The stories we’re following in the Grasswire Newsroom, Wednesday, March 29, 2017
- Sir Tim Barrow, UK ambassador to the EU, has delivered Prime Minister Theresa May’s letter to European Council president Donald Tusk, formally invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and beginning the Brexit negotiation process.
The Article 50 letter. #Brexit pic.twitter.com/SO5R5BTvhw
— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) March 29, 2017
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SYRIA Islamic State shells aid workers, technicians repairing SDF-controlled section of Tabqa dam
SYRIA US general says Syria school airstrike hit militants not civilians
US Michigan judge reaches $87M settlement in Flint water crisis
As it happened
The Latest: North Carolina lawmakers announce deal on “bathroom bill” standoff. https://t.co/kx3MqJy1eq
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 30, 2017
#BREAKING: Federal judge in Hawaii extends temporary restraining order blocking Trump's travel ban. https://t.co/kNYKe6TlhZ #HINews
— Hawaii News Now (@HawaiiNewsNow) March 30, 2017
BREAKING: US judge in Hawaii extends order blocking President Donald Trump's travel ban until state's lawsuit is resolved.
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 30, 2017
Rex Tillerson to lift human rights conditions on arms sale to Bahrain https://t.co/jDWRZKlK8H
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 30, 2017
Twelve people have died in a crash between a church van and a pickup truck in Texas; three others injured. https://t.co/tv1vSwGKdZ
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 29, 2017