HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii posted the following news release: * * * Armed Felon Arrested After Shooting Federal Officer During Execution of Search Warrant and Sixteen-Hour Armed Standoff Acting United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Robert Morris, 49, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint yesterday with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon, using a firearm in furthe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Bell, Tokuda, Horsford Lead Colleagues in Urging Pentagon to Reverse Discriminatory Shaving Waiver Policy * Washington, D.C. U.S. Representatives Wesley Bell (D-Mo.), Jill Tokuda (D-Hawaii), and Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) led 39 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth condemning the Department of Defense's decision to administratively separate service members with  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 23 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Doctoral student's system eases patient-discharge process * Every day, millions of people are discharged after extended hospital stays, but matching these patients with appropriate care facilities can be arduous, often reliant on months-old, inaccurate data. Now, a text message-based, hybrid computer-human system that regularly updates both patients' and care facilities' availability statuses, developed by a C  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Call Out Trump Administration's Dismantling of Education Offices Responsible for Supporting People with Disabilities * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and 14 colleagues in calling out the Trump Administration's efforts to dismantle U.S. special education with its decision to illegally fire the Department of Education   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Pay All Federal Employees, Servicemembers, and Contractors During Shutdown * ~ Legislation would also prevent Administration's mass firings while the government is shut down ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and 19 colleagues in introducing legislation to pay all federal employees-both those  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz, Van Hollen, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Pay All Federal Employees, Servicemembers, & Contractors During Shutdown * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined over 20 Senators in introducing legislation to pay all federal employees - both those excepted and furloughed - as well as our servicemembers and federal contractors during the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz: They Have Money For Argentina, White House Ballroom, But Not Enough Money For You * WASHINGTON - Speaking at this afternoon's Senate Democratic leadership press conference, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) called on Republicans to work with Democrats to stop health care costs from rising and reopen the government. "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina wi  more

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: UH engineers help sharpen our view of space A groundbreaking new instrument that lets astronomers see deeper into space than ever before using a single telescope was brought to life with help from a University of Hawaii at Manoa faculty member. Installed on the Subaru Telescope atop Maunakea, the first-of-its-kind device set a new benchmark for how scientists study distant   more

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * UH study: 19-year life expectancy gap among Hawaii groups A new University of Hawaii study reveals a striking 19-year difference in life expectancy among Hawaii's major ethnic groups. The updated analysis, published in the Hawaii Journal of Health and Social Welfare, shows that while the state continues to rank among the nation's healthiest, Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Isla  more

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 22 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * $2.4M to bolster Wai'anae coast's climate resilience A University of Hawaii at Manoa project aimed at boosting climate resilience on Oahu's Waianae coast has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the Department of Defense's Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation. Led by the Coastal Research Collaborative (CRC) in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), the "Bu  more

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Climate whiplash effects due to rapidly intensifying El Nino cycles A powerful climate pattern that dictates weather worldwide is projected to undergo a dramatic transformation due to greenhouse warming, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Published in Nature Communications, the international research team found that the El Nino-Southe  more

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 24 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Hawai'i Sea Grant fellows team up with local offices to strengthen resilience Four postgraduate fellows from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa were selected to work directly with Hawai'i-based organizations through the UH Sea Grant College Program (Hawai'i Sea Grant) E. Gordon Grau Coastal and Marine Resource Management and Policy Fellowship Program (Grau Fellowship). "We're thrilled to  more

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Rare bumble bee's downfall began long before humans A rare North American bumble bee may have been on a path toward extinction long before modern human impacts, suggesting that its long-term genetic vulnerability made it especially fragile and less able to cope with both past and current environmental stresses. The findings of the new study were published in the Proceedings of the  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * USINDOPACOM Statement on DPRK Missile Launches * We are aware of the DPRK's multiple ballistic missile launches and are consulting closely with the Republic of Korea and Japan, as well as other regional allies and partners. The United States condemns these actions and calls on the DPRK to refrain from further unlawful and destabilizing acts. While we have assessed that this e  more