Comey refutes Trump...Airport security precautions...Immigration jail dispute

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WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey has refuted President Donald Trump's accusation that former President Barack Obama had phones at Trump Tower wiretapped. Comey says he looked carefully inside the FBI and found no evidence to support Trump's tweets about Obama. Comey confirmed that the FBI is investigating to determine if any Trump associates coordinated with Russian officials in an effort to sway the 2016 presidential election. The White House tried today to distance itself from two former senior members of Trump's team, Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn, who have been under scrutiny for foreign contacts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting tomorrow there's a temporary ban on laptops, iPads, cameras and some other electronics in carry-on luggage on U.S. bound flights from eight Middle Eastern and North African countries. The ban was revealed today in statements from Royal Jordanian Airlines and the official news agency of Saudi Arabia. A U.S. official says the ban will apply to nonstop flights from 10 airports in eight countries. The official did not name the airports or the countries. The reason for the ban is not clear.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is naming some names in its efforts to shame local jails that don't cooperate with immigration authorities. It's putting the spotlight on Travis County, Texas, home of liberal Austin. The administration released a list of 206 cases of immigrants released from custody despite requests from federal agents to keep them locked up. Beside Austin, other major cities at odds with the administration include New York and Los Angeles

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Flint residents could still be a few years away from drinking unfiltered tap water as the city makes incremental progress on an ambitious timeframe to replace old water service lines that leached lead into homes and businesses. Retired National Guard Brig. Gen. Michael McDaniel says he has a goal of finishing the pipe replacements for residents in 2019 by fixing 6,000 service lines a year. The corrosion happened after state fiscal managers switched the water source to the corrosive Flint River in a bid to save money.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a small, all-natural dairy isn't being deceptive when it calls it's skim milk "skim milk." The ruling is a victory for the creamery -- Ocheesee -- that's fighting Florida's demand to label the product "imitation" because vitamins aren't added to it. The creamery has offered to add to its label that it doesn't add vitamins to the product, but the state hasn't accepted the compromise.