FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) (C) hugs Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI) (2nd L) as they cross paths during a senate vote in the early morning hours at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S ...

Former U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka has died. He died Friday morning at The Villas, a post-acute care facility on the grounds of St. Francis Healthcare System in Liliha. He was 93 years old. Services are ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Daniel Kahikina Akaka, the first Native Hawaiian to serve in the U.S. Senate and a fixture for decades on Capitol Hill, where he became known as the "ambassador of aloha," ...

Former Democratic Sen. Daniel Akaka, who represented Hawaii in Congress for nearly four decades and was regarded as a champion of Native Hawaiian culture, died early Friday morning. He was 93.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A fitting tribute for a pioneer in Hawaii politics took place in Honolulu Saturday. On Saturday, hundreds of family and friends gathered to honor and remember the life of ...

A public memorial service for the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka was held Saturday at Kawaiaha‘o Church. Above, members of his family and those in attendance sang “Hawaii Aloha” at the end of the service ...

A public memorial service for Sen. Daniel Akaka is underway at the Hawaii State Capitol. Akaka will lie in state in a closed casket in the rotunda from 10 a.m. Friday through 10 a.m. Saturday. All day ...

Reporting from Honolulu — Former Sen. Daniel Kahikina Akaka, the first Native Hawaiian elected to Congress who served for more than three decades, died Friday. He was 93. Akaka died in Honolulu after ...

In this Dec. 12, 2012 file photo, Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, the first Native Hawaiian to serve in the Senate, leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, after delivering his farewell ...

Former Sen. Daniel Akaka, a Democrat from Hawaii who served in Congress for more than three decades, died Friday, according to local media reports and lawmakers from Hawaii. He was 93. Former Sen.

Former Sen. Daniel Akaka has died at the age of 93, Fox News has confirmed. Akaka spent 36 years in Washington as a member of the House and the Senate, retiring in January, 2013. The first ethnic ...

Former U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, the humble and gracious statesman who served in Washington with aloha for more than 3-1/2 decades, died early this morning at the age of 93. He had been hospitalized for ...