Alaska Airlines is calling in an exterminator after the company says a rat boarded one of its planes at Oakland International Airport and forced it to cancel the flight. The airline says passengers were boarding the Portland, Ore.-bound flight Tuesday when the rat jumped from the jetway onto the plane. Passengers already on board came […]

MAUI, Hawaii – Two newlyweds from California are among the latest victims of the rat lungworm disease that is affecting Hawaii. Ben Manilla, 64, and his wife Eliza Lape, 57, believe they contracted the disease during their two-week honeymoon on the Hana area of Maui early this year, KGMB-TV reported (http://bit.ly/2o68nL9). The disease is a […]