Honolulu tests rail car on track for first time
WAIPAHU, Oahu — Honolulu rail officials tested a rail car on the partly-built elevated guideway for the first time Tuesday. They took it for a 3-mile ride Tuesday, towing it between the Waipahu Transit Center and the West Loch Station. The goal was to make sure there’s enough clearance along the rail line for the train and there are no obstacles in its path. “For engineers, this is a great day,” said Krishniah Murthy, interim executive director and CEO of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transp..>> view originalFormer Honolulu police officer changed careers to help the homeless
Joseph Acosta always thought there was a better way to deal with the homeless people he encountered on his Wahiawa beat as a Honolulu police officer — and ...>> view originalCracks widen in US-Europe alliance
By Stephen Collinson CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Next week marks the anniversaries of twin American tours de force that liberated and rebuilt Europe, enshrining an unprecedented era of peace and freedom.So it's ironic and disturbing to proponents of the transatlantic alliance that remembrances of the D-Day landings and the Marshall Plan should coincide with the most fraught period in Europe-US relations in decades.The situation darkened further on Wednesday following indications that President Donal..>> view originalTrump defends former policy adviser Carter Page
WASHINGTON (CNN) - President Donald Trump came to the defense of Carter Page Wednesday after months of staying quiet about his former foreign policy adviser."So now it is reported that the Democrats, who have excoriated Carter Page about Russia, don't want him to testify. He blows away their.... ...case against him & now wants to clear his name by showing 'the false or misleading testimony by James Comey, John Brennan...' Witch Hunt!" Trump wrote in a pair of tweets early Wednesday...>> view originalCivil Beat Poll: Caldwell Is As Unpopular As Trump In Hawaii
In Hawaii, an island oasis for Democrats, Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is about as popular as Republican President Donald Trump. And it looks like Caldwell ...>> view originalExxon loses key climate change battle
By Matt Egan NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- ExxonMobil just lost a critical climate change battle even as the fate of the Paris accord remains in serious doubt.Over 63% of Exxon shareholders voted in favor of a proposal on Wednesday calling on the world's biggest public oil company to do more to disclose the risk it faces from the global crackdown on carbon emissions. The proposal asks Exxon to stress test its assets for climate risks each year. The test would include scenarios such as declining demand ..>> view originalWhy does Al Franken hate Ted Cruz so much?
Analysis by Chris Cillizza CNN Editor-at-large WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate, generally speaking, is one of the most polite places on Earth. Even when senators are attacking each other, they tend to do it in amicable terms and always with the label "my friend" or "my colleague" attached to it.Not Al Franken. At least when it comes to Ted Cruz, that is."I probably like Ted Cruz more than most of my colleagues like Ted Cruz, and I hate Ted Cruz," Franken said on CNN's "New Day" Wednesday morning...>> view originalDon't sleep on Microsoft. Stock is quietly soaring
By Paul R. La Monica NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- 2017 is clearly the year of Big Tech.Amazon and Google owner Alphabet's stocks are trading at records. Amazon briefly topped the $1,000 mark Tuesday and Alphabet is flirting with it. Apple, Netflix and Facebook have soared more than 30% this year. But don't sleep on yet another tech giant whose stock is doing extremely well -- Microsoft. Shares are up nearly 13% this year and are also trading at an all-time high. Microsoft is now worth $540 billion. It..>> view original'Career suicide': The 7 days since Greg Gianforte body-slammed a ...
By Chris Cillizza CNN Editor-at-large (CNN) -- A week ago today, Greg Gianforte body-slammed a reporter named Ben Jacobs who was asking the GOP nominee whether or not he supported the American Health Care Act. The following day, Gianforte beat Democrat Rob Quist to claims the state's lone congressional district. The Gianforte body-slam has receded somewhat as a national story but I wondered how big a deal it still was in Montana. I reached out to Darrell Ehrlick, the editor of the Billings Gaze..>> view originalHI: Ceremony Marks Renaming of Honolulu Airport After Inouye
| Share | Share | Share | Share May 30--Hawaii's largest airport was formally renamed the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport this morning in a poignant ceremony in the Honolulu facility's atrium building, which sits under the new signage. The airport's third renaming was to honor the late senator, who died at age 88 on Dec. 17, 2012, after serving in office for more than half a century. During his career, friends and family said Inouye helped secure annual funding to develop ..>> view original
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