first inning, sparking a 13-3 win in just four innings Sunday over Curacao in the championship of the Little League World Series.

Cohen Sakamoto struck out seven and Ruston Hiyoto hit a two-run homer as Hawaii continued its run through the Little League World Series on Saturday with 5-1 win over Tennessee to advance to the championship game.

The undefeated Pearland All-Stars Little League team is getting ready for game two at the World Series on Monday night when they will face Hawaii, another team that hasn’t lost.

Lt. Gov. Josh Green is the Democratic Party’s candidate to be Hawaii’s next governor.

Dozens of firefighters are battling a large wildfire in a rural area of Hawaii's Big Island.

The wife of a U.S. defense contractor, who together are charged in Hawaii federal court with stealing the identities of two deceased Texas infants and living under their names for three decades, says she's not the person prosecutors say she is.

U.S. officials say Hawaii man used counterfeit bank checks totaling $1.2 million to try to bail three people out of jail.

Police in Hawaii are investigating after a man’s left hand was severed by a sword at a Waikiki 7-Eleven.

The National Science Foundation says it will conduct a study to evaluate the environmental effects of building one of the world’s largest optical telescopes on sites selected in Hawaii and Spain's Canary Islands.

A new exhibit at Bishop Museum in Honolulu is drawing attention to a more than 500-year-old story about four high-ranking visitors from Tahiti who healed the sick.

A Navy investigation is revealing how shoddy management and human error caused fuel to leak into Pearl Harbor’s tap water last year.

A federal aviation accident investigator will be sent to Hawaii to investigate after a tour helicopter crashed on a remote lava field, injuring all six people on board.