Thousands of Los Angeles municipal workers plan to strike Tuesday, adding to a chorus of disgruntled Angelenos striking in Hollywood and the hotel industry.
A senior U.S. diplomat traveled to the capital of Niger to hold "extremely frank and at times quite difficult" talks with the ruling junta after the country's military leaders seized power from the democratically-elected president last month.
The federal Office of Personnel Management ordered federal employees to leave the office early on Monday amid Washington, D.C., area storm warnings. The severe storms covered most of the area with a tornado watch through 9 p.m., causing many places in the Beltway area to close early or adjust hours.
Democrat Trayon White Sr. of the DC Council said he wants the National Guard to come to his city after three people were fatally shot and two others were wounded in his district Saturday night.