Police probe any links between 3 Austin package bombings

By WILL WEISSERT and PAUL J. WEBERAssociated PressAUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Three package bombs left on doorsteps in suburban neighborhoods have exploded in less than two weeks in Texas’ capital city, killing two people, wounding two others and leaving...

Storm blasts winter-weary Northeast; thousands lose power

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHERAssociated PressBOSTON (AP) – A nor’easter that could deliver up to 2 feet of snow to some areas socked New England on Tuesday, bringing blizzard conditions to coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island, blanketing highways with fluffy...

The Latest: 2nd explosion badly injures woman in Austin

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Latest on deadly package bombings in Austin, Texas (all times local):12:30 p.m.Police are responding to another explosion in Austin that badly injured a woman, hours after a package bomb killed a teenager and wounded a woman in a...
Ahead of Trump wall tour, little change on US-Mexico border

Ahead of Trump wall tour, little change on US-Mexico border

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated PressCALEXICO, Calif. (AP) – The daily commute from Mexico to California farms is the same as it was before Donald Trump became president. Hundreds of Mexicans cross the border and line the sidewalks of Calexico’s tiny downtown...

Trump's strong words on guns give way to political reality

By CATHERINE LUCEY and JONATHAN LEMIREAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) – Not two weeks ago, President Donald Trump wagged his finger at a Republican senator and scolded him for being “afraid of the NRA,” declaring that he would stand up to the...