By MARCEL HONORÉ/Honolulu Civil Beat In recent years, local small-boat fishers who pursue prized bottomfish such as ehu, onaga and the red opakapaka that's popular on table spreads across Hawaiʻi each New Year's have seen a troubling spike in sharks that swoop in and tear their catch off ...

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The office that enforces ethics standards for attorneys in the nation's capital has accused Justice Department official Ed Martin of professional misconduct for a threatening letter that he sent to Georgetown Law School's dean last ...

By BRIAN WITTE and ED WHITE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A police officer responding to a burglary call in Baltimore was shot in the leg Tuesday by a gunman who was killed by another officer, authorities said. A woman jumped out of a window during the tense confrontation and ...

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has rejected a request for a new trial for a Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, a case that became a flashpoint in the national debate over immigration. Lawyers for Jose Ibarra argued his ...

By JAMESE PLATT/Pittsburgh's Public Source Two years into his English literature degree at the University of Pittsburgh, sophomore Luke Johnson has noticed something in his liberal arts courses: Students in his classes have gone quiet. As he sits in sociology or English writing classes, he ...

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes picked up in February from the previous month as home shoppers took advantage of easing mortgage rates and a modest increase in properties on the market heading into the spring homebuying season. Existing home sales ...