Mar 12 Trump tweets ‘airplanes are becoming too complex to fly’ By Kevin Freking, Associated Press President Donald Trump lamented the complexity of modern airplanes Tuesday in the wake of two deadly crashes in the past five months, appearing to speculate on the cause of the disasters before aviation experts from the United States and elsewhere… Continue reading
Mar 12 WATCH: HHS Secretary Azar defends proposed cuts to Medicare hospital payments By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press The administration argues that the budget doesn't cut Medicare benefits to seniors but makes better use of taxpayers' dollars and helps reduce Medicare spending by lowering prescription drug costs. Continue reading
Mar 12 UK Parliament strongly rejects Brexit deal By Associated Press Lawmakers voted by 391 to 242 against the deal, the second time they have defeated it. Continue reading
Mar 12 Years-old rape kits are being tested around U.S. with help from Manhattan DA, DOJ By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Languishing evidence in over 100,000 sexual assault cases around the country has been sent for DNA testing with money from a New York prosecutor and federal authorities, spurring over 1,000 arrests and hundreds of convictions in three years, officials say. Continue reading
Mar 12 New Mexico weighs pot legalization and America’s first government-run shops By Morgan Lee, Associated Press The idea for state-run pot shops comes from a trio of GOP state senators who broke with local Republican Party orthodoxy to embrace legal marijuana with a decidedly big-government approach that would have the state directly oversee most sales —… Continue reading
Mar 12 U.S.-Taliban peace talks in Qatar yield ‘progress,’ both sides say By Fay Abuelgasim, Kathy Gannon, Associated Press The nearly two weeks of talks produced two draft agreements between the militants and the U.S. government on a "withdrawal timeline and effective counterterrorism measures," American envoy Zalmay Khalilzad wrote on Twitter. Continue reading
Mar 12 African-Americans, Hispanics exposed to more air pollution than whites By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press While other studies have shown minorities living with more pollution, this study is one of the first to combine buying habits and exposure into one calculation of inequity. Continue reading
Mar 12 College coaches, celebrities charged in admissions bribery case in federal court By Associated Press Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin were charged along with nearly 50 other people Tuesday in a scheme in which wealthy parents bribed college coaches and insiders at testing centers to help get their children into some of the… Continue reading
Mar 12 World Wide Web turns 30 and grapples with hate speech, privacy and access By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press As of late 2018, half of the world was online, with the other half often struggling to secure access. Continue reading
Mar 12 Much of the world bans Boeing jet involved in Ethiopia crash By Associated Press The United States was one of the few remaining operators of the plane involved in two deadly accidents in just five months. Continue reading