By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Trump administration's push to end legal protections for people fleeing war and natural disaster from countries around the world, including Haiti and Syria. The justices refused to ...

By MEGAN TAGAMI/Honolulu Civil Beat Parents, lawmakers and county leaders across Hawaiʻi have made a recurring request to the education department in recent years: open up school playgrounds and fields for the public when classes aren't in session. The ask seemed to be gaining traction at ...

By STEVEN SLOAN, HILLEL ITALIE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center's board of directors voted on Monday to shut down operations for two years following this summer's July 4 celebrations. The widely expected decision comes in the wake of numerous ...

By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer but plans to continue working through her treatment, retaining her place as one of President Donald Trump's closest aides during a period of ...

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors aimed to drive home their argument that a Utah woman who published a children's book about grief after the death of her husband killed him for his money as closing arguments in her murder trial got underway ...

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and SAVANNAH PETERS Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building was sentenced Monday to 18 years on a federal fraud charge, nearly the maximum allowed under the ...