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A case of mistaken identity landed a man in a mental institution for nearly three years. According to the Associated Press, Joshua Spriestersbach was falsely arrested in 2017 after he fell asleep outside a Honolulu homeless shelter. The now-50-year-old man said he was assumed he was being arrested for violating the city’s ban on sleeping on […]
The company behind King’s Hawaiian is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly misleading consumers into believing that their famous rolls were being made in Hawaii, Newsweek reports. Robert Galinsky, of Yonkers, New York, filed the suit after purchasing King’s Hawaiian Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls and noticing how “Hilo, Hawaii” was prominently displayed front and center on […]
Where better to spend a global pandemic than a tropical island? For remote workers looking for the opportunity to escape their home for the first time in months, Hawaii is offering people who are working from home the perfect long term getaway. Through a new program called “Movers and Shakas,” the state is giving away […]
A Hawaiian couple was arrested this week after they boarded a flight while knowingly infected with coronavirus, law enforcement say. According to ABC News, Wesley Moribe, 41, and Courtney Peterson, 46, were flying from San Francisco to Kauai when authorities discovered the couple had received positive COVID-19 results prior to their flight home. Police say Moribe and Peterson had participated in a mandatory pre-travel program that confirmed […]
Portland Trail Blazers center Hassan Whiteside is claiming that the tweet about him “moving to Hawaii” to get out of the United States if Donald Trump wins a second term was fake. As I’m sure you know (hopefully), Hawaii is part of the United States. On Tuesday night, Republican Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, faced off […]
Photos taken of Mark Zuckerberg on an electric surfboard in Hawaii have acquired a notable amount of attention for reasons related to neither the surfboard nor Hawaii. Instead, the topics of discussion revolve around the amount of sunscreen the Facebook head honcho has applied to his face, and also his literal ass…which ain’t looking too bad these days. Do […]
An ex-Honolulu police officer who made a homeless man lick a public urinal has been sentenced to four years in prison for the federal civil rights crime. John Rabago pleaded guilty in December to the incident, which happened in January 2018, Vice reports. During Rabago’s sentencing on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi told the 44-year-old, “You […]
The Idaho mother of a pair of children who haven’t been seen in months is being ordered by that state’s Department of Health and Welfare to show that those children are still alive. This order was made after she and her husband were found in Hawaii, which most maps claim is about 3,000 miles from […]
Longtime couple Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Lauren Hashian were married this weekend in Hawaii. Johnson announced the marriage via Instagram early Monday, sharing photographic captures of the ceremony with a “Pōmaikaʻi (blessed)” caption. Within hours, Johnson’s post had amassed more than five million likes. Last summer, Johnson spoke with Entertainment Tonight on his relationship with […]
Jason Momoa is not happy about a construction project on Hawaii’s tallest mountain, Mauna Kea. In fact, he’s letting fans know that he’s refusing to start work on Aquaman 2 until something is done. As of right now, a project known as Thirty Meter Telescope is being built there, while Indigenous Hawaiians believe it’s the most sacred site on […]
