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• Grand jury indicts Alaska man tied to girl's death

  21-09-2018 03:20 via KHNL - National - Headline
  A federal grand jury has indicted an Alaska man linked to a missing 10-year-old girl's death, alleging he lied, among other things, that he found the missing girl's cellphone when in fact he took it from her.
  
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• Arizona licenses for nonprofit housing migrant kids at risk

  21-09-2018 00:10 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Arizona officials have moved to revoke the licenses for a nonprofit that houses immigrant children in part because it missed a deadline to show that all its employees passed background checks.
  
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• Yellowstone thermal spring erupts for 4th time in 60 years

  20-09-2018 23:39 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Officials at Yellowstone National Park say new thermal activity occurred at the park over the past several days.
  
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• California makes people ask for straws, sodas with kid meals

  20-09-2018 23:19 via KHNL - National - Headline
  People who want straws with their drinks at California restaurants will have to request them under new state law.
  
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• Sentencing options for Cosby include prison, jail, probation

  20-09-2018 22:32 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Bill Cosby could be sent to prison next week for drugging and molesting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.
  
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• Anti-abuse activists pan US Catholic bishops' new proposals

  20-09-2018 21:30 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Lawyers and advocates for victims of clergy sex-abuse are assailing as inadequate some new steps announced by U.S. Catholic bishops to curtail the abuse scandals that are shaking the church.
  
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• Slayings raise alarms for women who practice sports alone

  20-09-2018 21:08 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Three slayings raise alarms for women who exercise or practice sports alone.
  
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• 9 people, including immigrants in US illegally, die in crash

  20-09-2018 20:48 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Authorities say nine people, including seven who were in the U.S. illegally, were killed in a head-on collision on an Arizona highway.
  
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• Cornell review finds academic misconduct by food researcher

  20-09-2018 20:38 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Cornell says its investigation found academic misconduct the research of a prominent professor.
  
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• Native American teens pulled from college tour want changes

  20-09-2018 20:34 via KHNL - National - Headline
  An attorney for two Native American brothers pulled from a Colorado State University tour is asking the school for policy changes.
  
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• Cardinal hires judge to review church sex abuse policies

  20-09-2018 19:08 via KHNL - National - Headline
  The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York has hired a former federal judge to review its procedures and protocols for handling allegations of sexual abuse.
  
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• Puerto Rico marks 1 year since Maria with song and sadness

  20-09-2018 18:58 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Puerto Ricans are marking the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria with choirs, protests and a funeral procession.
  
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• Puerto Rico marks 1 year since Maria with choirs, protests

  20-09-2018 18:58 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Puerto Ricans are marking the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria with choirs, protests and a funeral procession.
  
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• The Latest: Sheriff: Shooting suspect in critical condition

  20-09-2018 17:28 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Authorities say multiple people have been shot in northeast Maryland in what the FBI is describing as an "active shooter situation".
  
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• The Latest: Official says 3 killed in Maryland shooting

  20-09-2018 17:28 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Authorities say multiple people have been shot in northeast Maryland in what the FBI is describing as an "active shooter situation".
  
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• Officials: 3 killed in shooting at Maryland Rite Aid center

  20-09-2018 16:38 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Authorities say multiple people have been shot in northeast Maryland in what the FBI is describing as an "active shooter situation".
  
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• Official: 3 people killed in Maryland shooting

  20-09-2018 16:38 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Authorities say multiple people have been shot in northeast Maryland in what the FBI is describing as an "active shooter situation".
  
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• 4 dead, including suspect, after Maryland warehouse shooting

  20-09-2018 16:38 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Authorities say multiple people have been shot in northeast Maryland in what the FBI is describing as an "active shooter situation".
  
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• 3 hurt in court shooting leave hospital; gunman identified

  20-09-2018 13:58 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Three civilians wounded when a gunman opened fire outside a crowded Pennsylvania courtroom are now out of the hospital.
  
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• Gunman upset by divorce is found dead after manhunt

  20-09-2018 12:08 via KHNL - National - Headline
  A gunman authorities say shot at his ex-wife and then killed his parents in Pennsylvania has been found dead.
  
