Oct 06 Watch 7:17 A playground for everyone, no matter your age or ability By Megan Thompson, Melanie Saltzman When Olenka Villarreal couldn’t find a playground for her daughter, who was born with disabilities, she launched an effort to build one. The Magical Bridge Playground in Palo Alto, California, is touted as the most accessible playground in the country. Continue watching
Oct 06 Analysis: Trump’s old ways colliding with new realities By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The playbook Donald Trump has used as a real estate developer, celebrity businessman and political candidate has, for the most part, proved effective through the first two-plus years of his presidency. Continue reading
Oct 06 GM-UAW talks take turn for worse; settlement not near By Tom Krisher, Associated Press DETROIT — Contract talks aimed at ending a 21-day strike by the United Auto Workers against General Motors have taken a turn for the worse, hitting a big snag over product commitments for U.S. factories, a union official wrote in… Continue reading
Oct 06 Gunfire shatter brief calm in Iraq, protests restart By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press An eerie calm prevailed Sunday in the Iraqi capital Baghdad at the start of the work week, following a bloody night when security forces opened fire to break up anti-government protests, killing at least 19. Continue reading
Oct 06 3 reasons Forever 21’s bankruptcy doesn’t spell the end of brick-and-mortar retailing By Anthony Dukes, The Conversation Three advantages physical stores still have over their online-only rivals. Continue reading
Oct 06 Police look for 2 men in Kansas bar shooting that killed 4 By Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press Two men opened fire inside a bar in Kansas City, Kansas, early Sunday, killing four people and wounding five others in a shooting believed to have stemmed from an earlier dispute, police said. Continue reading
Oct 06 Aide: Perry pushed Trump for Ukraine call, for energy issues By Ellen Knickmeyer, Alan Fram, Associated Press Energy Secretary Rick Perry encouraged President Donald Trump to speak to Ukraine's president — but on energy and economic issues, Perry's spokeswoman said Sunday, addressing Perry's role in a telephone call that's at the center of a congressional impeachment probe… Continue reading
Oct 06 Anger grows at civilian deaths by US, Afghan forces By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Increasing civilian deaths in stepped-up U.S. airstrikes and operations by Afghan forces highlight the conundrum the U.S. military and its Afghan allies face, 18 years into the war: How to hunt down their Islamic State group and Taliban enemies, while… Continue reading
Oct 06 Protesters in Ukraine rally against election in rebel east By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Thousands rallied in Ukraine's capital Sunday against the president's plan to hold a local election in the country's rebel-held east, a move seen by some as a major concession to Russia. Continue reading
Oct 06 Lawyer: 2nd Trump whistleblower spoke to inspector general By Eric Tucker, Richard Lardner, Jill Colvin, Associated Press A second whistleblower has spoken to the intelligence community's internal watchdog and has information that backs the original whistleblower's complaint about President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, according to the lawyer for the two. Continue reading