AP News in Brief 06-24-18
Saudi women are now driving as world’s last ban on female drivers ends
Lawsuits challenge efforts to push abstinence-only on teens
SPOKANE, Wash. — Several affiliates of Planned Parenthood sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday over its efforts to impose an abstinence-only focus on its Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program that has served more than 1 million young people.
Water commission orders restoration of east Maui streams
WAILUKU — The Hawaii water commission has ordered the full restoration of flows to 10 Maui streams and ordered no or limited diversions for seven streams to restore habitats.
Campaign Spending Commission fines state representative more than $15K
HONOLULU — A Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission has fined a state representative more than $15,000 after finding more than two dozen violations of campaign spending laws.
800-pound chunk of USS Arizona heading to Texas war memorial
HONOLULU— An 800-pound chunk from the USS Arizona battleship that sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor is heading to Texas for display at a war memorial.
Thirty Meter Telescope project before Hawaii Supreme Court again
HONOLULU — The Hawaii Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in an appeal that could determine whether an embattled multi-nation telescope project can be built on a mountain Native Hawaiians consider sacred or have to move to a backup site in Spain’s Canary Islands that’s less desirable to scientists hoping to use the instrument for groundbreaking discoveries.
Honolulu mayor vetoes bill to limit Uber, Lyft ‘surge’ fares
HONOLULU — Honolulu’s mayor has vetoed a bill aimed at setting limits for what ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft can charge during peak demand.
Bill seeks historic site status for Oahu internment camp
HONOLULU — A bill going before Congress would designate a World War II internment camp on Oahu as a national historic site, allowing it access to more protections and funding.
Wisconsin sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be laid to rest
PORT EDWARDS, Wis. — A Wisconsin sailor who died at Pearl Harbor will be laid to rest more than 75 years after his death.
Hawaii deploys rat-sniffing dogs to help protect seabirds
HONOLULU— Hawaii has deployed two rat-sniffing dogs to help remove invasive rodents from a seabird sanctuary on Lehua.