The Latest: Construction gear nears Hawaii telescope protest

HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on protests of a telescope on Hawaii mountain (all times local):
12:20 p.m.
Police in riot gear are lined up on a road in Hawaii where an estimated 2,000 people are gathered to protest construction of a telescope on a mountain that some Native Hawaiians consider sacred.
Hawaii County Managing Director Wil Okabe says officials on Wednesday closed a highway leading to the protest site so a convoy of construction equipment can be brought up Mauna Kea.
Protesters are