WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is openly taunting the leaders of his own party by refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Sen. John McCain of Arizona in their GOP primaries. Yet thus far, McCain, Ryan and other Republicans who've reluctantly declared that they plan to back Trump for president appear to be sticking with him.
Trump made his declarations in an interview with The Washington Post in which he lit into Ayotte. All three lawmakers are facing primary challenges from the right in coming weeks, though all are expected to prevail, and each had criticized Trump's attacks on the Muslim American parents of an Army captain killed in Iraq.
BOSTON — Commuter rail riders can expect some weekend closures starting next spring as the MBTA embarks on a $459 million effort to bring the sprawling system into compliance with a federal safety mandate.
The commuter rail line leading to Providence, R.I., is the only line with positive train control, a requirement of the Federal Railroad Administration, according to Bradley Kesler, chief railroad officer for the T.
