North Carolina legislators decided to rein in local governments by approving a bill Wednesday that prevents cities and counties from passing their own anti-discrimination rules. Gov. Pat McCrory later signed the legislation, which dealt a blow to the LGBT movement after success with protections in cities across the country.
As police hunted for the surviving Brussels bomber, evidence mounted Wednesday that the same Islamic State cell carried out the attacks in both Paris and Brussels, and that the militants may have launched this week’s slaughter in haste because they feared authorities were closing in on them.
A late-night coal mine accident in northern China has killed 19 miners, Chinese state media reported Thursday.
Security officials have told The Associated Press that the Islamic State group has trained at least 400 attackers and sent them into Europe for terror attacks.
A blizzard shut down Denver International Airport on Wednesday, canceling more than 1,000 flights after temporarily knocking out power and making takeoffs and landings unsafe, airport officials said.
Las Vegas police are monitoring the terrorist attacks in Belgium on Monday night, the department said on social media Tuesday.
A Utah teenager who was injured in the Belgium airport attack survived a similar horror three years ago at the Boston Marathon.
