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Alice Augusta Ball, who came up with The Ball Method, a treatment for leprosy that didn’t come with unmanageable side effects. by Mark M. Lambert,...

WAILEA, Hawaii (AP) — Maui Film Festival organizers say Lupita Nyong'o has the magic touch of creativity. Organizers of the four-day festival in Hawaii this...

KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) — President Barack Obama stepped away from the seclusion of his quiet Hawaii vacation for what's become a Christmas tradition:...

HONOLULU (AP) — An ocean away from Washington worries, President Barack Obama opened his annual Hawaii vacation Saturday on a quiet note — and...

HONOLULU (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama and his family will be traveling to Hawaii. They are due to leave Washington Friday...

Super Bowl Champion and BECOME ONE athlete Hines Ward crosses the finish line during the 2013 GoPro IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. (Marco Garcia/AP Images for GoPro Ironman) by Karin StantonAssociated Press Writer KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) - Former Pittsburgh Steelers star Hines Ward added a new title to his resume Saturday. Not content with being a football and dancing star, Ward now is an Ironman.

Dennis Tynan, right, talks to 9th grader Chyda Iokua during a 9th grade social studies class at Nakakuli High and Intermediate School in Waianae, Hawaii on Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. Hawaii, the only state with a single, statewide district, has long had to turn to the mainland because local teacher education programs can't produce enough graduates to fill classrooms across the islands, especially in remote schools. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher) by Jennifer Sinco KelleherAssociated Press Writer WAIANAE, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii's Department of Education is offering bonuses, cultural classes and mentoring in an effort to keep new teachers.

Demonstrators hold flags and chant in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on the second day of gay marriage cases before the court. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) by Sam Hananel Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on same-sex marriage has private employers around the country scrambling to make sure their employee benefit plans comply with the law.

WIN LAWSUIT-- In this Dec. 19, 2011 photo, Taeko Bufford, left, and Diane Cervelli, right, pose near Waikiki beach in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher HONOLULU (AP) — A judge has ruled a Hawaii bed and breakfast violated the law when two women were denied a room because they're gay.