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Police investigating BJ Penn

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Russ Roberts

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Police investigating BJ Penn for DUI after speeding truck flips in Hilo
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Today
  • Updated 11:23 am
  • 25 Comments

Police are investigating several pending charges, including inattention to driving, operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant and consuming or possessing liquor while operating a motor vehicle. Read more

Speed a factor in head-on Hauula crash that killed woman and 7-year-old son
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Feb. 11, 2020
  • Updated 12:55 pm
  • 33 Comments

The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office identified them as Tiana K. Wooten and Zayden Wooten of Hauula. Read more

Iowa Democratic Party chairman resigns after Iowa caucus chaos
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • Updated 3:19 pm
  • 2 Comments

The embarrassing episode also threatened Iowa’s cherished status as the first voting contest of the presidential primary season and led both front-runners to request a partial recanvass of the results. Read more

Police search for missing Oregon woman last seen in Hilo
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Today

Megan May Funderburk, 24, was last seen near Wainaku Scenic Point on Sunday. Read more

Renewable energy rises 28% in 2019, Hawaiian Electric says
  • By Nina Wu
  • Today

Hawaiian Electric said its use of renewable energy in 2019 increased over 2018 despite the unavailability of geothermal on the Big Island, and significantly lower wind energy production. Read more

Snoop Dogg apologizes to Gayle King for rant over Kobe Bryant
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • 1 Comments

After days of blistering criticism, Snoop Dogg has finally apologized to Gayle King for attacking her over her interview with former basketball star Lisa Leslie about the late Kobe Bryant. Read more

Proposal to put fluoride in Hawaii water systems quickly dies
  • By Kevin Dayton
  • Today
  • 6 Comments

Water fluoridation has a long and controversial history in Hawaii, in large part because the state has very high rates of tooth decay in children. Read more

Puerto Rico government loses $2.6M in phishing scam
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • Updated 3:21 pm
  • 2 Comments

A senior Puerto Ricon official said that the island’s government has lost more than $2.6 million after falling for an email phishing scam. Read more

Harvard, Yale under U.S. investigation over foreign funding
  • By Bloomberg News
  • Today
  • Updated 3:47 pm

Harvard and Yale universities are under investigation by the U.S. Education Department for potentially failing to report gifts and contributions they received from countries including China and Saudi Arabia. Read more

Cool, wet weather lingers but winter weather advisory for summits canceled
  • By Nina Wu
  • Today

Forecasters say a weakening low-pressure system near the Hawaiian Islands will continue to slowly drift westward before moving out of the state tonight. Read more

Military still struggles to handle kid-on-kid sex assaults
  • By Associated Press
  • Today

Cases that investigators made often died on the desks of prosecutors, even when an attacker confessed. Victims were denied help because regulations granted counseling only if the attacker was an adult. Read more

Marie Yovanovitch, former diplomat ousted and slammed by Trump, gets diplomacy award
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • 28 Comments

Ukrainian police said they have opened an investigation into the possibility that former ambassador Yovanovitch came under illegal surveillance before she was recalled from her post in US. Read more

White supremacist propaganda spreading, anti-bias group says
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • Updated 1:12 pm
  • 3 Comments

Incidents of white supremacist propaganda distributed across the nation jumped by more than 120% between 2018 and last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League, making 2019 the second straight year that the circulation of propaganda material has more than doubled. Read more

Jury finds Mar-a-Lago intruder from China not guilty of trespassing
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • 5 Comments

However, jurors did find Jing Lu, 56, guilty of resisting a police officer without violence during her Dec. 18 arrest. Read more

35 in Hawaii under ‘self-quarantine’ for coronavirus, 1 under mandatory quarantine
  • By Kristen Consillio
  • Feb. 11, 2020
  • Updated 12:05 am
  • 12 Comments

State health officials said Monday they were monitoring 27 individuals, but that the number would be fluctuating as more travelers are funneled to Honolulu, one of 11 airports designated by the federal government to receive all flights to the U.S. from China. Read more

Rally planned today for unmarried, pregnant Maryknoll Middle School director who was let go
  • By Dan Nakaso
  • Today
  • Updated 2:54 pm
  • 148 Comments

Friends and supporters of Michelle Gabriel plan to protest at Maryknoll at 3 p.m. today in front of the high school at 1402 Punahou Street. Read more

Japanese man who believes in smiling is world’s oldest
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • 2 Comments

The oldest living person is also Japanese, Kane Tanaka, a 117-year-old woman. Read more

Japan confirms 39 new coronavirus cases, 174 total on cruise ship
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • Updated 6:12 am
  • 6 Comments

The new cases bring Japan’s total to 203 people with the new disease, COVID-19. Read more

Teen threatened boy, 15, with skateboard in Chinatown robbery, police say
  • By Star-Advertiser Staff
  • Today
  • 12 Comments

The suspect allegedly used physical force, took the victim’s property and fled. Read more

‘Way too early’ to talk about end of China coronavirus outbreak, WHO doctor says
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • Updated 9:12 am
  • 1 Comments
Coronavirus crisis disrupting flow of mail to China, Hong Kong and Macau
  • By Associated Press
  • Today
  • 1 Comments

Singapore Post told its global counterparts that it is no longer accepting letters, parcels and express mail items destined for China, “until sufficient transport capacity becomes available.” Read more


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