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• Texas barbecue chain to open its first Hawaii location in Kapolei

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A 77-year-old restaurant business that slowly smokes meat and claims to be the biggest barbecue chain in the country plans to open its first Hawaiilocation next month inKapolei.
  Texas-based Dickey’sBarbecue Pit announced Wednesday that the new restaurant is slated toopen in early Octoberat Kealanani Plaza, analmost year-old strip mall next to Walmart with tenants that include PandaExpress and Jersey Mike’s Subs.
  Dickey’s announcedearly last year thatDanny Mabalot, a localSubway
  
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• Texas barbecue chain to open in Kapolei

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A 77-year-old restaurant business that slowly smokes meat and claims to be the biggest barbecue chain in the country plans to open its first Hawaiilocation next month inKapolei.
  Texas-based Dickey’sBarbecue Pit announced Wednesday that the new restaurant is slated toopen in early Octoberat Kealanani Plaza, analmost year-old strip mall next to Walmart with tenants that include PandaExpress and Jersey Mike’s Subs.
  Dickey’s announcedearly last year thatDanny Mabalot, a localSubway
  
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• Teen sentenced to 20 years in sexual assault case

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A Big Island teenager accused of holding a woman against her will and beating and raping her was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
  Tyron Sigrah, 17, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to counts of first-degree sexual assault, second-degree assault, kidnapping and robbery.
  Sigrah, who was 15 at the time, and another teen kidnapped the woman and took turns assaulting her at the Old Kona Airport park in September 2016, authorities said. The attack stopped after a bystander chased the teens
  
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• Shidler alumnus establishes $100,000 endowment for student leader

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  University of Hawaii at Manoa Shidler College of Business alumnus Christopher Helm and wife, Debra, have established a $100,000 endowment through the Helm Family Trust for the David Bess Leadership Award. Each year, the award is presented to a promising student leader at the college’s Business Night event.
  Since 1994, the couple has given more than $50,000 to fund the David Bess Leadership Award. With this new endowment, UH says the college now will be able to fund this award in perpetuity
  
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• Shidler alumnus establishes $100,000 endowment for promising student leader

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  University of Hawaii at Manoa Shidler College of Business alumnus Christopher Helm and wife, Debra, have established a $100,000 endowment through the Helm Family Trust for the David Bess Leadership Award. Each year, the award is presented to a promising student leader at the college’s Business Night event.
  Since 1994, the couple has given more than $50,000 to fund the David Bess Leadership Award. With this new endowment, UH says the college now will be able to fund this award in perpetuity
  
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• Shidler alum establishes $100K endowment for promising student leader

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  University of Hawaii at Manoa Shidler College of Business alumnus Christopher Helm and wife, Debra, have established a $100,000 endowment through the Helm Family Trust for the David Bess Leadership Award. Each year, the award is presented to a promising student leader at the college’s Business Night event.
  Since 1994, the couple has given more than $50,000 to fund the David Bess Leadership Award. With this new endowment, UH says the college now will be able to fund this award in perpetuity
  
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• Police to beef up enforcement after 2 pedestrian deaths

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Honolulu police plan to increase enforcement on roadways in the wake of two separate pedestrian fatalities that occurred within minutes of one another Tuesday night.
  The crashes occurred in Kapolei and Honolulu, bringing the total number of pedestrian deaths to 19 on Oahu and 28 statewide so far this year.
  These are “totally avoidable tragedies that are happening at an astronomical pace on our roadways,” said Capt. Ben Moszkowicz of the police department’s Traffic Division.
  Mos
  
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• Pohoiki boat ramp could reopen, but no time frame set yet

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  State officials said the popular Pohoiki Boat Ramp in Puna shows no damage from lava and could possibly be used again, but the entrance is blocked off and surrounded by about 14,000 cubic yards of black sand.
  “We have a lot more analysis to do but it appears, based on our initial assessment, that we could actually remove the black sand and re-create the entrance to the boat ramp,” said Finn McCall, a state engineer who measured the new, crescent-shaped black sand beach. “The re
  
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• Pohoiki boat ramp could reopen, but no time frame set

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  State officials said the popular Pohoiki Boat Ramp in Puna shows no damage from lava and could possibly be used again, but the entrance is blocked off and surrounded by about 14,000 cubic yards of black sand.
  “We have a lot more analysis to do but it appears, based on our initial assessment, that we could actually remove the black sand and re-create the entrance to the boat ramp,” said Finn McCall, a state engineer who measured the new, crescent-shaped black sand beach. “The re
  
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• Kokua Line: Security deposit due within 14 days of lease end

