Giant Hawaii Telescope to Focus on Big Unknowns of Universe
Is there life on planets outside our solar system? How did stars and galaxies form in the earliest years of the universe? How do black holes shape galaxies?
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Hawaii Protesters Press on to Stop Telescope, Face Arrest
Thousands of protesters joined a swelling effort Wednesday to stop construction of a telescope they have long tried to keep off a mountain considered sacred to some Native Hawaiians, blocking a road to Hawaii’s highest peak and prompting the arrest of a group of elderly demonstrators.
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Hawaii Protesters Vow a Long Fight Against Telescope
Protesters vowed to continue demonstrating against the construction of a giant telescope on top of a mountain some Native Hawaiians consider sacred after they spent the day Monday blocking the road to the project site.
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Hawaii Activists Protesting Over Start of Work on Telescope
Hundreds of demonstrators are gathered at the base of Hawaii’s tallest mountain to protest the construction of a giant telescope on land that some Native Hawaiians consider sacred.
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Oprah Winfrey Visits Maui Humane Society Following Wildfire
Oprah Winfrey surprised the Maui Humane Society with a visit to thank the organization for evacuating animals during a wildfire, a report said.
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Divisive Telescope to Restart Building Next Week in Hawaii
Construction on a giant telescope will start again next week after lengthy court battles and passionate protests from those who say building it on Hawaii’s tallest mountain will desecrate land sacred to some Native Hawaiians.
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Alert Level Increased at World’s Largest Volcano in Hawaii
Federal officials raised the alert level Tuesday for the world’s largest active volcano, Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, which last erupted in 1984.
Read moreGuilty Verdict Returned in Corruption Trial of Former Honolulu Police Chief and Prosecutor Wife
Jurors returned a guilty verdict Thursday in a federal corruption trial of former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, former deputy prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, stemming from their attempt to frame a family member with theft.
Read moreClosing Arguments in Honolulu Power Couple’s Corruption Case
Prosecutors laid out final arguments Tuesday in the closely watched corruption trial of former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, deputy prosecutor Katherine Kealoha.
Read moreCorruption Trial Opens for Scandal-Mired Hawaii Power Couple
The federal corruption trial of a former Honolulu police chief and his wife, a former city prosecutor, kicked off Wednesday after a week-long jury selection from over 400 potential jurors.
Read moreHawaii Eyes Keeping ‘Aloha’ From Trademarking Hands
Who owns Aloha? The Hawaii Legislature hopes to settle this question over the next three years with the help of a task force formed by the passage of a resolution Wednesday.
Read moreRising Sea Level Threatens Waikiki Beach’s Existence
Hawaii’s iconic Waikiki Beach could soon be underwater as rising sea levels caused by climate change overtake its white sand beaches and bustling city streets.
Read moreAncestral Land Grab
A family’s dispute with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg over ancestral land plots on Kauai took a new turn Wednesday, with two members of the family claiming Zuckerberg has been colluding with a third family member who managed to convince a judge to auction off the parcels to the highest bidder.
Read moreMaui Water-Pollution Case Faces Supreme Court Resolution
The U.S. Supreme Court took up an appeal by Maui on Tuesday over the island’s history of discharging wastewater into the Pacific Ocean without a permit.
Read moreWorld’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Hatches Chick on Midway Atoll
The oldest known wild bird in the world has become a mother again at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. wildlife officials said.
Read moreEndangered Seabirds Thought Gone From Oahu Found Again
Biologists are hopeful about the future of two endemic and endangered Hawaiian seabird species after a survey team found evidence of their existence on Oahu, where the birds were thought to have disappeared.
Read moreHawaii Sovereignty Group Attempts Takeover of State Office
Five members of a group pushing for Hawaiian sovereignty group were arrested after a hours-long seizure of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Thursday, and are accused of assaulting staff and prompting a building evacuation and lockdown by Honolulu police.
Read moreVolcanic Eruptions
Customers claim in a federal class action Lloyd’s of London profits unjustly by misrepresenting policies it sold to victims of volcanic eruptions in Hawaii.
Read moreClues Sought for Decline in Hawaii Humpback Whale Sightings
Researchers are gathering to compare clues on the reasons behind a significant decline in the number of sightings of North Pacific humpback whales in their traditional breeding grounds in waters around Hawaii.
Read moreHawaii Volcanoes Park to Reopen After Monthslong Eruption
The recent eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has quieted to the point that federal officials are ready to allow people back to the dramatically changed summit crater, which has quadrupled in size, lost all of its lava and collapsed downward so far that the Empire State Building could now fit inside.
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