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Former guard admits to mailing illegal aerial fireworks to Hawaii jail in 2022

Jan. 29, 2025 18:32 PM EST

HONOLULU (AP) — A former guard had illegal aerial fireworks mailed to Hawaii's largest jail where he worked, the state attorney general said Wednesday. Gilchrist Fernandez, a former corrections officer at Oahu Community Correctional Center in Honolulu, pleaded guilty to importation...

Supreme Court declines to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits

Jan. 13, 2025 13:02 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear an appeal from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damage linked to climate change. The order allows the city of Honolulu's lawsuit against oil...