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WASHINGTON (AP) — Warm tributes are being paid to Vice President Joe Biden's son Beau Biden, who died Saturday of brain cancer nearly two years after he was first diagnosed. He was 46. Democratic Senate minority leader Harry Reid says Beau Biden "embodied the best and most noble traits that his parents sought to instill in him." President Barack Obama says he and his wife "humbly pray for the good Lord to watch over Beau Biden, and to protect and comfort his family."
WASHINGTON (AP) — He can't hold off a vote forever but Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky will continue his efforts today to force the expiration of key Patriot Act anti-terror provisions, including bulk collection of Americans' phone records. The Senate meets in an extraordinary Sunday afternoon session to try to head off the expiration. Paul opposes the mass data collection.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Temporary classrooms have been set up in Nepal so schools can reopen across the districts worst hit by two earthquakes. Most buildings are damaged or unsafe and many schools were destroyed in the quakes that killed more than 8,600 people. According to UNICEF, Nepal's already high dropout rate is a major concern.
TOKYO (AP) — Things have gotten back to normal in Japan after a pair of strong earthquakes. The most powerful one, at magnitude 7.8 was very deep, about 421 miles underground. It hit near remote Japanese islands and shook most of the country yesterday. A 6.4 quake hit today. There were no tsunamis but a dozen people had minor injuries.
BEIJING (AP) — A respiratory disease similar to SARS is causing concern in parts of Asia. Hong Kong authorities quarantined 18 fellow passengers of a South Korean man who arrived in the city infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS. The infected man is in isolation in a China hospital. Another 17 people are under medical surveillance. Fifteen cases of the potentially fatal virus have been detected in South Korea.
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