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Question: Is there a time limit for your landlord giving you back your security deposit?
  Answer: Yes. Any money due must be returned within 14 days after termination of the rental agreement, according to the Handbook for the Hawaii Residential Landlord-Tenant Code, which is based on Chapter 521 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
  The tenant must receive notice of any deductions within the same time frame. If the tenant is not notified, the landlord must return the full security deposit, even if ther
  
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• Kokua Line: Security deposit due back within 14 days of lease end

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Question: Is there a time limit for your landlord giving you back your security deposit?
  Answer: Yes. Any money due must be returned within 14 days after termination of the rental agreement, according to the Handbook for the Hawaii Residential Landlord-Tenant Code, which is based on Chapter 521 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
  The tenant must receive notice of any deductions within the same time frame. If the tenant is not notified, the landlord must return the full security deposit, even if ther
  
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• Kauai dentist Terry Allen fined for insurance fraud

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Kauai dentist Terry Allen was ordered by a state Circuit Court judge on Wednesday to pay $20,878 in restitution to Hawaii Medical Service Association for insurance fraud.
  He also was ordered to pay $2,500 to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund in addition to other court fees.
  Allen, the former owner of Kalaheo Dental Group, and his office manager Diane Maldonado were charged with fraudulently billing HMSA and Hawaii Dental Service.
  On one occasion Maldonado used her niece’s dental plan to
  
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• Hawaii timeshare occupancy ticked up in second quarter

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  An April flood on Kauai and an erupting volcano during May and June on the Big Island didn’t seem to deter timeshare visitors to Hawaii, according to a state report released Wednesday.
  The Hawaii Tourism Authority reported that occupancy of timeshare properties statewide averaged 91.5 percent in the second quarter, up from 89.9 percent in the same April-June period last year.
  “During a quarter that had worldwide media coverage of flooding on Kauai in April and lava covering homes and
  
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• Former UH star Kim Willoughby to be indicted for murder in Puerto Rico

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Former University of Hawaii volleyball star and U.S. Olympian Kim Willoughby is scheduled for indictment today in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, for first-degree murder and child abuse. This is according to multiple reports from Puerto Rico media outlets, including the website of El Nuevo Dia, the U.S. territory’s largest newspaper.
  The case stems from the 2016 death of a 3-year-old girl under Willoughby’s care, whom Willoughby was reported to be in the process of adopting. The three-time fi
  
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• Ex-UH volleyball player Willoughby reportedly to be indicted in child’s death

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Former University of Hawaii volleyball star and U.S. Olympian Kim Willoughby is scheduled for indictment today in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, for first-degree murder and child abuse. This is according to multiple reports from Puerto Rico media outlets, including the website of El Nuevo Dia, the U.S. territory’s largest newspaper.
  The case stems from the 2016 death of a 3-year-old girl under Willoughby’s care, whom Willoughby was reported to be in the process of adopting. The three-time fi
  
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• Ex-UH volleyball player and Olympian reportedly to be indicted in child’s death

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Former University of Hawaii volleyball star and U.S. Olympian Kim Willoughby is scheduled for indictment today in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, for first-degree murder and child abuse. This is according to multiple reports from Puerto Rico media outlets, including the website of El Nuevo Dia, the U.S. territory’s largest newspaper.
  The case stems from the 2016 death of a 3-year-old girl under Willoughby’s care, whom Willoughby was reported to be in the process of adopting. The three-time fi
  
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• Driver plunges 2 stories off parking garage

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  An 80-year-old Waikiki man was in stable condition Wednesday night after he apparently drove his car through a second-story parking garage railing and landed on the ground level.
  The man, a resident of the Waikiki Skyliner, located at 2415 Ala Wai Blvd., was in his parking stall and was attempting to leave, when he apparently thought he had the car in reverse, fire Capt. Scot Seguirant said.
  Instead, he drove forward, went through the railing and his white Toyota four-door sedan landed nose down
  
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• Dickey’s Barbecue Pit to open first Hawaii location in Kapolei

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A 77-year-old restaurant business that slowly smokes meat and claims to be the biggest barbecue chain in the country plans to open its first Hawaiilocation next month inKapolei.
  Texas-based Dickey’sBarbecue Pit announced Wednesday that the new restaurant is slated toopen in early Octoberat Kealanani Plaza, analmost year-old strip mall next to Walmart with tenants that include PandaExpress and Jersey Mike’s Subs.
  Dickey’s announcedearly last year thatDanny Mabalot, a localSubway
  
