Some flight cancellations and delays continue after US storms dump snow in the Midwest and head east
ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed Tuesday, one day after powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and upended air travel in a cross-section of cities. Travelers have been facing
A $50 million push hopes to make child care a top issue in the midterm elections
WASHINGTON (AP) — An advocacy group hoping to expand support for child and elder care plans to spend $50 million to back Democrats in congressional races, tying the costs of caregiving to the nation’s affordability debate. The
A fleet of festive pubs on wheels bring a taste of Ireland to New England
READING, Mass. (AP) — Just before St. Patrick’s Day, an Irish pub appeared one night beneath a basketball hoop in a suburban Massachusetts driveway. Neighbors packed around the bar as music played and Guinness flowed — inside
What’s in the voting bill that Republicans are pushing to the Senate floor
WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation that would require proof of U.S. citizenship for new voters has become a rallying cry for President Donald Trump, who claims that passage of the bill will “guarantee the midterms” for his Republican
Illinois voters pick a new generation of Democrats for House, Senate after near-record retirements
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois voters are deciding primaries Tuesday for six open U.S. House and Senate seats that will spur a new generation of leadership in the state’s heavily Democratic congressional delegation. The retirement of longtime Sen.
UN expert: Haiti has a chance now to tackle gang violence as new international force deploys
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Haiti has a chance now to tackle pervasive gang violence with a U.S.-initiated international force starting to deploy and a prime minister committed to providing alternatives for young gang members, the United Nations’
Trump says a former president had an Iran confession. Aides to his predecessors deny recent contact
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twice on Monday, President Donald Trump said he’d wrangled a confession of sorts from an Oval Office predecessor who he said had expressed regret in a private conversation about not attacking Iran the way
Man who attacked a Michigan synagogue was suicidal, ex-wife told police in 911 call
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — The man who drove his pickup truck into a Detroit-area synagogue was described as suicidal in a 911 phone call to police by his former wife that day, a TV station reported
US says 10% of airport security officers did not work Sunday amid shutdown
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) – The Trump administration said just over 10% of Transportation Security Administration airport security officers on Sunday did not show up for work as a partial government shutdown stretches to
Trump administration cannot implement ‘sweeping’ funding freeze, US court rules
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, March 16 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday largely upheld a ruling that blocked a “sweeping and unprecedented” freeze on trillions of dollars in government financial assistance that President Donald Trump’s