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Sen Yet Young, a Honolulu-born aviator and engineer honored in China and Taiwan for his role in creating an air force and recruiting American fliers to overthrow warlords in the 1920s, has schools and memorials named after him in both countries.

Fire investigators estimate the damage to a single-story Nanakuli home at $140,000 to the structure and $20,000 to its contents. The cause remains under investigation.

Requiring more accountability and oversight over Honolulu police and the city’s rail transit project are among the most talked-about topics before the Honolulu Charter Commission as it enters its next phase of work.

Two of the highest-ranking military leaders in the Pacific are traveling to China in a sign of ongoing military-to-military relations after the United States angered China on Monday by conducting a “freedom of navigation” operation near one of its man-made islands in the South China Sea.

The murder trial got underway this week for Dale Derrick Rodriguez Jr., accused of bludgeoning a man to death in the middle of Salt Lake Boulevard.

Kapahulu Avenue near Campbell Avenue was closed for hours Thursday while police investigated a bomb threat and attempted bank robbery. The incident began at about 1 p.m. when a man walked into the Bank of Hawaii on Kalakaua Avenue and alluded to having a bomb while trying to rob the bank, police said.

The state Health Department said Thursday two cases of dengue fever were locally acquired on the Big Island, and officials are investigating four additional possible cases.

After a decade of trying, Chad Callan and his team at the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University have finally unlocked the mystery of the yellow tang. The researcher said Tuesday that his latest batch of the popular Hawaiian reef fish has survived the tricky larval stage and has now stabilized into a group of full-fledged juveniles that can safely mature into adulthood.

A controversial permit request to construct a church, parking lot and other facilities on a Mililani Mauka site that serves as a water quality detention basin was approved Monday, despite opposition from several community members.

State Ethics Commission staff say lawmakers may have misused their taxpayer-funded annual allowances, and they plan to take a closer look at recent expenditures, particularly those for meals, hotels and event tickets.