2 Native Hawaiian men found guilty of hate crime on Maui.
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2 Native Hawaiian men guilty of hate crime on Maui
The verdict stemmed from an 2014 incident in which two Native Hawaiian men beat a white man who had purchased a house in the village of Kahakuloa. Read more
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Mystery surrounds stabbing deaths of 4 Idaho students
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Acting Uvalde police chief during school shooting steps down
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High surf advisory in place for north shores of Hawaii
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