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"Lala strengthens as it nears Hawaii.  Homeland Security paid $464 million for planes-then, it parked them.  White House lets key gun law lapse after court ruling."

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Friday • August 14, 2026

Read Today's Print Replica Today's Front Page Lala strengthens as it nears Hawaii By Tribune-Herald staff Tropical Storm Lala strengthened in the Central Pacific Hurricane Center on Thursday and forecasters predict the storm will become a hurricane Saturday as it nears Hawaii Island, bringing strong winds, heavy rainfalland high surf to the islands. Rainfall totals of 5 to 10 inches across Hawaii Island and Maui are expected, with possible maximum rainfall totals of 25 inches across the Big Isle. A hurricane warning is in effect for the island, which means dangerousand...Read more Homeland Security paid $464 million for planes. Then it parked them. By DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD, ANDREA FULLER, JULIE TATE, NICHOLAS NEHAMAS and HAMED ALEAZIZNYTimes News Service / Times Exclusive WASHINGTON - Starting last fall, the Department of Homeland Security spent $464 million on a no-bid contract to buy 10 used airplanes from a firm in northern Virginia. That was an enormous price tag, but the department said it had no time to consider other offers. The planes were needed urgently for deportation flights. But since then, the department has barely...Read more White House lets key gun law lapse after court ruling By CHRIS CAMERON NYTimes News Service WASHINGTON - The Justice Department let long-standing restrictions on owning short-barreled guns and suppressors lapse Thursday, bowing to pressure from Republicans and gun advocates. Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas had said that his order striking down themandated permitting process under the National Firearms Act as unconstitutional would go into effect Thursday unless the Justice Department appealed. Trump administration...Read more Download the Hawaii Tribune Herald App

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