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An upcoming bribery trial against Honolulu’s former top prosecutor won’t be delayed despite an ongoing investigation into allegations that a defendant threatened the judge who had been presiding over the case, which prompted his unexpected recusal last month.
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The Honolulu Police Department has fired three officers involved in a 2021 high-speed chase and crash that injured six people on the Waiʻanae Coast. All three filed grievances against the department, and their termination is not final.
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Threats were made to three different campuses and this was the first arrest made after an investigation started by Maui Police.
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The Conversation spoke to Dorothy Roberts, a professor of law and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, about the death of 10-year-old Geanna Bradley and the shortcomings of the child welfare system.
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Police say a 10-year-old girl found dead at home on Oʻahu last month died from prolonged abuse and neglect, pneumonia and starvation. Her parents and grandmother were arrested Friday morning on suspicion of murder, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment and other crimes.
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A ruling by Hawaiʻi’s high court saying that a man can be prosecuted for carrying a gun in public without a permit uses pop culture references in an apparent rebuke of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights nationwide.
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An investigation by the FBI revealed thousands of images that contained child pornography on two phones owned by the suspect.
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University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa communication program professor Wayne Buente said the issue with artificial intelligence-produced deepfakes is disturbing, adding that someone was able to bypass the restrictions of the free Microsoft software in creating the image.
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Sebastian Mahkwan, 29, was indicted Tuesday for attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the first degree. He is being held without bail at the Oʻahu Community Correctional Center.
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Honolulu police reported yet another case of gun violence in West Oʻahu. Residents there rallied against gun violence last fall after a series of shootings. State Rep. Cedric Gates covers that district, which stretches from Waiʻanae to Mākaha to Māʻili.