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Hawai‘i Island police scrutinized in Dana Ireland case after newly identified suspect commits suicide

Chief Moszkowicz said the decision not to arrest the 57-year-old came down to investigators’ opinion that there was no sufficient evidence to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Lauro intentionally and knowingly caused Ireland’s death.

UH study finds Native Hawaiians face higher rates of accelerated biological aging

A new study has discovered Native Hawaiians experience higher accelerated biological aging in comparison to White and Japanese American residents.

Smoking’s impact across racial, ethnic groups focus of UH study

Researchers from the University of Hawai’i Cancer Center collaborated on a study that sheds light on the complex links between smoking habits, epigenetics (the factors beyond DNA sequence that impact gene activity), and the risk of smoking-related diseases, such as lung cancer.

Two men killed in fiery 2023 crash identified through DNA, dental records

The men died following a single-vehicle collision on Feb. 5, 2023, at the intersection of Waikoloa Road and the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway in South Kohala.

Maui officials plead for public’s help to ID the dead, find the reported missing from the Lāhainā fire

Two weeks after the fast moving fire burned down much of Lahaina, the death toll is at 115; the remains that have been identified is at 43; and the number of “unaccounted for” is between 1,000 and 1,100, according to officials.

Lāhainā Fire deadliest US wildfire since Cloquet blaze in 1918; death toll likely to rise

With the official death toll rising to 89, the Lahaina fire became the deadliest US fire in the past century. And, Hawai’i Gov. Josh Green said the number of dead “is going to rise.”