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Cop shot, suspect sought

By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald Police arrested the driver of a white Chevy pickup truck that allegedly was the getaway vehicle for a passenger police say shot and wounded an officer Friday morning in the parking lot of the First HawaiianBank Waiakea Branch near Prince Kuhio Plaza. Silas Zion, a 23-yearold Puna man, was taken into custody shortly after 6 p.m. in Puna, police said. He faces a potential charge of being an accessory to attempted first-degree murder for the shooting…Read more

Senate approves spending bill to avert government shutdown

By CATIE EDMONDSON and CARL HULSE NYTimes News Service WASHINGTON – The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a GOP-written stopgap spending measure after Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and a small group of Democrats joined Republicans in allowing it to advance. The final vote to pass the spending measure, which would fund the government through Sept. 30, was 54-46, nearly along party lines. But the key vote came earlier, when after days…Read more

Hilo man sentenced for kidnap and assault of teenager

By LEILA FUJIMORI Honolulu Star-Advertiser A 54-year-old Hilo man who abducted a 15-year-old Kailua-Kona girl from a West Hawaii beach and sexually assaulted her in 2022 was sentenced this morning to 30 years in prison. Duncan Mahi negotiated a plea deal and pleaded no contest Dec. 31 to first- and second-degreekidnapping andfirst-degree sexual assault. Kona Circuit Court Chief Judge Wendy DeWeese sentenced Mahi to consecutive sentencing for the two kidnapping charges for a total of 30 years…Read more

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