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NEW YORK (AP) — Residents from the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast who broke out the t-shirts early can put the spring-like weather gear down for a few days. A powerful storm with high winds and up to a foot of snow is expected this week. Forecasters at the National Weather Service say there's a blizzard watch for coastal regions including New York City and Boston for Monday night into Tuesday. There also is a winter storm watch for a larger area.
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal prosecutor in Manhattan who refused to resign has been fired by the Trump administration. The Justice Department confirmed Bharara was no longer U.S. attorney but declined to elaborate. Meanwhile, Michigan Rep. John Conyers, the House Judiciary Committee's top Democrat, requested that the committee receive a summary of probes linked to Trump, "so that we can understand the full implications of this weekend's firings."
GRAETTINGER, Iowa (AP) — A federal safety official is calling on the freight rail industry to pick up the pace toward replacing aging tankers following a fiery train derailment in rural Iowa that spilled ethanol into a creek and was still burning nearly two days after it erupted. A Union Pacific train hauling 99 tankers of ethanol from a producer in Omaha, Nebraska, derailed around 1 a.m. Friday, about 160 miles northwest of Des Moines. No one was injured. The tankers were of an older type.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An escalation of deadly clashes seems to be nudging the Philippine government and communist rebels back toward peace talks and the restoration of separate cease-fires. Officials say government and rebel negotiators will resume talks early next month and discuss the terms of a broader cease-fire. Norway, which has been brokering the negotiations, hosted two days of informal talks in the Netherlands.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union has staged a nationwide training event to make sure people are aware of their rights as protesters and urge organized, public resistance by those opposed to policies of President Donald Trump. The event, livestreamed to locations in all 50 states, was aimed at capitalizing on numerous demonstrations since Trump's election in November and to make sure people know their rights to protest.
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