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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security says it's no longer directing airlines to prevent visa-holders affected by President Donald Trump's executive order from boarding U.S.-bound planes. That word follows a State Department announcement that it had reversed the cancellations of visas for foreigners after a federal judge put on hold Trump's order on immigration. The White House says it will appeal the ruling.
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N.'s top official on refugees says it's up to the U.S. to decide the legality of the ban on admitting any refugees. But he says the United Nations is extremely concerned by its implications. Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, told The Associated Press that a troubling aspect is that many people have been affected after going through the entire process of being admitted to the U.S.
UNDATED (AP) — Uber's CEO says his company is buying plane tickets for stranded drivers now that a federal judge has put a hold on President Trump's ban on travel to the United States by migrants from seven Muslim-majority countries. Travis Kalanick tweeted last night that the head of litigation for the ride-hailing app is "buying a whole bunch of airline tickets ASAP!" Kalanick quit Trump's council of business advisers Thursday.
SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) — Officials say a train has derailed in downtown Suffolk, Virgnia, but no injuries have reported. City officials say numerous cars of the Norfolk Southern train left the track this morning and caused a coal spill. Streets in the area are closed and train personnel are attempting to disconnect the cars remaining on the track to move them further down the line. The city says clean-up efforts and track repairs are expected to be "extensive and ongoing."
SMYRNA, Del. (AP) — Delaware State Police say a prison building that was the site of an inmate uprising in which a guard died earlier this week has been turned back over to the Delaware Department of Correction. State Police say the investigation into the uprising and 20-hour hostage standoff is expected to be "lengthy and arduous" and that detectives are continuing to conduct interviews and to "collect and examine countless pieces of physical and video evidence."
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