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In Hawaii, there's a common question posed in the pidgin language of the islands: “Where you went grad?” Knowing where someone went to high school has long been an important identity marker for Hawaii residents and helps connect people in the state's close-knit communities. It's an affiliation...

It’s likely that virtually all abortions will be banned eventually in deeply conservative Idaho, along with most other Republican-dominated states, but there are still battles to play out in court and maybe the legislature before it happens. Wednesday, lawyers representing a physician and the...

Businesswoman and conservative commentator Tudor Dixon won the Republican primary for Michigan governor on Tuesday, setting up a tough race against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as anger and division within the state GOP threaten the party’s efforts in the battleground state this fall...

Rebar and dirt. That’s all Soraya Hernandez said she had to show for the $19,875 she paid for a new pool in her backyard. “Honestly, I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy,” she said. Hernandez said she hired and paid Joseph Valdez and Sunshine Pools & Contracting Group, Inc. in early 2021...

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Two powerful House Democrats from New York each declined Tuesday to say that President Joe Biden should run for the White House again in 2024. Reps. Jerry Nadler and Carolyn Maloney, two of the party's establishment liberals who chair powerful committees and are competing for a Manhattan-area...

Producer Janet Yang has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group’s board of governors announced Tuesday, making her the first Asian American to lead the film academy. Yang, the 66-year-old producer of “The Joy Luck Club” and “The People vs. Larry...

Robinhood Markets said Tuesday it's cutting nearly a quarter of its workforce, as crashing cryptocurrency prices and a turbulent stock market keep more customers off its trading app. CEO Vlad Tenev said the company, whose easy-to-use app helped bring a new generation of investors to the market...

Although the school board races are nonpartisan, Florida Republicans are turning these into battlegrounds during this election season. Lt. Gov. Jeannette Nunez is leading the charge for change. She said Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to make sure parents are not kept “out of the equation” and that the...

The wife of a U.S. defense contractor, who together are charged in Hawaii federal court with fraudulently cloaking themselves in the stolen identities of two deceased Texas infants for three decades, said Tuesday that she’s not the person prosecutors say she is. When the case of Gwynn Darle...

The attorney for Arizona's most populous county sent a letter on Tuesday warning a local candidate to stop encouraging voters to steal the pens given to them at polling places on Election Day to mark their ballots. Tuesday was the final day of voting in Arizona's primary, and the conspiracy...

At 85, Arlyne Frankel is celebrating her graduation from Florida International University. The grandmother said she got the itch to go back to school when she turned 80. After starting college at 18, she said she took a break to start a family and her own business that brought her to South...

Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens hoped to complete a stunning political comeback Tuesday as voters narrowed the field for a pivotal spot in the U.S. Senate. Republican Sen. Roy Blunt's announcement last year that he would not seek a third term set off a frenzy for his job, with nearly three...

The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday it is seeking possession of a Venezuelan cargo jet that has been grounded in Argentina since early June because it was previously owned by an Iranian airline that allegedly has ties to terror groups. The request to Argentina was revealed a day after an...

For the first time, the matriarch of a family accused of committing a brutal, anti-gay hate crime in Pompano Beach is speaking to Local 10 News, claiming she and her loved ones are innocent. Inna Makarenko, her husband and three of their sons were accused of a beating that left a 31-year-old...

When a person has a chance to open their own business, it can feel a dream aligns with an opportunity. But for a segment of the population, they never get the chance because of a mistake in their past. A new program is trying to change that narrative. Miko Atkinson is on the verge opening up...

When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flew into Taiwan on an Air Force passenger jet Tuesday, she became the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island. China announced military maneuvers in retaliation, even as Taiwanese officials welcomed her and she headed to her...

The American Hair Loss Association estimates that at least 80 million men and women in the US are currently experiencing some level of hair loss but there’s a newly approved device that can help support hair follicles. Michael Jondle is just 26 years old but started noticing two years ago that...

Plantation’s Central Park is hosting an event that’s a first for the city. It’s Plantation’s National Night Out. Plantation Police Chief Howard Harrison said he was hoping the community would come out and interact with law enforcement. “A lot of work has gone into this,” Harrison said. “This...

Rent-A-Center, one of the nation’s largest rent-to-own companies, will pay $15.5 million to settle California's allegations that it misled and overcharged tens of thousands of customers, Attorney General Rob Bonta said Tuesday. An investigation of the company's “kiosk” business inside...