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NEW YORK (AP) — There's a lot of digging out to do today as millions of Americans emerge after two days of an East Coast blizzard that left three or more feet of snow in some spots. Travel bans are expected to be lifted and there may be some tentative efforts to get airlines up and running after thousands of flight cancelations. At least 18 deaths are attributed to the storm.
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Hong Kong authorities say a 44-year-old man is in custody in connection with the slayings of his nephews in los Angeles. Authorities say they believe the man killed the teenage boys before fleeing to China because he was upset his wife wanted a divorce. The man is in custody and is expected to appear at court hearing in Hong Kong on Monday.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has turned his attention from the Middle East to Asia as he heads for stops in Laos, Cambodia and China. He'll be pressing for peaceful resolutions to increasingly tense maritime disputes in Asia and urging China to take a firmer stand on North Korea's nuclear program after its recent bomb test.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There's still no sign of three maximum security inmates who escaped from a Southern California jail by cutting through half-inch steel bars and rappelling from the roof with a makeshift rope. Officials say the escape was well-planned. The inmates — one of whom is an alleged killer — were last seen wearing orange jail jumpsuits. Investigators will be looking at surveillance camera footage.
BURNS, Ore. (AP) — A rancher is renouncing his U.S. Forest Service grazing contract. Adrian Sewell of Grant County, New Mexico, made the announcement yesterday at an event held by an armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon to protest federal land use policies. About 120 people attended the event at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
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