U. S. REP. MARK TAKAI OF HAWAII DIES AT 49

U. S. Rep. Mark Takai, a firstterm Democrat from Hawaii who represented an area near Pearl Harbor in the Hawaii state House of Representatives for two decades, died Wednesday.

He was 49 and had begun seeking treatment for pancreatic cancer last fall. Takai’s death comes less than a year and a half after he rose to his congressional seat, nine months after he announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer.

— Greg Toppo