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Honolulu first major US city to fine ‘phone zombies’

Culture

Honolulu just enacted a fine for looking at one’s cell phone while in a crosswalk.

The Hawaiian population of Bluefin Trevally has been threatened by rapid decimation due to overfishing.

Environmentalists herald the beginnings of a race to protect the world’s oceans

Economics
After taking off from Abu Dhabi on March 9, the Solar Impulse 2 has flown across Asia and now more than halfway across the Pacific, with a goal of circumnavigating the world powered only by the 17,000 solar panels on its 236 foot-wide wings.

Will Solar Impulse 2 inspire a whole fleet of solar-powered planes?

Technology
‘Battleship Row’ after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. The capsized USS Oklahoma is visible in the foreground, behind her is USS Maryland, while USS West Virginia burns furiously on the right.

Some of Pearl Harbor’s unknown victims will get a second chance at identification

Science
A Russian family migrating to Hawaii pose for a passport photo.

For a group of Siberians, Hawaii was far from a tropical paradise

Culture
The World

The Stench of Honolulu, by Jack Handey: Part 4

Arts, Culture & Media

The Stench of Honolulu is the first novel by Jack Handey, the creator of Saturday Night Live’s “Deep Thoughts with Jack Handey” and many stories for Studio 360. He read these excerpts exclusively for Studio 360.

With Chinese immigration waning, U.S. Chinatowns are at a crossroads

Since Chinese immigrants first started coming to the United States in the mid 1800s, many have congregated, at least initially, in Chinatowns. But as immigration slows, and China’s economy roars, that flow of immigrants is drying up. And that’s meant Chinatowns across the country are facing changes.

Impressions from the ‘Rally to Restore Sanity’

Global Politics

Celeste Headlee, host of The Takeaway, blogs about her experience at Jon Stewart’s and Stephen Colbert’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.”

The World

The Stench of Honolulu, By Jack Handey: Part 3

“When my friend Don suggested we go on a trip to the South Seas together, and offered to pay for the whole thing, I thought, Fine, but what’s in it for me?” From a simple male-bonding vacation, two feckless friends hatch a plan to steal a precious piece of cultural patrimony, the Golden Monkey. They […]

The World

The Stench of Honolulu, By Jack Handey: Part 2

“When my friend Don suggested we go on a trip to the South Seas together, and offered to pay for the whole thing, I thought, Fine, but what’s in it for me?” From a simple male-bonding vacation, two feckless friends hatch a plan to steal a precious piece of cultural patrimony, the Golden Monkey. They […]