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• Governors wary of Medicaid cost shift in Senate health bill

  23-06-2017 06:40 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  Governors in states that expanded Medicaid are wary of a bill revealed Thursday by Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate.
  
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• Veteran LAPD officer arrested for sex with 15-year-old cadet

  23-06-2017 03:20 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  A veteran Los Angeles police officer has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old cadet who's suspected of joyriding in stolen patrol cars.
  
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• Detroit judge halts deportation of Iraqi Christians

  23-06-2017 02:10 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  A judge has temporarily halted the deportation of more than 100 Iraqi Christians living in the Detroit area who fear torture and possible death if sent back to Iraq.
  
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• Judges: 'Making a Murderer' confession improperly obtained

  22-06-2017 22:00 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Three-judge federal appeals panel affirms that Wisconsin inmate featured in 'Making a Murderer' series was coerced into confessing and should be released from prison.
  
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• US officials to lift Yellowstone grizzly bear protections

  22-06-2017 20:11 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  Protections that have been in place for more than 40 years for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park area will be lifted this summer after U.S. government officials ruled that the population is no longer threatened.
  
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• Parole denied for Manson follower Krenwinkel in California

  22-06-2017 19:10 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  A parole hearing has resumed for convicted killer Patricia Krenwinkel, a follower of cult leader Charles Manson, after officials investigated whether battered women's syndrome affected her state of mind at the time of the notorious murders.
  
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• Americans and guns: It's complicated

  22-06-2017 18:20 via KHNL - National - Headline
  A new survey by the Pew Research Center shows Americans have grown more divided over gun issues.
  
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• Coal company sues HBO's John Oliver for defamation

  22-06-2017 16:51 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Coal company Murray Energy is suing HBO and its Sunday-night host, John Oliver, for what it says was a "false and malicious broadcast" last Sunday evening.
  
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• Scientist’s Keck telescope design helped reveal universe

  22-06-2017 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  
  Jerry Nelson, who conceived of the design for the segmented telescope, which allowed scientists to peer farther into the universe than ever before, died June 10 at his home in Santa Cruz, Calif. He was 73.
  His death was confirmed by his daughter, Alexandra Nelson, who said she did not know the cause.
  Nelson’s designs were the basis for the twin telescopes at the W.M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii. Astronomers have used those telescopes to help mea
  
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• Schofield man allegedly choked, beat wife

  22-06-2017 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  
  A 26-year-old man charged with assaulting his wife allegedly choked her and used a pedestal fan to beat her at their home on Schofield Barracks, according to a court document that detailed the assault.
  Al-Quadir Tynes was charged Monday with two counts of first-degree sexual assault, one count of second-degree assault and one count of felony abuse of a family or household member.
  Tynes remained in custody Wednesday in lieu of $500,000 bail, and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for today at Dis
  
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• Public meeting will give update on Red Hill fuel tanks

  22-06-2017 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  
  The Environmental Protection Agency, state Department of Health, the Navy and the Defense Logistics Agency are holding an “open house” tonight to update the public on the status of the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility.
  The meeting is from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Moanalua Middle School.
  In January 2014, one of the 20 World War II-era Red Hill storage tanks leaked about 27,000 gallons of jet fuel, raising concerns that groundwater below it may have been contaminated.
  Testing on
  
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• Police chief selection delayed again over procuring a consultant

  22-06-2017 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  
  The selection of a new police chief has been delayed again, this time because the entity initially selected to help the Honolulu Police Commission make the pick backed out, Commission Chairman Max Sword said Wednesday.
  “Right now, we’re shooting for September,” Sword told reporters. “Our initial pick for consultant decided at the last moment that they weren’t going to do it.”
  The procurement law requires the commission to now hire the second-highest ranking co
  
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• Magnitude-4.5 quake felt all the way to Oahu

  22-06-2017 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  
  HAWAII ISLAND
  Magnitude-4.5 quake felt by some on Oahu
  A light earthquake that struck off Hawaii island on Wednesday morning was felt throughout the state.
  The magnitude-4.5 quake hit at 10:09 a.m., 16 miles southeast of Hawaiian Ocean View at a depth of 24 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
  “No tsunami is expected. However, some areas may have experienced shaking,” the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a statement.
  No injuries were reported.
  The USGS’ “
  
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• Husband and wife receive 10-year terms for theft

  22-06-2017 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  
  A husband and wife were taken into custody in state court Wednesday after they were each sentenced to10-year prison terms for stealing $278,653 from the company that owns Hawaii Kai Shopping Center.
  Lyle and Adrienne Saffery of Hawaii Kai each pleaded guilty in March to first-­degree theft. Adrienne Saffery also pleaded guilty to 203 counts of second-degree forgery. Lyle Saffery pleaded guilty to 96 counts of second-degree forgery.
  They offered their guilty pleas without the benefit of a ple
  
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• Hawaii’s work to ease homeless making progress, federal official says

  22-06-2017 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  
  Hawaii still has the highest per capita homeless population in the country “but things have started to gel” in the islands, according to the western regional coordinator for the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.
  “It’s all just starting to work,” Katy Miller, the Seattle-based regional coordinator, told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser during a visit on Tuesday. “If this momentum continues we will see great progress.”
  The federal official got her firs
  
