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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Lots of people have been lining up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to donate blood for the survivors of a school bus crash that claimed six lives today. The bus, carrying 35 elementary students, wound up on its side and bent around a large tree. Police say the bus was the only vehicle involved and that investigators are looking at speed "very strongly" as a factor. Twenty-three students were taken to hospitals. Their conditions have not been released.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The police chief in San Antonio says officers will remain "vigilant and on guard" despite the arrest of a man suspected of last night's fatal ambush of a police detective. The detective was gunned down as he was writing a ticket near police headquarters. The suspect was arrested today after being stopped in a car in which he as a passenger. He was arrested on a capital murder charge.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A restaurant in the nation's capital says it was unaware a group that that booked a weekend banquet had white nationalist ties. Maggiano's Little Italy posted an apology on its Facebook page. Video shows some participant giving Nazi salutes after a speaker praised President-elect Donald Trump. The group calls itself the National Policy Institute. Its president, Richard Spencer, claims credit for coining the term alt-right.
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has taken to Twitter again. The next president denied that he is using the powers of his future office to benefit his businesses worldwide. He tweeted that it is "well-known" that he has properties across the globe. He blamed the media for raising questions about them. Trump has said that he will leave his company to his children and has no interest in it — but three of his adult children are also playing key roles in his transition.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has lifted a tsunami warning for its northeastern coast nearly four hours after a powerful offshore earthquake. A tsunami advisory for waves of up to 3 feet remains in place for much of the Pacific coast. The quake struck the same region hit by a devastating tsunami in 2011 that killed about 18,000 people and destroyed a nuclear plant. Buildings shook in Tokyo, about 150 miles from the epicenter.
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