A new generation of business people want a "vibrant downtown."

Changes to legislation proposed Monday would make it easier for prosecutors to convict those charged with fireworks-related crimes.

The companies had appealed to the Supreme Court in an effort to get the case moved to federal court, where they've successfully had suits tossed out.

Tiare Couto, who grew up on the North Shore, died after falling on a muddy trail following a party that neighbors say has grown in popularity over the years.

The cases against Michael Miske's co-defendants continue more than a month after the convicted crime boss was found dead in his cell.

Anyone with unused fireworks can bring them to the amnesty event.

Carmelita Benigno, 61, is the fourth victim to be identified.

City officials said a 3-year-old boy injured in the New Year's Eve explosion died at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children on Monday morning.

UPDATE: City officials identified the child as Cassius Ramos-Benigno.

UPDATES: The medical examiner鈥檚 office released the names for two of the three women killed and a 20-year-old who died in a separate fireworks incident.