Rail partnership breaks funding ground

US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao and Maryland Governor Larry Hogan applauded the public-private partnership that is being used to build a rail project in the Greater Washington area.

Group pulls plug on whale campaign

SYDNEY - Activist group Sea Shepherd on Tuesday pulled the plug on its annual campaign to disrupt Japanese whaling, saying it can no longer match the country's military and economic power.

Actor pulls out of film over 'whitewashing'

NEW YORK - British actor Ed Skrein has withdrawn from the upcoming Hellboy reboot a week after his casting sparked outcries of whitewashing.

Keeping up flow of information

"Water has climbed to the stairs leading to the second floor. Our cars are in water and can't be started anymore. Dear friends, sorry I can't fulfill the appointments for the next few days, but I will do my best!"

Trump to visit Texas to survey flood effort

HOUSTON - US President Donald Trump planned to visit Texas on Tuesday to survey the response to devastating Tropical Storm Harvey, the first major natural disaster of his White House tenure.

Houston crippled by flood; city sets up 'mega shelter'

HOUSTON, Texas - Tropical Storm Harvey was set to dump more rain on Houston on Monday, worsening flooding that has paralyzed the country's fourth biggest city, forced thousands to flee surrounding counties and swollen rivers to levels not seen in centuries.

China urges restraint after DPRK launch

WASHINGTON - China on Monday called on all parties to exercise restraint to find an effective way out of the Korean Peninsula issue.

All bodies recovered from US destroyer

SINGAPORE - The US Navy on Monday confirmed the recovery of the bodies of all 10 sailors killed after the warship USS John S. McCain collided with a merchant vessel in waters near Singapore and Malaysia.

Thousands of civilians flee fighting

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh - Thousands of civilians fled the worst fighting to grip Myanmar's northwest in five years, with 104 people killed and the United Nations and international aid groups forced to pull out some staff.

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At least two dead as Harvey slams the coast of Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Hurricane Harvey spun deeper into Texas and unloaded extraordinary amounts of rain on Saturday after the once-fearsome hurricane crashed into vulnerable homes and businesses along the coastline in a blow that killed at least two people and injured up to 14.

Terrorist attacks escalate in northern state of Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Terrorist attacks have escalated in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state with six more civilians being killed in a new wave of ambushes by terrorists on Saturday, said the State Counselor's Office on Sunday.