More than 1,900 shipping containers lost near Hawaii, some containing 'dangerous goods'

Alexa PenaVega has another child on the way with husband Carlos PenaVega!

As a progressive Democrat who supports the Green New Deal and "Medicare-for-all," Rep.-elect Kai Kahele, D-Hawaii, has had to temper his aspirations for the new Congress.  Instead of a blue wave, the 2020 election results indicated that America just wasn't ready yet for the seismic shifts that he backs.

Just days after the Kilauea volcano erupted on Hawaii's big island, the aftermath of the natural disaster is now forming a lava lake and can even be seen from space. Lava was rising more than 3 feet per hour after the volcano erupted following a two-year break, scientists said on Tuesday.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers plans to delay getting the COVID-19 vaccine -- which became available to congressional leaders last week -- until all health care workers and people over the age of 65 have had a chance to receive it.  Reps.

Two House Democrats were the only lawmakers to break with their party and vote against the $900 billion coronavirus stimulus package, which came after months of bickering between members of Congress.  Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.

HONOLULU (AP) — Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island roared back to life Sunday night as lava went shooting into the air, boiling away a water lake and sending a massive plume of steam, gas and ash soaring into the atmosphere.

Dustin Johnson, 36, wants to end a good year on a good note. After emerging as the champion from the 2020 Masters in November, the world’s No. 1-ranked golfer will be taking advantage of his hard-earned downtime with his fiancée Paulina Gretzky, 32, and their kids Tatum, 5, and River, 3, to spend the holidays in Hawaii. Dustin revealed his family’s Christmas plans while gushing about Paulina in a new interview, published on Dec. 21.

Hawaii’s rural island of Kauai has seen a spike of COVID-19 cases since launching pre-travel testing to reignite the state’s decimated tourism industry. Early and aggressive local measures coupled with a strictly enforced statewide travel quarantine kept the island’s 72,000 residents mostly healthy — with only 61 known coronavirus cases from March through September.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterPresident-elect Joe Biden has surpassed the 270 electoral votes needed to claim the presidency, as California’s electors put him over the top on Monday afternoon.With the state’s 55 votes added to the tally, Biden held 302 electoral votes. He and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are expected to finish with 306 votes once Hawaii’s four electors cast their ballots later on Monday.

Lukas Gage is putting his fit body on display in new photos of him at the beach!

A surfer in Hawaii was injured Tuesday morning after encountering a shark in Maui’s Honolua Bay. The incident also forced the suspension of the WSL Women’s Professional Surfing Competition scheduled for later that day, Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) reported.

A Hawaiian Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing on Monday morning, the airline confirmed to Fox News.  The flight departed from Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii, at 9:44 a.m.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard urged President Trump to stand his ground in a legislative fight against Big Tech on Wednesday night. “I fully support you on this,” the Democratic Hawaii congresswoman and Army veteran tweeted in response to an attack from Trump on the controversial Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act.

A U.S. judge sentenced a former high-ranking Honolulu prosecutor to 13 years in prison Monday and her retired police chief husband to seven years, saying she stole money from her own grandmother and then used his law enforcement power to frame her uncle for a crime he didn’t commit -- all to maintain the couple’s lavish lifestyle.

Sydney Sweeney is enjoying another day at the beach!

Dave McNary Film Reporter“Waikiki” and “Hawaiian Soul” won the Made in Hawai’i awards at the the 40th edition of the Hawai’i International Film Festival.The awards were announced at a virtual gala held Sunday.