Trump’s supporters rally across U.S.

Compiled from news services

Groups of hundreds of people rallied for President Donald Trump on Saturday.

The March 4 Trump demonstrations were held around the country, and supporters clashed with generally smaller groups of counter-protesters.

Berkeley, Calif., was the scene of violent demonstrations as Trump supporters clashed with counter-protesters. At least 10 people were arrested and four others were injured at a proTrump rally.

Six people protesting the rally in St. Paul, Minn., were arrested on felony riot charges after they lit fireworks inside the Minnesota State Capitol and fled, police said.

About 400 people attended the St. Paul event, and about 50 showed up to protest it. Other minor scuffles between the demonstrators were quickly defused.

In Nashville, two people were arrested at the Tennessee Capitol. The groups at times cursed at each other and made physical contact, which state troopers broke up, WPLN reported.

Near Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach Post reported that people on both sides exchanged profanity.

TSA finding more guns

The Transportation Security Administration has been breaking records for the number of guns that security officers find on passengers and in their carryon luggage.

Last year, TSA agents seized 3,391 guns, or an average of nine a day, a 28 percent increase from 2015.

Now, the TSA has set a record. On Feb. 23, agents at various airports found 21 guns in a single day, breaking the previous one-day high of 18 firearms found on June 4, 2014.

TSA officials won’t speculate about whether the record-setting pace is the result of more passengers traveling by air, improved screening methods or both.

Kansas tax hike looms

TOPEKA, Kan. — A big tax increase for Kansas appears inevitable as the state wrestles with budget problems that have left even Republicans ready to roll back income tax cuts that are Gov. Sam Brownback’s biggest political legacy.

A Kansas Supreme Court ruling that the state isn’t spending enough money on its public schools only bolstered many lawmakers’ support for raising income taxes. The state’s highest court directed legislators to enact a new school funding law by June 30 without setting a spending target, though figures circulating involve hundreds of millions of new dollars.

Democrats and moderate Republicans at the Statehouse in Topeka already were looking at boosting income taxes to close projected budget shortfalls totaling more than $1 billion through June 2019. Last month, they pushed through a bill raising more than $1 billion over two years, only to see the conservative GOP governor veto it. They’re preparing to try again with another income tax bill.

Sikh man shot at home

A 39-year-old Sikh man was working on his car in his driveway in Kent, Wash., when a man walked up holding a gun.

The gunman — a white man wearing a mask over part of his face — said “Go back to your own country” and pulled the trigger.

Authorities are investigating the shooting as a suspected hate crime. The victim suffered injuries that are not life-threatening. The suspect is still on the loose.

The shooting comes weeks after an Indian man in Kansas was killed and another was injured by a gunman who told them to “get out of my country” before opening fire in a bar.