Honolulu Agrees to Pay $4.7M to End Police Race Bias Case and other top stories.

• Honolulu Agrees to Pay $4.7M to End Police Race Bias Case

  Honolulu City Council members agreed to pay $4.7 million to settle a lawsuit that says the Honolulu Police Department engaged in racial and sexual discrimination. The federal lawsuit was filed in 2010, saying that the Honolulu Police Department put officers' lives in danger when they were refused backup during nighttime traffic stops. The plaintiffs say they faced retaliation after speaking out about racial discrimination, and police and city officials hid evidence that would have bolstered ..

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• UH lab explosion seriously injures grad student, damages building

  

  Classes were canceled at the University of Hawaii Pacific Ocean Sciences and Technology building until noon today following an explosion in a basement ...

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• First on CNN: Lindsey Graham to fundraise for Ted Cruz's ...

  

  By Dana Bash and Abigail Crutchfield CNN (CNN) -- In a sign of just how much the Republican presidential primary has turned the party on its head, Sen. Lindsey Graham will headline a fundraiser on Monday in support of Ted Cruz. Graham told CNN that while the Texas senator is not his preferred candidate, he's "the best alternative to Donald Trump," and he said he will "help Ted in every way I can."A draft of the invitation, obtained first by CNN, invites guests to "honor and support a great frie..

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• Brazil: Former president Lula sworn in to Cabinet post amid protests

  

  By Tim Hume, Vasco Cotovio and Marilia Brocchetto CNN (CNN) -- A Brazilian federal judge moved Thursday to block the controversial swearing-in of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as chief of staff to President Dilma Rousseff -- the latest twist in the country's deepening political crisis."Lula," as the two-time former president is known, was sworn into the Cabinet post amid heated protests by opponents, who say the move is an attempt to shield him from a corruption investigation.Under..

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• Fort Worth police officer still in critical condition

  

  Fort Worth police officer still in critical condition Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 7:26 PM EDT Updated: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 7:26 PM EDT The Fort Worth Police Department has released a mugshot of Ed Russell McIver Jr. an outstanding suspect from an officer-involved shooting on Tuesday, March 15th. He is considered armed and dangerous. By Steve Almasy CNN (CNN) -- A police officer who was shot several times during a gunfight with a father and son is still in critical condit..

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• Porn, sex charges tied to Aliamanu military love triangle death case

  

  ... charge in civilian court in the death of Catherine Walker, who was found stabbed to death in 2014 in the Honolulu military housing home the couple shared.

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