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• Ex-chief and police commissioner clash over alleged prejudice

  22-06-2017 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  
  Retired police Chief Louis Kealoha wants Honolulu Police Commissioner Loretta Sheehan disqualified from considering any matters that involve him, arguing she’s been critical of him and the police department in the past.
  Sheehan told colleagues Wednesday that she would not recuse herself for asking tough questions of Kealoha and the department, as she’s expected to do as a member of the commission tasked with overseeing HPD.
  The issue came before commissioners at their meeting Wednesd
  
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• Deal lets woman linked to puppy mill avoid tax-evasion conviction

  22-06-2017 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  
  A woman whose pet store was connected to a Waimanalo puppy mill owned by her father is getting the chance to avoid conviction for tax evasion.
  Sheryl Luke-Kalani, 52, pleaded guilty in April to six counts of attempting to evade paying state general excise taxes and six related charges of failing to file a tax return. The charges stem from state GE taxes she owed on rental income for the tax years 2007-2012 and are not related to the pet store or puppy mill.
  State Circuit Judge Edwin Nacino grant
  
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• City laws explicitly ban bike riding on Waikiki sidewalks

  22-06-2017 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  
  Question: They’re encouraging everyone to ride bikes, including tourists in Waikiki. It’s dangerous on the roads so I go on the sidewalks, and then I get dirty looks. …
  Answer: It is against the law to ride bicycles on sidewalks within business districts such as Waikiki, per Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-148 and Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 15-18.7.
  While the definition of “business district” may be arguable in some cases, the Waikiki prohibition is explicit. ROH
  
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• Another round of king tideswill hit Friday and Saturday

  22-06-2017 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  
  Hawaii will experience another round of exceptional king tides Friday and Saturday as some of the highest tides of the year will again be enhanced by higher-­than-normal sea levels.
  Phil Thompson, associate director of the University of Hawaii Sea Level Center, said the islands will likely experience the same kind of coastal erosion, wave overwash and temporary flooding in low-lying areas and around storm drain systems seen in late May and late April.
  However, flooding impacts could be worse
  
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• Another round of king tides will hit Friday and Saturday

  22-06-2017 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  
  Hawaii will experience another round of exceptional king tides Friday and Saturday as some of the highest tides of the year will again be enhanced by higher-­than-normal sea levels.
  Phil Thompson, associate director of the University of Hawaii Sea Level Center, said the islands will likely experience the same kind of coastal erosion, wave overwash and temporary flooding in low-lying areas and around storm drain systems seen in late May and late April.
  However, flooding impacts could be worse
  
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• Allegedly impaired driver critically injures electrician

  22-06-2017 12:05 via Hawaii News – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  
  A 47-year-old electrician was taken to a hospital in critical condition early Wednesday after being struck at a work site by a vehicle driven by an allegedly impaired 22-year-old man, police said.
  At about 12:40 a.m., police said, the driver was traveling westbound on the Pali Highway onramp when he lost control of his vehicle and struck the rear of an unoccupied utility van parked in a construction work zone. The vehicle then struck a guardrail and the electrician who was behind an aerial boom
  
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• Senate GOP unveils 'Obamacare' overhaul, but not all aboard

  22-06-2017 10:00 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  Congressional aides and lobbyists say Senate Republicans would cut Medicaid, end penalties for people not buying insurance and erase a raft of tax increases as part of their long-awaited health care bill.
  
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• Senate GOP health bill: Cut Medicaid, end no-coverage fines

  22-06-2017 10:00 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  Congressional aides and lobbyists say Senate Republicans would cut Medicaid, end penalties for people not buying insurance and erase a raft of tax increases as part of their long-awaited health care bill.
  
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• Former immigration detainees challenge labor practices

  22-06-2017 10:00 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  People once held in a privately run Colorado immigration detention center are challenging the system used to keep it clean and maintained, arguing it borders on modern-day slavery.
  
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• Ex-detainees: Detention center's practices border on slavery

  22-06-2017 10:00 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  People once held in a privately run Colorado immigration detention center are challenging the system used to keep it clean and maintained, arguing it borders on modern-day slavery.
  
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• AP sources: Senate GOP health bill would reshape Obama law

  22-06-2017 10:00 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  Congressional aides and lobbyists say Senate Republicans would cut Medicaid, end penalties for people not buying insurance and erase a raft of tax increases as part of their long-awaited health care bill.
  
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• Drug shows promise against vision-robbing disease in seniors

  22-06-2017 09:30 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  An experimental drug is showing promise against an untreatable eye disease that blinds older adults _ and intriguingly, it seems to work in patients who carry a particular gene flaw that fuels the damage to their vision.
  
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• Tropical Storm Cindy comes ashore in southwest Louisiana

  22-06-2017 09:20 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  Weather forecasters are expecting a third day of rough weather for Gulf Coast states as Tropical Storm Cindy approaches.
  
