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Trump administration wants to hand out $2.4 billion it took from California’s high-speed railroad

By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer The Trump administration wants to redistribute $2.4 billion it pulled from California’s high-speed rail project as part of a new $5 billion program announced Monday to fund rail projects to boost passenger rail traffic nationwide. The new program’s rules for states and others wanting to participate remove any mention

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Unification Church leader arrested in bribery case involving former South Korean president’s wife

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The 82-year-old leader of the Unification Church was arrested in South Korea early Tuesday as investigators probe allegations that the church bribed the wife of jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol and a conservative lawmaker. Hak Ja Han, the widow of the church’s South Korean

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— MISSOURI ————-——————— US–Army-Helicopter-Crash Army identifies 4 soldiers killed in military helicopter crash in Washington state SUMMARY: The Army has released the names of four soldiers killed

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— MISSOURI ————-——————— US–Army-Helicopter-Crash Army identifies 4 soldiers killed in military helicopter crash in Washington state SUMMARY: The Army has released the names of four soldiers killed

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— MISSOURI ————-——————— US–Army-Helicopter-Crash Army identifies 4 soldiers killed in military helicopter crash in Washington state SUMMARY: The Army has released the names of four soldiers killed

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Trump backer running for Wisconsin governor followed sexually explicit accounts online

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican manufacturer running for governor in Wisconsin as a conservative supporter of “family values” and President Donald Trump followed numerous sexually explicit accounts online, including a nonbinary pornography performer. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Monday that Bill Berrien, the CEO of Pindel Global Precision and

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UK charities cut ties to Sarah Ferguson after reported email describing Jeffrey Epstein as ‘friend’

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A number of charities on Monday severed ties with Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Prince Andrew, after British newspapers published an email that she reportedly wrote to the late convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, describing him as a “supreme friend.’’ Julia’s House, a children’s hospice,

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UK charities cut ties to Sarah Ferguson after reported email describing Jeffrey Epstein as ‘friend’

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A number of charities on Monday severed ties with Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Prince Andrew, after British newspapers published an email that she reportedly wrote to the late convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, describing him as a “supreme friend.’’ Julia’s House, a children’s hospice,

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US MINNESOTA SENATOR ARRESTED DESCRIPTION: Former Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell is scheduled to be sentenced for

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US MINNESOTA SENATOR ARRESTED DESCRIPTION: Former Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell is scheduled to be sentenced for

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US MINNESOTA SENATOR ARRESTED DESCRIPTION: Former Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell is scheduled to be sentenced for

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US MINNESOTA SENATOR ARRESTED DESCRIPTION: Former Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell is scheduled to be sentenced for

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Moldova detains 74 people over an alleged Russia-backed unrest plot around key election

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldovan authorities said they carried out 250 raids and detained dozens on Monday as part of an investigation into an alleged Russia-backed plan to incite “mass riots” and destabilize the country around a critical parliamentary election. The raids targeted more than 100 people and took place in multiple localities across the

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