In brief: McCain pushes back at GOP censure vote

Phoenix – U.S. Sen. John McCain hasn’t decided whether he’ll run for a sixth term, but the former GOP presidential nominee said Tuesday that the Arizona Republican Party’s censure of him over the weekend may just have provided the motivation to seek office again.

The censure vote came during a meeting of state committee members who cited McCain’s voting record as being insufficiently conservative.

In response Tuesday, McCain said he has a strong conservative voting record and led the fight in the Senate against President Barack Obama’s health care plan. He blames the censure on uninformed “extremist” party elements and said, if anything, it only bolsters his consideration to run for a sixth term in 2016, the year he turns 80.

Knife-wielding teen shot, police says

Honolulu – At least one young person was hurt after an officer-involved shooting at a high school in Honolulu on Tuesday, according to Honolulu police.

A spokesman for the Honolulu Police Department told reporters three officers went to Roosevelt High School after a 17-year-old runaway showed up at the school.

After police encountered the young man in a school office, he “became combative” and struck two of the officers, the spokesman said. The 17-year-old pulled out a knife and “began slashing” the officers, the spokesman said. An officer fired two shots at the boy before subduing him.

Three officers received minor injuries.

Emergency Medical Services Division told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser a 17-year-old boy was shot in the wrist and was taken to the local hospital.