WASHINGTON >> The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a May 15 hearing on the federal government’s response to the collapse of a Baltimore bridge.

A 19-year-old motorcyclist was taken to the hospital in serious condition after he crashed on the H-1 freeway this afternoon.

Walter James Smith Jr. — known to family, friends and colleagues as “Freckles” — died April 19 at his home in Kapahi, Kauai.

NEW YORK >> As the cruise ship approached New York on Saturday, it was found to be carrying a grim, and unexpected, catch: the carcass of a 44-foot-long endangered whale, draped across its bow.

Former President Donald Trump told a group of oil executives and lobbyists gathered at a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida last month that they should donate $1 billion to his presidential ...

A relentless wave of stormy weather will again bring heavy rain, hail and the possibility of tornadoes — this time to parts of the South — today in the fourth consecutive day of severe weather across ...

House hearing Wednesday on antisemitism in public schools, the New York City schools chief, David C. Banks, made one thing ...

The Hawaii State Legislature voted unanimously to pass a bill that appropriates nearly $20 million toward the battle against invasive species, sending it to the governor’s desk for consideration.

WASHINGTON >> The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a June 6 hearing to determine the probable cause of a February 2023 near-miss incident involving a FedEx cargo plane and a Southwest ...

NEW YORK/LONDON >> World stocks rallied today, led by surging European shares and a larger-than-expected rise in U.S. weekly jobless claims that buoyed interest rate cut hopes, while the dollar eased ...

Fiji’s former long-serving prime minister Frank Bainimarama was on Thursday sentenced to a year in prison for perverting the ...

ECHIZEN, japan >> Kawakami Gozen, the goddess of paper, continues to inspire craftspeople in the Goka area of Echizen, Fukui ...