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This photo provided by Jessica Henricks shows flooding Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, Wailuku River near Hilo, Hawaii. Hurricane Lane brought torrential rains to Hawaii's Big Island and Maui before the storm was expected to hit Oahu. A powerful hurricane unleashed torrents of rain and landslides Thursday that blocked roads on the rural Big Island but didn't scare tourists away from surfing and swimming at popular Honolulu beaches still preparing get pummeled by the erratic storm. (Jessica...

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Tropical storm Lane barrels toward Hawaii

by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated Press, and Audrey Mcavoy Associated PressAugust 25, 2018

People shield themselves from the wind in front of a store with stacked sandbags in preparation for Hurricane Lane, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, in Honolulu. The National Weather Service warned that Lane will get "perilously close" to Hawaii and that some areas could see up to 30 inches (about 80 centimeters) before the system passes. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Hurricane weakens but still a soaker

by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated PressAugust 23, 2018

Loren, right, and Ruby Aquino, of Honolulu, load water into their car ahead of Hurricane Lane, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018 in Honolulu. Hurricane Lane has weakened as it approaches Hawaii but was still expected to pack a wallop, forecasters said Wednesday. The National Weather Service said tropical-storm-force winds could begin as early as Wednesday afternoon on the Big Island. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

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Hawaii braces for hurricane

by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated PressAugust 22, 2018

A hybrid between a melon-headed whale and a rough-toothed dolphin is shown in the foreground, swimming next to a melon-headed dolphin near Kauai, Hawaii. Scientists are touting the first sighting of the hybrid off Hawaii. It's also only the third confirmed instance of a wild-born hybrid between species in the Delphinidae family.

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Don’t call dolphin hybrid spotted off Hawaii a ‘wholphin’

by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated PressJuly 31, 2018

This Sunday, April 15, 2018, photo provided by Kauai resident James Hennessy shows the view as he maneuvers a stand-up paddleboarding along his flooded street in Haena, Hawaii. Heavy rains on Kauai let up on Monday, which helped emergency workers better rescue people stranded by flooding on the Hawaiian island. (James Hennessy via AP)

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Heavy rains ease, rescue efforts improve after Hawaii storm

by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated PressApril 17, 2018

In this Feb. 1, 2018, photo, Jeffrey Wong, current operations officer for the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, poses for a photo in Honolulu. He filed a police report after seeing threatening comments online from people who confused him with being the agency employee who mistakenly sent a missile alert. He wants to set the record straight that he's not the so-called "button-pusher" and was on a different island when the alert was sent from Honolulu on Jan. 13.

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Hawaii emergency worker threatened after misleading photo

by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated PressFebruary 6, 2018

Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin, left, and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum speak at a press conference outside the federal courthouse, Wednesday, March 15, 2107, in Honolulu. Hearings were scheduled Wednesday in Maryland, Washington state and Hawaii on President Donald Trump's travel ban. The lawsuit claims the ban harms Hawaii by highlighting the state's dependence on international travelers, its ethnic diversity and its welcoming reputation as the Aloha State. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

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Judge puts new travel ban on hold

by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated Press, and Gene Johnson Associated PressMarch 16, 2017

FILE - In this March 1, 2017, President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. President Trump’s revised travel ban will temporarily halt entry to the U.S. for people from six Muslim-majority nations who are seeking new visas, allowing those with current visas to travel freely, according to a fact sheet obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Legal challenges to Trump’s travel ban mount from US states

by Martha Bellisle Associated Press, and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated PressMarch 9, 2017