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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the publishing of President Donald Trump's income tax information is illegal. The White House has released a statement saying, "You know you are desperate for ratings when you are willing to violate the law to push a story about two pages of tax returns from over a decade ago." Records show that in 2005, Trump earned $153 million and paid $36.5 million in income taxes. The information was obtained by journalist David Cay Johnston, who runs a website called DCReport.org.
TOKYO (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is on his first trip to Asia, and he's expected to arrive late Wednesday in Tokyo. Tillerson wants to forge cooperation with Japan, South Korea and China against the nuclear threat from North Korea and demonstrate that "America First" does not mean U.S. diplomatic retreat from the volatile region.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Prosecutors in South Korea say they plan to summon and question ousted President Park Geun-hye (goon-hay) next week over a corruption scandal that removed her from office. Park lost her presidential immunity from prosecution after the Constitutional Court ruled Friday to formally end her rule over allegations that she colluded with a longtime confidante to extort money from businesses and allowed her pull government strings from the shadows.
NEW YORK (AP) — Falling temperatures could lead to icy roads and sidewalks across the Northeast following a late-season storm that plastered the region with sleet and snow. The powerful nor'easter paralyzed much of the Washington-to-Boston corridor, but fell short of predicted snowfall totals in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. The storm dumped 1 to 2 feet in many places, grounded more than 6,000 flights and knocked out power to nearly a quarter-million customers from Virginia northward.
DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas woman is telling her local utility to go climb a tree. Actually, 67-year-old Jeri Huber climbed the pecan tree herself on Monday to protest the utility's plan to trim the branches. The tree sits on Huber's property and she says Oncor is encroaching on her rights as a property owner. Oncor says it just wants to make sure tree limbs stay out of the way of power lines. It got a temporary restraining order against Huber and a crew was able to trim the tree.
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