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BALTIMORE (AP) — The streets of Baltimore are relatively calm as a city-wide curfew takes hold. It went into effect at 10 p.m. Tuesday night, and about 200 protesters remained in the street. People threw bottles at police, prompting officers to fire pepper balls and smoke canisters. After that, the crowd dispersed. Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts says there have been about 10 arrests, most for curfew violations. He says two people face looting charges and there's one disorderly conduct charge. Officials imposed the curfew after rioting erupted yesterday following the funeral for Freddie Gray, who died after being arrested.
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A man has been injured by gunfire during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports about 50 people gathered Tuesday night near the site where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot in August by a Ferguson police officer. The newspaper reports the man was shot in the leg, and police who were on site took one person into custody and recovered a gun. It's not clear whether the shooting was related to the protest.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Thousands of people are lining up at bus stations in Kathmandu where Nepal's government is providing free transportation for people hoping to travel to their hometowns and villages. Many who work in the capital have received little news of their families and loved ones since Saturday's magnitude 7.8 earthquake, which killed more than 4,700 people and devastated the infrastructure including communication lines.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pushing back against provisions in a proposed $600 billion Republican defense budget plan even before the House Armed Services Committee begins debate on it. The proposal includes measures that would make it harder for the President to empty Guantanamo Bay of detainees and that would restore funding for the fleet of A-10 aircraft the Pentagon has been trying to retire. The White House is taking special exception to plans to increase defense spending without matching increases for domestic, non-defense programs.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the state guard to monitor a U.S. military training exercise dubbed "Jade Helm 15" amid some residents' suspicions of the U.S. government's plan. Residents in Bastrop County questioned a U.S. Army commander during a town meeting about whether the government was planning to confiscate guns or implement martial law. Military officials say the area was chosen because of similarities to overseas combat zones. Abbott says Texas has been assured no residents or their property are at risk.
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