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Concerns over cruise Green Fee

HONOLULU (KITV) -- Visitors could be cruising into more taxes.Hawaiʻi's first-ever environmental Green Fee took effect at the beginning of the year, and increases the state's Transient Accommodations Tax.The fee is an additional 0.75%, bringing the statewide total to 11%.The new fee also adds an additional 3% charged by the counties for short-term stays.Carmela Resuma, the Deputy Administrator at Kilohaha, Hawaiian Council, said, “We're working to make tourism better for the community. The coalition that helped to pass the green fee last legislative session.”For

Trump's voice in a new Fannie Mae ad is generated by artificial intelligence, with his permission

Restaurant workers detained by ICE agents who visited business for lunch

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Sending soldiers to Minneapolis for immigration crackdown would be unconstitutional, mayor says

The mayor of Minneapolis said Sunday that sending active duty soldiers into Minnesota to help with an immigration crackdown is a ridiculous and unconstitutional idea as he urged protesters to remain peaceful so the president won't see a need to send in the U.S. military. Daily protests have been ongoing throughout January since the Department of Homeland Security ramped up immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul by bringing in more than 2,000 federal officers. Three hotels where protesters have said Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Army puts 1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment, AP sources say

Philadelphia celebrates America's first volunteer fire company in "52 Weeks of Firsts"

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Mom now wearing ankle monitor, fighting to prove U.S. citizenship after ICE deportation threat

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Through a translator, 22-year-old Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales spoke publicly for the first time about her fight to prove her citizenship and a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requirement that she now must wear an ankle monitor. One of her lawyers called it "dehumanizing."Immigration and Customs Enforcement first detained Diaz Morales in Baltimore on December 14th, 2025, despite her pleas that she is a U.S. citizen.She was in custody for 25 days and transported to facilities in Louisiana, Texas, and New Jersey. In one detention center,

Villa loses to Everton to complete set of surprising results for Premier League title challengers

Heckler yells 'leave Greenland alone!' during US national anthem at NBA game in London

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CNN poll: Democrats are deeply motivated for the midterms despite having dismal views of party leaders

The Democratic Party has a deeply motivated base and a clear advantage on the generic congressional ballot ahead of this fall’s midterms despite dismal impressions of its current leaders in Congress, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.Democratic registered voters are far more motivated right now than Republicans. While the party has a 5-point edge on the generic ballot, among those who say they’re deeply motivated to vote, that advantage expands to a massive 16 points.Democrats enter this year with a chance to capitalize on public dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump and

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A month after Epstein files deadline, Americans still think government is intentionally holding back info, CNN poll finds

Few Americans are satisfied with the amount of evidence released in the Jeffrey Epstein case, a CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with most saying they believe the government is intentionally holding back information.The poll was conducted a little less than a month after the December 19 deadline that Congress gave the Justice Department to release all of its files about Epstein.The Justice Department estimated earlier in January that it had released less than 1% of its Epstein-related files. Department officials told a court Friday they had enlisted approximately 80 more attorneys from the de

Recent Trump investments reignite concerns around potential conflicts of interest

New York Giants hire John Harbaugh as head coach

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Bo Nix suffers broken ankle while leading Broncos to playoff win over the Bills, out for the season

Bo Nix, the Denver Broncos quarterback who beat Josh Allen and the Bills to advance to the AFC Championship, will miss the remainder of the postseason with a broken ankle.Just over an hour after the game ended, head coach Sean Payton announced that Nix had broken a bone in his ankle on the second-to-last play of the game.“Not good news. On the second to last play in overtime, Bo fractured a bone in his right ankle,” Payton told reporters. “He’s scheduled to have surgery Tuesday of this week to put him out for the rest of this season. … It was the second to last play before he threw t

NFL will honor Martin Luther King Jr. with 'Choose Love' stenciled in end zone

The NFL will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by displaying “Choose Love” in the end zones and on helmet decals for all divisional round playoff games this weekend. “Choose Love” and “It Takes All of Us” will appear on opposite end zones at the Super Bowl next month. Host teams will select the end zone stencils for the conference championship games. “Dr. King’s message continues to guide how we show up in meaningful moments across the league,” said Anna Isaacson, SVP of social responsibility for the NFL. "'Choose Love’ has become an importa

Broncos reach AFC title game after 33-30 win over Bills, but lose Nix for season with ankle injury

Minneapolis couple says ICE released tear gas under their family vehicle with 6 children inside

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1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment, source says, as state mobilizes National Guard

The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for possible deployment to Minnesota, according to a Trump administration source, as state officials have also mobilized the National Guard.Having troops on standby does not mean a deployment is imminent or guaranteed, the Trump administration source said. ABC News first reported the preparations for a possible deployment.Two battalions from the Alaska-based 11th Airborne Division are on prepare-to-deploy orders in Minnesota, according to a US defense official. It is unclear what tasks they would take on, though the official

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Wildfires race across Chile, leaving 18 dead and forcing thousands to flee

Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile on Sunday left at least 18 people dead, scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed hundreds of homes, authorities said, as the South American country swelters under a heat wave. Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of catastrophe in the country’s central Biobio region and the neighboring Ñuble region, around 500 kilometers (300 miles) south of Santiago, the capital. The emergency designation allows the suspension of constitutional rights and greater coordination with the military to rein i

Europe warns of 'dangerous downward spiral' after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland

Meet the trusted diplomat tasked with turning the US-backed ceasefire into peace for Gaza

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Iran’s supreme leader acknowledges thousands were killed in protests

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, acknowledged Saturday that thousands of Iranians were killed during more than two weeks of unrest in the country — deaths he blamed on US President Donald Trump, who he said “openly encouraged” the protesters by promising them US “military support.”In a speech to the nation that was described on his website, Khamenei called Trump a “criminal” responsible “both for the casualties and the damage” during the anti-government protests that broke out in late December, initially sparked by public anger over dire economic conditions.Kh

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US carries out lethal strike against al Qaeda affiliate leader in Syria

The US on Saturday announced it conducted a lethal strike in Syria on an al Qaeda affiliate leader it says had direct ties to an ISIS attacker who killed three Americans in early December.“The death of a terrorist operative linked to the deaths of three Americans demonstrates our resolve in pursuing terrorists who attack our forces,” Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of US Central Command, said in a release on X.CENTCOM said Bilal Hasan al-Jasim “was an experienced terrorist leader” and “was directly connected” to the ISIS gunman who killed two US service members and a civilian interpret