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Hawaii becomes first U.S. state to place gun owners on FBI database
Hawaii's governor signed a bill making it the first state to place its residents who own firearms in a federal criminal record database and monitor them for possible wrongdoing anywhere in the country, his office said. The move by gun control proponents in the liberal state represents an effort to institute some limits on firearms in the face of a bitter national debate over guns that this week saw Democratic lawmakers stage a sit-in at the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Out of Reach Hawaii
As the road and rail networks on the island of Oahu expand, so a ferocious tug of war is intensifying over its untouched wilderness. Breena Kerr takes to the wheel along the most beautiful highway in America and explores whether it's better to keep the country country.
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The race to save a dying language
In 2013, at a conference on endangered languages, a retired teacher named Linda Lambrecht announced the extraordinary discovery of a previously unknown language. Lambrecht – who is Chinese-Hawaiian, 71 years old, warm but no-nonsense – called it Hawaii Sign Language, or HSL. In front of a room full of linguists, she demonstrated that its core vocabulary – words such as “mother”, “pig” and “small” – was distinct from that of other sign languages. The linguists were immediately convinced.
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Obama Creates the Largest Protected Place on the Planet, Off Hawaii
Expansion of 2006 monument will protect rare corals, fish, birds and marine mammals
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Double Tropical Threat Looms for Hawaii Next Week
Hawaii is facing not one, but two tropical threats next week as Madeline and Lester churn westward.
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Hawaii School Aide Said He Saw Abuse, Then He Got Fired
On his first day of a new assignment at Kaimuki Middle School, Aaron Hess said, he witnessed a disturbing scene: an educational assistant pouring iced coffee over the head of a student. Hess, who worked with special ed students to develop their skills, made the required “sentinel report” of abuse to his employer, Bayada Home Care. Bayada contracts with the state to provide paraprofessionals in schools.
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These Birds, Found only in Hawaii, are about to go Extinct because of Climate Change
Some of Hawaii’s most iconic birds are experiencing dangerous declines — and a combination of mosquitoes and climate change seems to be the culprit.
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Hawaiian bees are first on US endangered species list
Seven species of yellow-faced bee native to Hawaii have become the first bees to be added to the US federal list of endangered and threatened species. Conservationists say the bees face extinction through habitat loss, wildfires and the introduction of non-native insects and plants. The bees are crucial to pollinating some of Hawaii's endangered plants. The listing follows years of study by researchers including the Xerces Society conservation group.
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Hunting Wild Pigs Could Save Hawaii's Coral Reefs
Chad Wiggins, Marine Program Director at The Nature Conservancy Hawaii, is working towards solutions to manage the hooved animals’ growing population numbers, and in effect, hopefully provide relief for coral to survive the effects of climate change.
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Besieged Mauna Kea Telescope Finds a Plan B
Opposition from native Hawaiians may relocate the next-generation Thirty Meter Telescope to Spain's Canary Islands. By Alexandra Witze.
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Keo Woolford, Hawaii Five-0 Actor, Dies at 49
Woolford, who wrote, directed and produced the 2013 independent film The Haumana, died on Monday at a hospital in Oahu, Hawaii, three days after suffering a stroke, according to The Hollywood Repor…
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Hawaii expected to get 3 feet of snow. You read that right.
Hawaii's highest peak could get up to another foot of snow Sunday, on top of the 2 feet that have fallen since Thursday, the National Weather Service says. A winter storm warning is in effect for the summits of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea through Saturday evening. “Then we’re expecting another round on Sunday and Sunday night,” said Matthew Foster, a staff meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Honolulu.
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The Latest: Trump wins Electoral College vote, presidency
The Latest on the Electoral College meeting Monday to formally elect Donald Trump the nation's 45th president (all times EST): 8 p.m. Hawaii's Democratic electors have cast their votes as part of the Electoral College. Three of the four electors cast votes for Hillary Clinton, and one voted for Bernie Sanders for president. They cast their votes at the Hawaii state Capitol Monday.
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No lei! — Facebook's Zuckerberg sues hundreds of Hawaiians to force property sales to him
Aloha! Now sell me your land! Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is suing hundreds of Hawaiians to compel them to sell the billionaire small plots of land they own that lie within a 700-acre property that Zuckerberg purchased on the island of Kauai two years ago for $100 million. Zuckberberg-controlled companies filed eight so-called "quiet" title lawsuits in a Kauai court on Dec. 30 requesting the forced sales at public auction to the highest bidder, which would allow him to make his secluded beach-front land on the island's north shore even more private, according the Honolulu Star-Advertiser newspaper.
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Mark Zuckerberg is trying to force hundreds of Hawaii families to leave their ancestral lands
Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly suing Hawaiian families who have ancestral rights to land within his $100 million (£81.2 million) property in a bid to force them to sell their plots. The Facebook founder has launched the legal action in an attempt to make his 700-acre beachfront estate on the Island of Kauai more private. Under legislation dating back to 1850 known as the Kuleana Act, almost a dozen native families currently have the right to live on small sections of land within the billionaire's property on the island, according to the Honolulu Star Advertiser.
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Hawaiians call Mark Zuckerberg ‘the face of neocolonialism’ over land lawsuits
Attorneys for Facebook’s CEO have filed suits against hundreds of Hawaiians centered around his 700-acre Kauai estate, alarming neighbors who see growing inequality and possible displacement. By Jon Letman, Julia Carrie Wong.
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Mark Zuckerberg is dropping his Hawaiian land lawsuits, calling them ‘a mistake’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is dropping a number of lawsuits in Hawaii initially filed so he could formally purchase small plots of land that fell inside a larger 700 acre plot he and wife Priscilla Chan bought on the island of Kauai for more than $100 million back in 2014. The lawsuits, called “quiet title actions,” are used to properly identify the legal owners of property and force them to sell the land at auction, according to the Honolulu Star Advisor.
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Sovereignty Under the Stars
On the island of Hawaii, a proposed telescope has ignited a fight between the champions of modern astronomy and Hawaiians seeking to protect a sacred site. By Trevor Quirk.
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Hawaii Ignores Trump and Becomes First State to Legally Support Paris Climate Agreement
Hawaii has passed a law to document sea level rise and set strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The bill signed by Gov. David Ige aligns the state’s goals with the Paris climate accord, AP reported. President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from that agreement last week. Ige says Hawaii is the first state to enact legislation implementing parts of the Paris climate agreement.
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Hawaii Becomes the First State to Pass a Bill in Support of Universal Basic Income
This month has shown that Hawaii may be the U.S.'s most forward-thinking state. Earlier in June, it became the first state to formally accept the provisions of the Paris Climate Accord, and now, the state congress has passed a bill that puts Hawaii on the path to universal basic income.
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