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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — One big unanswered question is what happened to small villages at the epicenter of Nepal's magnitude 7.8 earthquake? Landslides are hindering access and experts say often in cases like this, entire villages can be swallowed by falling rock. More than 3,600 people are confirmed dead and more than 6,500 injured. Aftershocks continue while food, water and power remain scarce.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court hears arguments tomorrow on high-stakes same-sex marriage cases from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. Some 2 ½ hours of arguments are expected from five lawyers, including two Supreme Court rookies. At issue are whether same-sex couples have a right to marry and whether states must recognize same-sex marriages from elsewhere.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Results of a vote are expected today from truck drivers who haul goods from the nation's busiest port complex in Los Angeles and Long Beach about whether they'll stay home. About 16,000 drivers work at the ports, most of them independent contractors. The truckers say they face shrinking wages and want to become employees of the trucking companies, which they say would improve their lot.
WASHINGTON (AP) — There are suggestions from tea party supported conservatives in the House that opposition to the Republican leadership may mean a price to pay. They say the price for opposing the re-election of John Boehner as speaker seems to be a big drop in contributions from business interests. Rep. Thomas Massie says he raised $46,000 in the first three months of 2013, compared to just $1,000 from political action committees in the first quarter of this year. He and others say it's retaliation.
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Gasoline is costing more these days as it catches up with the recovering price of crude oil. The average national price of a regular gallon of gasoline has jumped 13 cents in the past two weeks to $2.58. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg says the price is still $1.11 below the mark a year ago. Los Angeles has the highest-priced gas in the Lower 48 states at $3.30 a gallon. The low average was in Tucson, Arizona, at $2.20.
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