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Trump’s revised travel ban earns opposition from tech sector, but not Apple or Google: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson finishes a news conference about the state's response to President Trump's revised travel ban Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Seattle. Legal challenges against Trump's revised travel ban mounted Thursday as Washington state said it would renew its request to block the executive order. It came a day after Hawaii launched its own lawsuit, and Ferguson said both Oregon and New York had asked to join his state's legal action. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Q&A: Trump travel ban faces key test in multiple courtrooms

By GENE JOHNSON and CHRIS GRYGIEL - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, photo, a man stands on a commercial fishing boat docked at Pier 38 in Honolulu. Hawaii authorities may have been violating their own state laws for years by issuing commercial fishing licenses to thousands of foreign workers who have been refused entry into the United States, The Associated Press has found. About 700 of these men are currently confined to vessels in Honolulu without visas, some making less than $1 an hour. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Fishermen in legal limbo fill US plates for $1 an hour pay

By MARGIE MASON and MARTHA MENDOZA - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, photo, a catch of fish is unloaded from a commercial fishing boat at Pier 38 in Honolulu. Hawaii authorities may have been violating their own state laws for years by issuing commercial fishing licenses to thousands of foreign workers who have been refused entry into the United States, The Associated Press has found. About 700 of these men are currently confined to vessels in Honolulu without visas, some making less than $1 an hour. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Fishermen in legal limbo fill US plates for $1 an hour pay

By MARGIE MASON and MARTHA MENDOZA - Associated Press

Homeless man Iose Iose, 53, heads towards the encampment where he lives Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hawaii lawmakers are exploring setting up &quot;safe zones&quot; for homeless people to camp in an effort to reduce the number of people living on the streets. Iose says that's a good idea because he's constantly having to throw out or pack up belongings when officials enforce anti-camping laws. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz)

Hawaii considers “safe zones” for homeless encampments

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ - Associated Press

James August uses a cellphone outside the Honolulu federal courthouse Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, after pleading guilty to interfering with a flight crew. He says he doesn't remember what happened on the Hawaiian Airlines flight but doesn't dispute a prosecutor's account that his threatening and aggressive behavior forced the New York City-bound flight to return to Honolulu. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

Man arrested for threats on Hawaii-NYC flight pleads guilty

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

NYC couple plead guilty in Hawaii wrinkle-reducing scheme

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

FILE- In this Sept. 30, 2014, file photo, Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha, center, addresses Hawaii lawmakers during hearing in Honolulu. An FBI raid on the Honolulu prosecuting attorney's office is the latest action in a growing corruption scandal involving the chief of police and his prosecutor wife. This comes as a federal grand jury is looking into corruption allegations in the Honolulu Police Department. The investigation stems from a theft case involving the home mailbox of Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife Katherine Kealoha, a deputy prosecutor. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, File)

FBI serves warrant at Honolulu prosecuting attorney’s office

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

City seeks action on trail causing problems for residents

Associated Press

Man charged with wife’s death in Tonga wants his cash back

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

Christian Gutierrez appears in a Honolulu courtroom Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016, to plead not guilty to animal cruelty charges in connection with the deaths of seabirds at a nature reserve in December 2015. (AP Photo/Jennifer Kelleher)

NYU student pleads not guilty in Hawaii albatross killings

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 19 2014 file photo, graduating police cadets police recruit graduation ceremony, at Denver Police Training Academy. Amid a national push for greater police accountability, voters in several major cities, including Denver, have approved measures to create or strengthen civilian oversight of local law enforcement. The trend reflects growing public demand for independent reviews of misconduct after deadly police encounters in cities like Ferguson, Missouri, Baltimore and New York put intense focus on police use-of-force and how officers interact with minorities. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)

After deadly police encounters, voters OK civilian oversight

By SADIE GURMAN - Associated Press

Honolulu’s higher property tax class deemed unconstitutional

Associated Press

A group of residents and activists stand outside the Hawaii State Capital ahead of a meeting about labor conditions for foreign fishermen in Hawaii's commercial fleet, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 in Honolulu. A group of Hawaii lawmakers is holding the public meeting to discuss conditions among the Hawaii fleet after an Associated Press investigation found that some foreign fishermen have been confined to vessels for years. A federal loophole allows the foreign men to work but exempts them from most basic labor protections. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz)

Officials say they cannot enforce Hawaii fishing contracts

By CALEB JONES - Associated Press

In this Oct. 10, 2016 photo, Mua Migi, left, watches his son Atimua Migi put tape on a carry-on bag before boarding a Hawaiian Airlines flight to Pago Pago, American Samoa at Honolulu International Airport in Honolulu. Atimua Migi doesn't like the airline's new policy of assigning seats at the airport after the airline conducted a survey that involved weighing passengers traveling between Pago Pago and Honolulu. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

Weight survey for Pago Pago fliers prompts airline action

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

Honolulu expands funding for Housing First program

Associated Press

Regulators want Navy to redo some Red Hill fuel tank plans

Associated Press

The Latest: Navy meeting regulators’ Red Hill data requests

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 8, 2015, file photo, United Airlines planes are parked at their gates as another plane, top, taxis past them at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston. United Airlines pilots are ratifying a contract extension that includes pay raises and gives the company more certainty about labor costs, the Air Line Pilots Association reported, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

United Airlines aborts flight over passenger doing yoga, biting, shoving other travelers

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times