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The moist air mass lingering over the islands brought continued showers over Oahu and Hawaii island on Sunday while the return of cooling tradewinds delivered a welcome respite from weeks of high heat and humidity.

The brother of a man who was shot and killed by Honolulu police in 2013 is suing the city and one of the four officers who responded to the man’s home.

Residents living along a stretch of Central Oahu that includes Wahiawa and Kunia are most at risk from pollution from abandoned hazardous waste sites.

Wednesday marks one year since Mayor Kirk Caldwell signed Honolulu’s first sit-lie bill into law, banning people from sitting and lying on Waikiki sidewalks 24 hours a day.

An American Airlines commercial passenger flight to Hawaii from Los Angeles in late August was at about the halfway point when airline officials realized they had sent the wrong plane.

WAILUKU >> Since leaving the Lanai Patrol District three years ago, Maui police Detective Nelson Hamilton has led investigations into murders and an officer-involved shooting.

A lawsuit over tainted rail votes and a new ethics complaint against the Ho‘opili development point up how deeply the Honolulu City Council resides in the pocket of Hawaii’s building industry.

Each Sunday, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser publishes Oahu vital statistics for marriage licenses and birth certificates filed with the state Department of Health’s Vital Statistics System. The statistics cover the five-business-day period ending the Thursday of the previous week.

Pedestrian hit while crossing the street • Kapena Falls, Manoa trail site of rescues • Big Isle man charged in robbery, assault

Hawaii County will no longer require a urinalysis or medical examination from people who get conditional job offers for positions that are not considered safety sensitive and do not fall under federal transportation safety regulations.