2 top aides leaving EPA posts

Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt is announcing the departure of two top aides amid ethics investigations at the agency.

Trump hails bravery of crew, passengers aboard Southwest jet

President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised the crew and passengers of the Southwest Airlines flight forced into an emergency landing after an engine exploded, damaging the fuselage and fatally injuring a 43-year-old woman.

 
Cities across the US brace for May Day marches, protests

Marches and other demonstrations for labor and immigrant rights were planned from Florida to New York to California on International Workers’ Day and come amid similar actions worldwide.

Trump rips leak of special counsel Mueller’s questions

President Donald Trump says it’s “disgraceful” that a list of questions the special counsel investigating Russian election interference wants to ask him have become public.

 
High-rise in Brazil’s most populous city collapses in fire

A high rise building occupied by squatters in downtown Sao Paulo caught fire and collapsed Tuesday, sending chunks of fiery debris crashing into neighboring buildings and surrounding streets.

Western states drivers paying highest prices for gasoline

The U.S. daily national average for regular gasoline is now $2.81 per gallon. That’s up from about $2.38 per gallon a year ago, and across the U.S., 16 percent of gas stations are charging more than $3 per gallon.

Koreas dismantle propaganda loudspeakers along border

The rival Koreas dismantled huge Cold War-era loudspeakers used to blare propaganda across their tense border on Tuesday, as South Korea’s president asked the United Nations to observe the North’s planned closing of its nuclear test site.

6th hiker dies after surprise snowstorm in Swiss Alps

Swiss police said Tuesday a total of six people have died after an unexpected snowstorm trapped a group of Alpine hikers in southwestern Switzerland. The victims were identified as five Italians and a Bulgarian woman.

 
51s fall to Sacramento in early-morning game

After a scoreless top of the first from P.J. Conlon, the 51s came out with hits from three of the first four hitters.

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