US News

Ship channel closed; draining of leaking gas tank continues

HOUSTON — Officials say efforts continue to drain a tank that is leaking flammable gas following a massive fire at a Houston-area petrochemical complex, prompting the closure of part of the Houston Ship Channel. Intercontinental Terminals Company says pumping began … more →

AP News | 03/24/2019 8:26 am

• $750M Powerball drawing would be 4th-largest US jackpot
• Florida may boost regulation of cosmetic surgery clinics
• Record number of people visit national parks in Alaska
• Columbine families gather to tell stories nearly 20 years on
• Officer wounded during deputy’s killing is out of hospital
• The Latest Caution urged for return to flooded homes
• Deputies rescue 2 wailing bear cubs trapped in flooded den

White House

A look at some unanswered questions of the Mueller probe

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller has wrapped up his investigation, but whether the public will get answers to consequential questions about President Donald Trump and Russia remains to be seen. Attorney General William Barr is combing through Mueller’s report … more →

AP News | 03/23/2019 1:08 pm

• The Latest Trump golfs as nation waits for Mueller findings
• Giuliani Trump lawyers want early look at Mueller’s findings before they are made public
• White House Next steps on Mueller report ’up to’ Attorney General Barr, Trump has not been briefed on report
• The Latest Detained flight attendant set for release
• Trump to nominated Moore for Federal Reserve board
• Trump says he’s nominating campaign adviser, conservative economist Stephen Moore to Federal Reserve board
• White House All Islamic State-held territory in Syria has been ’100 percent eliminated’

Congress

Disaster aid bill faces tricky path as it heads to Senate

WASHINGTON — A battle over funding for Puerto Rico is complicating the path forward for a long-delayed disaster aid bill that’s a top political priority for some of President Donald Trump’s Republican allies as it heads to the Senate floor … more →

AP News | 03/24/2019 5:47 am

• Man charged for throwing water on Iowa Rep. Steve King
• King Katrina victims only asked for help, unlike Iowans
• US senator’s $580,000 jury award upheld in Kentucky
• House oversight chair accuses White House of stonewalling
• Ex-Georgia US Rep. accused of improperly spending thousands
• 12 GOP senators join Dems to block Trump border declaration
• Enough senators have voted to ensure rejection of Trump’s emergency declaration for border, vote ongoing

Supreme Court

The Latest Justices seem troubled by Mississippi conviction

WASHINGTON — The Latest on Supreme Court arguments on excluding black jurors (all times local): 11:15 a.m. The Supreme Court is likely to throw out the death sentence and conviction of a black Mississippi man because the prosecutor improperly excluded … more →

AP News | 03/20/2019 9:17 am

• Justices spurn Georgia inmate, despite juror’s racial slurs
• Supreme Court expands April 23 census arguments
• High court’s cross case could affect monuments nationally
• High court can’t count vote of deceased judge