One Marine was killed and 21 other people taken to hospital after a US Marine Corps Osprey aircraft crashed in Hawaii, with dark smoke from the resulting fire billowing into the sky.

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The eye of Hurricane Gonzalo crossed over part of Bermuda, battering the tiny British territory with fierce wind and heavy and heavy surf.

Thrill-seekers in Hawaii who don jetpacks that propel them into the air to fly like Iron Man are taking flak from officials and fishermen over safety and conservation fears.

The 3,200 people living on a rural Hawaiian island that will soon be purchased by billionaire Oracle Corp chief executive Larry Ellison have a laundry list of what they’d like to see him provide.

A 28-year-old surfer suffered injuries on his left foot after a 10-foot shark bit him.

Six down and one to go: Ireland’s Steve Redmond has just completed the sixth of seven monumental swims that will make him the most successful endurance swimmer of all time.

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Nicole Scherzinger and Lewis Hamilton are reportedly engaged.

A Delta Air Lines 747 with nearly 380 passengers and crew made an emergency stop at the Midway Atoll wildlife refuge part of the way between Hawaii and Japan after the plane developed a crack in the cockpit windshield.

THOUSANDS of people fled their homes along the California coast yesterday as a tsunami triggered by the massive earthquake in Japan began hitting the US West Coast after rolling through Hawaii.

Tsunami waves have hit Hawaii and swept through the island chain after an earthquake in Japan sparked evacuations throughout the Pacific and as far as the US western coast.

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US President Barack Obama made the first public appearance of his holiday, stopping by one of his favourite local shops for a Hawaiian snow cone known as “shave ice”.

WHEN many islanders look at Barack Obama, they see not only the next president, but a skilled bodysurfer, a man who flashes the “shaka” or hang loose sign, and someone who wears the same rubber slippers they do.

A handful of pro-Palestinian activists protested outside President-elect Barack Obama’s holiday home in Hawaii today and urged a new approach to the Middle East.

US President George Bush was today spending Christmas at Camp David for the 12th time.

LEE Travel has teamed up with UK-based agency Enjoy Travel to present Craic on the Cruise, Ireland’s only Floating Fleadh!

A man charged with a string of robberies including a hold-up at the Hawaii home of 'Lost' star Josh Holloway has reached a plea deal that will put him behind bars for 30 years.

IRISH travel company Sunway is offering a special overseas wedding package, embracing the excitement of the world’s gambling capital, Las Vegas, and the sedate, romantic Hawaiian island of Oahu.

Dozens of people were ordered to evacuate two Idaho towns today as an 88-square-mile group of fires moved in their direction.

Japanese property mogul Genshiro Kawamoto has handed over three of his many multi-million-dollar homes in Oahu’s most expensive neighbourhood to homeless and low-income native Hawaiian families.

Danielle McVeigh claimed her maiden victory in US Collegiate golf and steered Texas A&M University to a two-stroke team victory at the 54-hole Donnis Thompson Invitational in Hawaii.

A strong earthquake shook Hawaii yesterday, jolting residents out of bed and causing a landslide that blocked a major road.

THE stranding of whales and dolphins is a phenomenon as old as time itself and still surrounded by a deal of mystery, despite studies by experts worldwide.

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Strong winds in the north-west Pacific Ocean sent towering waves crashing along Hawaii’s coast, prompting officials to close beaches amid fears that some waves could reach as high as 50 feet.

Minor earthquakes have shaken New Jersey, Los Angeles and Hawaii, but there were no reports of injuries or serious damage.

Five people have been killed in Hawaii when their helicopter crashed into a mountain in thick cloud, officials said today.

Hugh Lytle, whose teletype message provided the world with the first account of the attack on Pearl Harbour has died. He was 100.

Bruce Willis is to spend part of next summer in Hawaii filming a new movie.

Pearl Harbor survivors have gathered in Hawaii to pay tribute to those who died in the attack on the US base 60 years ago.

US Navy officers met today with local Japanese Government officials to explain possible disciplinary action facing the skipper of a submarine that sank a Japanese high school fishing training vessel.

Families have agreed to call off the search for nine people still missing after a US nuclear submarine collided with a Japanese fishing vessel.

The captain of the Japanese trawler smashed to pieces by a surfacing US Navy submarine has told a military inquiry of the terrifying incident that killed nine people.

Seven people have been killed after two US Army Blackhawk helicopters crashed during a night exercise in Hawaii.

Nine people are missing after a Japanese fishing research vessel was hit by a surfacing US Navy submarine off Hawaii.