For the first time, former University of Hawaii women’s basketball player Daejah Phillips is explaining her sudden departure from the team in the middle of the season.

On Wednesday’s sentencing phase, Johnson returned to the stand to offer an apology to Mischa’s family, his loved ones, as well as his colleagues and the community.

The Honolulu Fire Department is battling a brush fire below the H-1 Freeway westbound near Kaahumanu. A measure aimed at protecting children, and others who are vulnerable, from torture is now law in ...