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Someone in a white van shot a BB or pellet gun at a group of high-schoolers near the Makiki Fire Station on Friday afternoon, sending a 15-year-old boy to the hospital.

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Officials identify drowning victims • Police investigating 2 separate robberies • Industrial accident critically injures man • Police arrest man connected with robbery • 2 men arrested in Molokai double shooting

Gabbard’s nose bloodied in surf mishap • Maui offers free destruction of hard drives

The second most abundant particle in the universe after the photon is the neutrino. It is a shifty little thing. It has no electric charge, little mass, travels near the speed of light, interacts only with the weak nuclear force and passes through Earth as though it were not there.

Question: There are potholes all over Oahu. I know the rain made it worse, but it’s getting ridiculous. I drive a lot for work, and I can’t avoid these craters on the roads. What can we do about it?

In a city where it’s become impossible to get anywhere, that straight shot down King Street used to be the easiest way to get across town. Not just back in the good old days or 10 years ago, but recently. Like before the bike lanes came in.

A 56-year-old police officer will not have to serve any time in jail after entering no-contest pleas to two petty misdemeanors for allegedly breaking into a Kaneohe home in June.

Gov. David Ige and first lady Dawn Amano-Ige returned from a diplomatic mission to Asia this week where they visited Okinawa, Japan, and Guangdong, China, to promote economic development, tourism, international student exchanges and the further development of renewable energy.

The Navy’s Blue Angels will fly rain or shine Saturday and Sunday for an expected 110,000 people, streaking through the sky at speeds as high as 700 mph and sometimes just 18 inches apart at Kaneohe Bay.