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• Cindy weakens but still stirs weather over wide swath

  22-06-2017 09:20 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  Weather forecasters are expecting a third day of rough weather for Gulf Coast states as Tropical Storm Cindy approaches.
  
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• 1 dead as Cindy spins severe weather along Gulf coast

  22-06-2017 09:20 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  Weather forecasters are expecting a third day of rough weather for Gulf Coast states as Tropical Storm Cindy approaches.
  
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• Swift acquittal for former Milwaukee cop charged in shooting

  22-06-2017 07:19 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  A Milwaukee jury needed less than two days of deliberations to acquit a former police officer in the on-duty shooting of a black man last year that sparked two nights of violence on the city's north side.
  
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• Juror: Cosby panel was concerned about 'politics' of case

  22-06-2017 07:18 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  A juror says after 52 hours of deliberations, two holdouts in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial outside Philadelphia refused to convict the 79-year-old comedian.
  
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• Juror: Cosby panel almost evenly split through deliberations

  22-06-2017 07:18 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  A juror says after 52 hours of deliberations, two holdouts in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial outside Philadelphia refused to convict the 79-year-old comedian.
  
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• Juror: 2 holdouts in Bill Cosby's trial refused to convict

  22-06-2017 07:18 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  A juror says after 52 hours of deliberations, two holdouts in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial outside Philadelphia refused to convict the 79-year-old comedian.
  
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• US airport stabbing investigated as terror; Canadian charged

  22-06-2017 07:09 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  Canadian man remains in custody in stabbing of Michigan airport police officer; suspect accused of shouting 'Allahu akbar' before the incident that is being investigating as act of terrorism.
  
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• Landlord says airport stabbing suspect worked as caretaker

  22-06-2017 07:09 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  Canadian man remains in custody in stabbing of Michigan airport police officer; suspect accused of shouting 'Allahu akbar' before the incident that is being investigating as act of terrorism.
  
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• FBI: No 'wider plot' suspected in Michigan airport stabbing

  22-06-2017 07:09 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  Canadian man remains in custody in stabbing of Michigan airport police officer; suspect accused of shouting 'Allahu akbar' before the incident that is being investigating as act of terrorism.
  
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• Study links legalized pot with increase in car crash claims

  22-06-2017 06:48 via KHNL - National - Headline
  A study by the Highway Loss Data Institute found a 2.7 percent increase crash claims in the first three states to legalize marijuana for recreational use -- Colorado, Oregon and Washington -- when compared with neighboring states.
  
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• School panel hears case of member known for insulting Obamas

  22-06-2017 06:38 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  A one-time candidate for governor of New York who publicly insulted former President Barack Obama and his wife may be booted off the Buffalo School Board.
  
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• Mourners gather for funeral of student detained in N Korea

  22-06-2017 06:29 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  The life of a 22-year-old college student who died this week after being detained for nearly a year and a half in North Korea will be celebrated in an Ohio hometown still stunned by his loss.
  
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• Final farewell for US student detained by North Korea

  22-06-2017 06:29 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  The life of a 22-year-old college student who died this week after being detained for nearly a year and a half in North Korea will be celebrated in an Ohio hometown still stunned by his loss.
  
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• Auto club predicts record travel over July 4th weekend

  22-06-2017 06:28 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  Cheap gasoline and a decent economy are expected to push July 4th travel to a record.
  
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• Census: Every ethnic, racial group grew, but whites slowest

  22-06-2017 06:08 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  The U.S. Census says the nation is aging and becoming more ethnically diverse.
  
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• Fake quake: Report of major California temblor a false alarm

  22-06-2017 02:31 via KHNL - National - Headline
  A report of a major earthquake off the California coast has turned out to be a false alarm based on a quake from 1925.
  
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• Shocking video of police shooting wasn't enough to convict

  21-06-2017 23:09 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  The release of dashboard video in the shooting death of Philando Castile renewed anger over his death and reopened an emotional question: How could the police officer who shot him have been acquitted.
  
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• Jim Bennett sues to get in Utah race to replace Chaffetz

  21-06-2017 23:09 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Jim Bennett, the son of the late U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett, is suing to get on the ballot with his new political party in the special election to fill the seat of outgoing U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah.
  
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• San Francisco to ban sales of vaping flavored liquid

  21-06-2017 22:40 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  San Francisco has approved a bill that bans the sale of flavored nicotine-laced liquid used in electronic cigarettes and flavored tobacco products.
  
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• Government health insurance markets holding up--barely

  21-06-2017 21:18 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  Enough insurers are planning to sell coverage on the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges next year to keep them working _ if only barely _ in most parts of the country.
  
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• Latest: Family of man killed by ex-Milwaukee cop files suit

  21-06-2017 21:08 via KHNL - National - Headline
  
  Jurors have reached a verdict in the trial of a former Milwaukee police officer charged in a fatal shooting that sparked unrest in a predominantly black neighborhood where it happened last summer.
  
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• Canadian charged in US airport attack investigated as terror

  21-06-2017 16:48 via KHNL - National - Headline
  Officials say the airport in Flint, Michigan, has been evacuated after a police officer was injured.
  
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