Owner gets 30 days to get Trump statue

Owner gets 30 days to get Trump statue

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS

Authorities have given the owner of a naked Donald Trump statue 30 days to claim it along with a minor misdemeanor citation.

Cleveland.com reports the statue of the Republican presidential nominee that made a brief appearance Thursday in front of a Cleveland Heights bank is now being stored at that city’s police department. The city’s police chief says the owner could face a fine for breaking a city code that prohibits placing items and equipment on public property.

Life-size naked Trump statues also made appearances in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle and Cleveland on Thursday.

NYC ditches English test for cab drivers

NEW YORK

New York City taxi drivers will no longer have to pass an English test under new rules designed to make it easier for immigrants to get behind the wheel of a yellow cab.

The test for a taxi license will be available in several languages under regulations that went into effect Friday.

The change was approved by the city council in April and signed into law by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Teams search for more damage from California wildfires

SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF.

In the aftermath of a wildfire, somebody has to figure out exactly what burned. It’s painstaking and important work that helps evacuated residents know if they lost everything or have something waiting for them when they return home.

Officials estimate that at least 105 residences and 213 outbuildings have been destroyed in the massive fire that burned ferociously through Southern California mountain communities this week and was still smoldering Saturday.

Those numbers could rise as damage assessment teams pore through the aftermath of the blaze about 60 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, Fire Marshal Mike Horton of the San Bernardino County Fire Department said. Drought conditions in California have left plenty of fuel for wildfires.

The fire sparked Tuesday was 73 percent contained and firefighters who were on the offensive for days were finally transitioning to mop-up phase, officials said.

Tornado in Michigan

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

A storm that appeared to spawn at least one tornado slammed parts of western Michigan on Saturday, causing extensive damage but no injuries or loss of life, authorities said.

State Police spokesman Dale Hinz said damage from the storm stretched up to 20 miles from just south of Bangor to the small community of Grand Junction, about 60 miles southwest of Grand Rapids. Several homes had their roofs ripped off, trees were uprooted and vehicles damaged.

Most limits to end on US-Mexico flights

DAllas

Most restrictions on flights between the U.S. and Mexico will lift today, a change expected to bring more options and possibly lower prices for travelers.

American, Delta and Southwest already have announced that they will offer new flights across the border later this year. United is watching the demand for flights and will respond accordingly, a spokesman said.

The United States and Mexico agreed in December to open their aviation markets to each other’s carriers. Rules that had generally limited two or three airlines from each country to a particular route will go away.

Airlines on both sides of the border will be able to fly whatever routes they want as often as they want and set their own prices, said Thomas Engle, the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for transportation.

Associated Press