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WASHINGTON (AP) — The political crisis and security concerns in Yemen have prompted U.S. officials to close the U.S. Embassy in the capital Sanaa (sah-NAH'). The State Department confirms that it's evacuated embassy staff. Yemen has been in crisis for months, with Iran-linked Shiite Houthi rebels taking over Sanaa.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials say two people were killed and at least 42 were injured in a pileup involving about 100 vehicles on a bridge near South Korea's Incheon International Airport. Officials say the pileup happened Wednesday in foggy weather. They say rescuers are having trouble reaching all of the damaged cars on the 14,400-foot bridge and that the number of injured could increase.
ATLANTA (AP) — A week before the late Whitney Houston's daughter was found face-down in a bathtub, a neighbor reported a domestic dispute at her address. A 911 call was made Jan. 23 by a man who identified himself as a security guard at the gated community where Bobbi Kristina Brown lives. He told the dispatcher that one of Brown's neighbors reported hearing people "hitting each other and swinging" outside Brown's townhome. Brown is in an Atlanta hospital.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Police in San Diego are hunting for a man who allegedly opened fire outside a home, wounding a TV sports anchor. KFMB-TV is reporting that its sports director Kyle Kraska had surgery and is expected to recover after he was wounded in the leg and the left side of his stomach Tuesday afternoon. Police haven't stated a motive for the shooting, but they're looking for 54-year-old Mike Montana, who they considered armed and dangerous.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's governor is introducing legislation this week that calls for a 16 percent value-added tax as part of a tax overhaul intended to boost government revenue in the U.S. territory. Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla (puh-DEE'-uh) has provided only limited details on the plan he'll unveil Thursday, and an official not authorized to speak publicly gave the 16 percent figure. The governor says the value-added tax would replace Puerto Rico's sales-and-use tax and would exempt items like food, medicine and education.
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