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Honolulu's bid to host the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders Meeting, featuring President Obama and 18 other heads of state, began with a phone call to state tourism liaison Marsha Wienert from a former U.S. ambassador to APEC with local ties. More »

On the morning of July 13, 2008, the men of Chosen Company hauled themselves up before dawn, preparing for another hot and sweaty day of labor constructing a new combat outpost in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan. After more than a year of fighting a resurgent enemy, the American platoon was tantalizingly close to going home. More »

Afghanistan has been called the graveyard of empires — the British withdrew in defeat in the 1800s and the Soviet Union a century later. The United States hopes to avoid a similar fate. But in the ninth year of fighting, the U.S. war in Afghanistan is only becoming more deadly and more costly. More »

A Honolulu man killed Wednesday night in a crash on the Pali Highway had been cited for speeding four times this year, court records show. More »

HAWAII — A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday granted a request to move up the hearing date for a lawsuit challenging Hawaii teacher furlough days. More »