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HAVANA (AP) — President Barack Obama is in Havana, where today he'll sit down with President Raul Castro. Obama, who arrived on the island yesterday, is the first U.S. president to visit in nearly 90 years. Tomorrow, his visit continues with a major speech that Cuban officials say will be carried on TV. And before leaving for Argentina, Obama plans to meet with political dissidents.
WASHINGTON (AP) — This morning, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference in Washington. Tonight, the conference hears from GOP candidate Donald Trump, and some 40 rabbis say they plan to boycott Trump's appearance, saying it "poses political, moral, and even spiritual quandaries." Republicans Ted Cruz and John Kasich will also address America's leading pro-Israel group.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian prosecutors are appealing to the public for information about a man who allegedly traveled to Hungary last year with the top suspect in the Paris attacks. The federal prosecutor's office says it's looking for information about about 24-year-old Najim Laachraoui (ehl-ah-SHRAH'-wee), who's said to have traveled to Syria in February 2013 with Salah Abdeslam (AHB'-dehs-lahm). Abdeslam was captured in Brussels last Friday.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Monitors from Turkey have arrived on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios to help supervise an agreement aimed at limiting the number of refugees flowing into the European Union via smugglers' boats. Greek authorities scrambled to implement the landmark deal reached last week between the EU and Turkey that includes faster refugee relocations to European countries as well as collective deportations of migrants from Greek islands back to Turkey.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A group of more than 40 millionaires in New York state has written Gov. Andrew Cuomo and top lawmakers, calling on them to consider raising taxes on the state's wealthiest residents to help address poverty and rebuild failing infrastructure. The letter proposes new, higher tax rates for the top 1 percent of earners. Those signing the letter include Abigail Disney and Steven C. Rockefeller.
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