Cancer doesn’t stop Hirono from fighting for Hawaii ADVERTISING Cancer doesn’t stop Hirono from fighting for Hawaii HONOLULU (AP) — The next step in U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono’s battle with stage four kidney cancer is to undergo surgery to remove
Cancer doesn’t stop Hirono from fighting for Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — The next step in U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono’s battle with stage four kidney cancer is to undergo surgery to remove part of a rib where a second tumor was found.
Hirono had one of her kidneys removed last month after being diagnosed.
The 69-year-old Democratic senator from Hawaii will undergo surgery next week and be hospitalized for a day or two. Hirono won’t be able to come home to Hawaii for a while, but said she’ll be back to work as soon as possible.
Hirono’s top priorities right now are immigration reform and health care.
Hirono expects to make a full recovery and said she will run for re-election.
Monk seal clogs highway traffic
WAILUKU, Maui (AP) — A Hawaiian monk seal that somehow washed astray was removed from the side of a highway in Maui.
Police cars and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration workers set up a perimeter around the seal Wednesday to protect it from traffic. It was then moved from the area by federal officials.
Passer-by Asa Ellison was in the area looking for king tides when he saw the seal and took a picture. He said the seal was alive and didn’t appear to be injured.
Ellison says traffic was slowed from sand and rocks washing up onto the highway — and because of the seal.
Coastal flooding associated with king tides will become a possibility each day heading into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service, especially along south-facing shores because of elevated surf.
The potential for coastal flooding will diminish during the weekend and early next week as peak daily tides and surf trend down.
Rear admiral to investigate fatal Navy collision
TOKYO (AP) — A rear admiral was named to lead the U.S. Navy’s investigation into a collision off Japan that took the lives of seven sailors aboard the USS Fitzgerald.
The Japan-based 7th Fleet said Friday that Brian Fort would lead the probe into the June 17 crash with a Philippine-flagged container ship.
Fort is a former commander of a squadron of six destroyers. He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and the Naval War College.
