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Hawaii residents have criticized a Chicago-based poke chain after it tried to stop other US restaurants selling the trendy sushi bowls from using “aloha” in their business names, accusing the company of cultural appropriation. In May, lawyers for Aloha Poke Co, sent cease-and-desist letters to a native Hawaiian family business in Anchorage, Alaska, ordering it to stop using “aloha” or “aloha poke” in its name, Aloha Poke Stop.

Hawaii has weathered its share of natural disasters in 2018 – first flooding on Kauai, then volcanic eruptions and earthquakes on the Big Island of Hawaii – and things aren’t over yet. Now, residents on the islands are stocking up and bracing for gale-force winds, waves and rain as Hurricane Lane heads their way.

The fast-moving fires swept through densely populated neighborhoods, causing some residents to flee from their homes in the middle of the night as smoke filled their rooms. One couple had to jump into their pool as flames rushed across their land, taking occasional gasps for air as flames lapped at their backs.

An aerial view of the Puna Geothermal Venture, a plant that lies just downslope of the erupting Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island. Smoke rises from the lava flow on May 4 as it made its way through the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa. (Bruce O

About 30 percent of American women had a nasty surprise the last time they tried to get it on: It hurt. Yet many are embarrassed to share this with their doctor, says Georgine Lamvu, MD, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Central Florida and chair of the International Pelvic Pain Society.

Paradise looks different when a fierce hurricane is raging along its shores. Glittering beaches have emptied, the usual bustle of windsurfers, sun worshipers and buskers replaced by sandbags and boarded windows. A vacationing mother looking for rest and relaxation instead tried to comfort her...

Sotheby's London held a record-breaking auction this week for a collection spanning centuries of erotic art, definitively proving that sex is timeless—and nearly priceless. "No subject is more universal than that of passion and desire," said Constantine F

After having a baby, many women might find it painful to have sex, even months after they've given birth. Aside from the physical effects of labor, some women are too overwhelmed by the demands of new motherhood to have an interest in sex. Here's what new dads need to know about the postpartum period, and how you can best support your partner to get your sex lives back on track.

Breena Kerr is a journalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area covering breaking news, culture, travel and health. The views expressed in this commentary are solely hers. (CNN)Before daybreak on Monday, at 6 a.m., my phone was alight with texts and phone calls -- hours after some had been chased from their homes by flames.

When sex hurts, women often feel alone—but they’re not. About 30 percent of women report pain during vaginal intercourse, according to a 2015 study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine which surveyed a subsample of 1,738 women and men ages 18 and older onlin

I began talking about myself in the third person earlier this year, when I was going through the initial stages of a divorce. While I’m certain many divorces have been uglier and more stressful, mine was bad enough. And I found myself paralyzed by the anx

One November day in 2013, in a suburb outside Los Angeles, Mark Vidal decided to download Tinder. He set up his profile, and then made a choice: He’d only ever dated women — including a seven-year relationship with his high school sweetheart — but in a moment of honesty and curiosity, he set his preferences to show him both men and women.

It's 2017 and everyone has a podcast. That includes a good number that talk about sex—240 under the "sexuality" category in iTunes alone. We checked out dozens of the funniest, smartest, smuttiest sex podcasts out there and picked 10 favorites with a four-category rating system, so you can weed out what you like.

INDYGO Pioneertown: The weird Western set in the California desert Pioneertown, California is a surreal place. Its history does not follow a normal narrative. Built as a movie set in the 1940s by Hollywood moviemakers, its main feature is a four-block-lon