Honolulu March For Science Draws Nearly 1000 Protestors and other top stories.

• Honolulu March For Science Draws Nearly 1000 Protestors

  

  Roughly 1,000 protestors joined the March For Science in Honolulu Saturday afternoon to show their opposition to Trump administration policies they feel ...

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• Ex-Hawaii governor wants Trump to stop Honolulu rail funds

  

  HONOLULU (AP) — Former Hawaii Gov. Ben Cayetano is urging President Donald Trump to end the federal government’s spending deal with Honolulu on a billion-dollar rail project. Cayetano criticized the project in an ad featured in the Washington Post on Friday. The ad was paid for by the Princess Abigail K. Kawananakoa Foundation, which previously paid for a lawsuit challenging the validity of Honolulu City Council votes for the transit project. Cayetano has asked Trump to withhold the $800 millio..

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• Addressing Hawaii's teacher shortage

  

  Finding and keeping local teachers in Hawaii is a major challenge.  Like many states, Hawaii continues to face a critical shortage of K to 12 teachers.The department of education estimates more than 16-hundred teaching jobs will need to be filled in the next school year."We have to be in a constant recruiting mode.  It's just like any large organization, but then we have one hundred plus private schools, we have 30 plus charter schools.  We have a lot of school classrooms to fill," said George C..

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• The best defense against an airline

  

  Danny Cevallos, CNN Legal Analyst - Video evidence has emerged of an American Airlines incident in which an unidentified male passenger confronts a male flight attendant, warning him "You do that to me, and I'll knock you flat." The flight attendant rushes right back at the passenger and responds with "Hit me. Bring it on." This chest-bumping came shortly after that same flight attendant apparently had a confrontation with a female passenger holding a baby and yanked a baby stroller..

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• Macron and Le Pen: How two outsiders defeated France's political ...

  

  By James Griffiths CNN (CNN) -- A political novice who has never before stood for elected office is facing off against a far-right nationalist from the fringes of French politics -- it's safe to say France's presidential election is one for the history books. Voters collectively turned up their noses at the political establishment Sunday, in the first round of the French presidential election. With 97% of polling stations declared, the stage is set for a run-off vote between Emmanuel Macron and..

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• Will Trump follow his heart or his head on French election?

  

  By Stephen Collinson CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sunday's French election result sets up a battle between the heart and the head of the Trump White House.In the latest blow to establishment party politics in the Western world, two outsider candidates -- centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen -- advanced from a crowded field to a run-off for the Elysee Palace on May 7.Le Pen has risen on the same populist politics, rooted in anger over immigration policies, globalization and midd..

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• Bernie Sanders stands by anti-abortion mayoral candidate

  

  By Eli Watkins CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday stood by his decision to back a Democratic candidate whose record on abortion has drawn fire from many in the party.Late last week, Sanders joined Omaha mayoral candidate Heath Mello for a rally supporting his bid to oust Republican incumbent Jean Stothert as leader of the largest city in Nebraska.Many Democrats expressed outrage over the endorsement, but in an interview Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation," the Vermon..

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• These states are celebrating Confederate Memorial Day on Monday

  

  By Emanuella Grinberg CNN (CNN) -- It's been nearly 152 years since the Confederate Army surrendered to Union forces, ending the American Civil War.Some Southern states still commemorate those who died fighting for secession from the United States over slavery and states' rights. State government offices are closed Monday in Mississippi and Alabama for Confederate Memorial Day. In Georgia the day has been called "State Holiday" since 2015, when Confederate Memorial Day and Robert E. Lee's birth..

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• WH officials: Busy week, but no health care vote or shutdown

  

  By Jeff Zeleny and Jim Acosta CNN (CNN) -- It's been a busy weekend inside the West Wing of the White House, with all hands on deck planning for five highly consequential days of President Donald Trump's administration this week.Conversations with senior administration officials and Republicans close to the White House offer CNN this lay of the land and a reality check:No House vote on health care is expected this week. Despite a flurry of activity last week, there is no expectation of a vote a..

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• American monitor in Ukraine dies in explosion

  

  By Joe Sterling and Stephanie Halasz CNN (CNN) -- An American paramedic attached to a monitoring patrol in volatile eastern Ukraine was killed in an explosion on Sunday, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe said.The US citizen was part of a patrol of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. It is the first time an SMM patrol member has been killed while on duty, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said. The group has not released the victim's identity.Two other mo..

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