Remains of 6 people found after Hawaii helicopter crash
HONOLULU — The remains of six people have been found after a helicopter heading to one of the most rugged and remote coastlines in Hawaii crashed at the top of a mountain on the island of Kauai, authorities said.
Officials said Friday that there are no indications of survivors and that a search for the last person yet to be recovered would resume in the morning, depending on weather. Those who were recovered have not been identified, and their families are being notified, authorities said.
A search began for the helicopter carrying a pilot and six passengers from two families after it was reported overdue Thursday from a tour of Kauai’s Na Pali Coast. Steep terrain, low visibility, choppy seas and rain had complicated the search, the agency said.
Judge: Alec Baldwin didn’t slander
NEW YORK — Alec Baldwin didn’t slander a man in interviews about a 2018 parking dispute that turned physical, a judge has ruled as dueling lawsuits between the actor and the other driver continue.
Baldwin’s remarks — including claims that Wojciech Cieszkowski’s driving was “really fast,” “really aggressive” and made the actor think his wife and son were about to be run over — were “hyperbole” and “rhetorical illustrations,” Manhattan judge David B. Cohen wrote Thursday.
He tossed out Cieszkowski’s slander claim, but his assault and battery allegations can proceed toward trial.
Federal judge to halt latest N. Carolina voter ID mandate
RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican attempts to require photo identification to vote in North Carolina are being thwarted again by judges hearing arguments that the mandate is tainted by bias that would deter black and Latino residents. A federal court announced that next week U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs will formally block a photo ID requirement scheduled to begin in 2020. Unless the upcoming preliminary injunction is successfully appealed, the requirement will be halted until a lawsuit filed by the state NAACP and others is resolved.