Apr 08 Under Trump, new transportation grants ditch bikes, walkways By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press In the Trump administration, a popular $500 million transportation grant program is focused more on projects in rural areas that turned out for the president in the 2016 election. That means more road and rail projects in GOP strongholds such… Continue reading
Apr 08 Amid trade fight, Trump says China will do the ‘right thing’ By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Amid global fears of an escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China, President Donald Trump suggested that Beijing will ease trade barriers. Continue reading
Apr 08 Still popular, Brazil’s Lula starts serving jail sentence By Mauricio Savarese, Peter Prengaman, Associated Press Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva woke up in jail Sunday, in a stunning fall from grace for a man who rose from nothing to lead Latin America's largest nation and later became engulfed in corruption allegations. Continue reading
Apr 08 Police say 6 detained in foiled plot to attack Berlin race By Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press The German daily Die Welt is reporting that police have foiled a knife attack on a half-marathon in Berlin. Continue reading
Apr 08 Syrian government: Rebels to give up last Ghouta suburb By Zeina Karam, Philip Issa, Associated Press Syrian rebels agreed to give up their last foothold in the eastern suburbs of Damascus hours after an alleged gas attack killed at least 40 people. Continue reading
Apr 08 Trump condemns ‘Animal Assad’ for suspected chemical attack By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Syrian President Bashar Assad's government is denying the allegations of such an attack on a rebel-held town near Damascus, the capital. Continue reading
Apr 07 1 killed in fire at Trump Tower in New York By Karen Matthews, Associated Press A man was killed in a raging apartment fire on Saturday in the New York City skyscraper named for President Donald Trump and where his business is based. Continue reading
Apr 07 15 die when truck collides with hockey team’s bus in Canada By Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press A semi-trailer slammed into a bus carrying a youth hockey team in western Canada, killing 15 people and injuring 14 in a catastrophic collision that left the vehicles obliterated in the snow. Continue reading
Apr 07 Germany seeks motive after van crashes into crowd, killing 2 By Kirsten Grieshaber, Ferdinand Ostrop, Associated Press A van crashed into people drinking outside a popular bar Saturday in the German city of Muenster, killing two people and injuring 20 others. Continue reading
Apr 07 Democrats even in GOP country shift toward gun restrictions By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press A poll last month by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 69 percent of those surveyed, including 90 percent of Democrats, think gun laws in the U.S. should be tightened. Continue reading