  Read more

• Dentist is fined for insurance fraud

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Kauai dentist Terry Allen was ordered by a state Circuit Court judge on Wednesday to pay $20,878 in restitution to Hawaii Medical Service Association for insurance fraud.
  He also was ordered to pay $2,500 to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund in addition to other court fees.
  Allen, the former owner of Kalaheo Dental Group, and his office manager Diane Maldonado were charged with fraudulently billing HMSA and Hawaii Dental Service.
  On one occasion Maldonado used her niece’s dental plan to
  
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• City panel rejects vacation rentals bill

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  After more than eight hours of divided testimony spread across two days, the Honolulu Planning Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to reject Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s proposed short-term vacation rental bill.
  Because the commission is only advisory, the bill still will go to the Council for afinal decision. But under city law, six of the nine Council members must now give the thumbs up for the bill tobecome law instead of the typical five.
  Short-term vacationrentals refer to bed-and-breakfa
  
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• City Council advances bill to let neighborhoods restrict parking

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A bill that won tentative approval from the City Council Budget Committee on Wednesday would allow a group of neighbors to petition for a restricted parking zone.
  Councilwoman Carol Fukunaga, who introduced Bill 70, said she’s hoping the measure will ease congestion in residential areas where street parking is a problem, especially those near “traffic generators,” such as universities and hospitals.
  A pilot program last year that established a restricted parking zone covering t
  
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• City Council advances a bill to let neighborhoods restrict parking

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A bill that won tentative approval from the City Council Budget Committee on Wednesday would allow a group of neighbors to petition for a restricted parking zone.
  Councilwoman Carol Fukunaga, who introduced Bill 70, said she’s hoping the measure will ease congestion in residential areas where street parking is a problem, especially those near “traffic generators,” such as universities and hospitals.
  A pilot program last year that established a restricted parking zone covering t
  
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• Canine team goes to work at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  A dedicated team is working daily to make sure all passengers are screened for explosives and explosive materials at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.
  Three of their names are Rea, King and Duke, and they are motivated by the opportunity to play witha squeaky toy.
  The specially trainedcanines are part of the Transportation SecurityAdministration’s team of dogs and handlers that search travelers and their belongings for explosives and explosive materials at the Honolulu airport.Depart
  
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• Air Force couple investigated for child’s death

  20-09-2018 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  An Air Force couple who reportedly had financial issues and concerns about child care costs is being investigated for the death of their infant son in 2016 and for serious injuriesto a second young child, a daughter, in 2017, according to court records.
  Technical Sgt. Caleb W. Humphrey, with the 792nd Intelligence Support Squadron, and his wife, Staff Sgt. Natasha C. Beyer, part of the JointIntelligence Center, unsuccessfully fought the release of financialrecords sought by the Pentagon’s
  
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• Vulnerable US senator welcomes Trump in tight Nevada race

  20-09-2018 08:32 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Republicans' chances of keeping their U.S. Senate majority have become shakier as races in red states have tightened, but the party's most vulnerable member insists he's bullish about his re-election.
  
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• Vulnerable GOP Nevada senator plays balancing act with Trump

  20-09-2018 08:32 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Republicans' chances of keeping their U.S. Senate majority have become shakier as races in red states have tightened, but the party's most vulnerable member insists he's bullish about his re-election.
  
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• Giant bong, huggable buds: Marijuana museum opens in Vegas

  20-09-2018 08:28 via KHNL - National - Headline
  A museum celebrating all things cannabis with displays that include a glass bong taller than a giraffe and huggable faux marijuana plants is the newest tourist attraction in Las Vegas.
  
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• Get ready for 'Bongzilla,' selfie frenzy at Vegas pot museum

  20-09-2018 08:28 via KHNL - National - Headline
  A museum celebrating all things cannabis with displays that include a glass bong taller than a giraffe and huggable faux marijuana plants is the newest tourist attraction in Las Vegas.
  
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• Floodwaters inundate lake at NC power plant, raising alarm

  20-09-2018 07:28 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Aerial photographs show widespread devastation to farms and industrial sites in eastern North Carolina.
  
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• Women die in flooded van driven by South Carolina deputies

  20-09-2018 07:24 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Officials say two women being transported to a mental health facility by deputies have drowned when they were trapped in the van as it was engulfed in rising South Carolina floodwaters.
  
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