Mar 17 Russia expels 23 British diplomats in spy-poisoning response By Angela Charlton, Associated Press The announcement followed on the heels of Britain's order this week for 23 Russian diplomats to leave the U.K. because Russia was not cooperating in the case of Sergei Skripal and his daughter, both found March 4 poisoned by a… Continue reading
Mar 17 State says voicemail about cracking in bridge wasn’t picked up By Jennifer Kay, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press An engineer left a voicemail two days before a catastrophic bridge failure in Miami to say some cracking had been found at one end of the concrete span, but the voicemail wasn't picked up until after the collapse. Continue reading
Mar 17 Survivors of school shooting take gun control message abroad By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press Student survivors of the worst high school shooting in U.S. history shared their frightening experience in Dubai. Continue reading
Mar 17 Sessions fires former FBI Deputy Director McCabe By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that he had fired former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe two days before his scheduled retirement date. Continue reading
Mar 16 Miami bridge collapse puts spotlight on rapid building technique By Jason Dearen, Associated Press The pedestrian bridge on the edge of the Miami-area campus was a signature achievement of the school's Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center, a research group set up with federal funding a few years ago to show how spans could… Continue reading
Mar 16 U.S. says Russian hack did not compromise power grid, plants By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Even so, government and industry leaders said the attacks underscored the increased threat of electronic and computer-based attacks on a range of infrastructure. Continue reading
Mar 16 Democratic Congresswoman Louise Slaughter dies at 88 By Alan Fram, Associated Press The New York Democrat died at George Washington University Hospital a week after a fall in which Slaughter had sustained a concussion, said Liam Fitzsimmons, her chief of staff. Continue reading
Mar 16 What we know about the Miami bridge collapse By Joshua Barajas Rescue workers are still trying to free bodies and cars from the rubble, as investigators try to understand how the new bridge failed. Continue reading
Mar 16 WATCH: White House pushes back on reports of imminent top staff departures By Jonathan Lemire, Catherine Lucey, Jill Colvin, Associated Press White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders pushed back rumors that the president would fire national security adviser H.R. McMaster, chief of staff John Kelly and Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, under fire for ethics violations,. Continue reading
Mar 16 Former Corinthian Colleges students will only see partial loan relief By Maria Danilova, Associated Press The Education Department has begun notifying some former Corinthian Colleges students that it will forgive only one-half or less of their federal student loans, even though the students were defrauded by the now-defunct schools. Continue reading