WASHINGTON (AP) — In the face of mounting threats from North Korea, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged closer security ties among its chief allies in Asia and increased cooperation with strategic rival China to discourage Pyongyang from further advances in nuclear weapons.
Monthly Archives: March 2016

California lawmakers approve hiking minimum wage to $15
A plan to raise California's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022 passed both houses of the state legislature on Thursday, putting the state on track to become the first in the nation to commit to such a large pay hike for the working poor. The measure, incorporating a deal Governor Jerry Brown reached with labor leaders and progressive Democrats in the Legislature, was approved in the state Senate Thursday afternoon after winning approval earlier in the day in the Assembly, and now goes to Brown for his signature. "If you work full time, your family shouldn't live in poverty," Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, a Southern California Democrat, said in support of the bill to raise the state's minimum wage from its current level of $10 per hour.

Correction: Killings by Police-Minneapolis story

Gunman dead, state trooper in grave condition from shooting at Richmond, Va., bus station

Bill Clinton says Bernie Sanders has a ‘right to stay in’ the Democratic primary

Donald Trump has surprise sitdown with RNC
Donald Trump visited the headquarters of the Republican National Committee in Washington D.C. on Thursday afternoon. Both Trump campaign and the RNC did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Yahoo News about the meeting. Shortly after Trump launched his presidential campaign in June with a series of controversial comments about Mexican immigrants, Priebus reportedly urged Trump to “tone it down” in a phone call.

Brussels airport ready to reopen, Abdeslam set to cooperate

India overpass collapse kills 14; scores feared trapped

France charges main suspect in foiled attack plot

7 hurt, damage reported after tornado touchdowns in Oklahoma
