Thursday, June 16, 2016

Honolulu cop caught raping girl, 14, by her mother and other top stories.

  • Honolulu cop caught raping girl, 14, by her mother

    A Honolulu police officer was caught raping a friend's 14-year-old daughter by the girl's horrified mother, authorities charge. Officer Jessie Laconsay, 37, yelled ...
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  • More at Stake Than Money for Honolulu Zoo

    More at Stake Than Money for Honolulu Zoo
    More at Stake Than Money for Honolulu Zoo      HONOLULU (CN) — The Honolulu Zoo has blamed the recent loss of its accreditation on funding issues, but some advocates question the use of throwing more money at the problem.     "Zoos are anachronisms," said Catherine Goeggel, a former chief of the Zoological Society. "They're prisons for animals. The reasons zoos were created — for people to see animals they wouldn't otherwise see — no longer exist."     Goeggel, who founded the nonprofi..
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  • Honolulu mayor requests public hearing to end rail at Middle Street

    Honolulu mayor requests public hearing to end rail at Middle Street
    Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell Related Coverage Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is urging the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to hold a public meeting that would consider ending rail at Middle Street, at least for now. He addressed HART boardmembers at a meeting Thursday. The rail project was supposed to take riders from West Oahu, in east Kapolei, to Ala Moana Center. The plan was to build 21 stations on a 20-mile route. Caldwell’s recommendation involves ending rail afte..
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  • Head of Honolulu Ethics Commission announces resignation

    Head of Honolulu Ethics Commission announces resignation
    HONOLULU (AP) — The executive director of Honolulu’s Ethics Commission says he’s stepping down because he doesn’t agree with the direction the commission is headed. The commission announced the decision to part ways with Charles Totto at the end of a closed-door meeting on Wednesday. His resignation takes effect immediately. “I feel compelled to step down because I disagree with the direction the Commission is taking,” Totto said. “I have been privileged to serve the people of Honolulu during a..
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  • Proposal would expand marine conservation area in Northwest ...

    Proposal would expand marine conservation area in Northwest ...
    In this undated photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, fish are seen on a deep coral reef at Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the ...
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  • Chaos in all corners: Club gunman sprayed bullets everywhere

    Chaos in all corners: Club gunman sprayed bullets everywhere
    Demetrice Naulings cries while recalling in an interview how he survived the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub that claimed the life of his friend Eddie Justice ...
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  • Honolulu, Hawaii magazines are making a short move

    Honolulu, Hawaii magazines are making a short move
    Pacific Basin Communications, owned by Hawaii businessman Duane Kurisu, is moving its publications — including Hawaii Business magazine, Hawaii ...
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  • “Hapa” by Kamea Hadar in Honolulu

    “Hapa” by Kamea Hadar in Honolulu
    Our friend Kamea Hadar just finished working on this new portrait of Barack Obama on the sunny streets of Honolulu in Hawaii. The piece is entitled ‘Hapa’ which literally means “part” or “partial” in Hawaiian and refers to people of mixed race. The piece has to do with the idea that Hawaii is a melting pot of culture and mostly about racial equality. In the background is a speech that he gave in 2008 in Philadelphia where he spoke about his background and of racial equality.The piece is dou..
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  • McCain: Obama 'directly responsible' for Orlando shooting

    McCain: Obama 'directly responsible' for Orlando shooting
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. John McCain said Thursday that President Barack Obama is "directly responsible" for the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, because of the rise of the Islamic State group on the president's watch. But he later issued a statement saying that he "misspoke.""I did not mean to imply that the president was personally responsible. I was referring to President Obama's national security decisions, not the president himself," McCain said in his statement, iss..
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  • New WADA report provides fresh allegations on Russian doping

    New WADA report provides fresh allegations on Russian doping
    By Tom Sweetman CNN (CNN) -- Russia's hopes of competing at the Olympic Games appear to be hanging by a thread after the release of a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report including allegations of bribery, intimidation and tampered packages as drug testers tried to carry out work in the country.Russia's track and field athletes were banned from international competition in November after a damning report made accusations of state-sponsored doping. The latest allegations come just before the In..
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Shirokiya previews Japan Village Walk .Obama offers a formal endorsement of Clinton; president also meets with Sanders .
Honolulu Police Arrest Fellow Officer in Sex Assault Case .Study links shift work with increased risk of heart disease .

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