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WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials now say four people who died in the Brussels attacks were Americans. That latest deaths were confirmed by the State Department yesterday but officials declined to identify them. Earlier, the White House said that President Barack Obama telephoned the parents of Justin and Stephanie Shults, an American couple identified as among the dead in last week's attacks.
NEW YORK (AP) — A new survey of business economists predicts Americans are being cautious with a lot of the money they're saving with low gasoline prices. The National Association for Business Economics survey says that money is thought to be going to savings or to pay down debt. The economists are also less optimistic about growth this year, predicting a 2.2 percent increase rather than 2.6 percent.
LONDON (AP) — High winds are battering much of Britain today and it's beginning to affect air travel. Officials say four flights were unable to land early today at London's Gatwick Airport and had to be diverted. Britain's Met Office says winds of 87 mph had been reported on the Isle of Wight and winds of 77 mph hit the British mainland on the west coast. Several highway bridges were closed and there are also power outages.
TOKYO (AP) — A two-year kidnapping saga has ended in Japan. Police say they caught a 23-year-old man today, who was wanted for allegedly abducting a teenage girl two years ago. The break came yesterday when the girl, now 15, escaped from the suspect's apartment in downtown Tokyo while he was out shopping. The girl called home from a pay phone.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Initial TV footage of an ancient Syrian city recaptured from the Islamic State group shows widespread rubble and shattered statues, evidence of the extremists' penchant for destroying evidence of other cultures as monuments to idolatry. Syrian government troops backed by Lebanese Hezbollah militiamen and Russian air power recaptured Palmyra (pahl-MEER'-uh) yesterday, winning an important victory over IS fighters.
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