By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and VANESSA GERA Associated Press (MOSCOW, AP) — Authorities in Europe and across the world tightened security at airports, railway stations, government buildings and other key sites after deadly… Read more »
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US eases security for ships visiting Cuba
By JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — The United States is removing Cuba from its list of countries deemed to have insufficient security in their ports, eliminating a major impediment to… Read more »
Questions, answers on new rules for Americans visiting Cuba
By JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Cuba is bracing for an influx of American visitors in the years following the Obama administration’s move to do away with the last meaningful… Read more »
Investigators in Amtrak derailment looking at rail condition
By ROXANA HEGEMAN and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associate Press (CIMARRON, Kan., AP) — Investigators looking into the derailment of an Amtrak passenger train in southwest Kansas will review rail conditions and other factors to determine… Read more »
Former EPA official defends actions on Flint water crisis
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press Washington, AP) — The former Environmental Protection Agency official who resigned as the Flint, Michigan water crisis worsened rejected criticism that she failed to act and insisted… Read more »
Pricey tea a growing niche crop in US, even Canada
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press (BROOKHAVEN, Miss., AP) — After Hurricane Katrina wiped out his timber 11 years ago, Jason McDonald wanted a crop less susceptible to Mississippi’s potentially powerful storms. Low… Read more »
After false start, new GM ignition switch trial set to start
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press (NEW YORK, AP) — Weeks after the first New York trial over General Motors’ faulty ignition switch controversy ended prematurely, a new one is set to start…. Read more »
California lawmakers near vote on raising smoking age to 21
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press (SACRAMENTO, Calif., AP) — California’s Senate is poised to vote on a sweeping package of anti-smoking measures_including raising the smoking age to 21— as lawmakers try… Read more »
US cyber pros test skills in exercise meant to stop attacks
By TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — The moment a U.S. official pressed a computer key, dozens of security experts who gathered in an underground control room girded themselves for a… Read more »
Trump received tax credit for middle class taxpayers
By JEFF HORWITZ Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — In three consecutive years, Donald Trump has received a property tax credit for people with incomes of less $500,000. The perk from the New… Read more »