SENS. SEEK OVERSIGHT OF N. KOREA DIPLOMACY

» Bipartisan WASHINGTON legislation introduced Tuesday calls for stringent congressional oversight of U.S. nuclear diplomacy with North Korea and any deal President Donald Trump strikes with Kim Jong Un.

It comes two weeks after Trump met Kim at a historic summit in Singapore that yielded a North Korean commitment to the “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula but failed to spell how that goal, which has eluded past U.S. administrations, would be achieved and how long it might take.

The legislation, cosponsored by Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, who chairs an Asia subcommittee, calls for the president to submit a report on how the diplomatic negotiations with North Korea are expected to proceed, with continual written updates every 30 days.

1 dead, 12 hurt in construction explosion at Texas hospital.

»A GATESVILLE, TEXAS construction worker was killed and a dozen others were injured after an explosion at an addition to a Texas hospital Tuesday, authorities said.

Bob Harrell, the Coryell County emergency manager, said all of the injured were construction workers and not hospital staff or patients.

The incident was reported about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at a construction site at the 25-bed hospital in Gatesville, 36 miles west of Waco.

Witnesses said an electric generator inside an uncompleted hospital expansion exploded, spreading shrapnel.

Dave Byrom, the hospital’s CEO, said the blast possibly started with a gas line.

Uber wins back license in London — but is put on probation.

LONDON

» A London court gave ridehailing firm Uber a shorter than usual license to keep operating in the capital, accepting Tuesday the firm’s claim that it has changed its aggressive corporate tactics and is now a more responsible corporate citizen.

But Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot granted an operating license lasting just 15 months, short of the five-year permit Uber had been seeking. That means the company will remain under scrutiny and serve a probation period of sorts.

Wisconsin man sentenced for locking woman in wooden box.

judge sentenced a Wisconsin man on Tuesday to 13 years in prison for locking a woman inside a wooden box in his basement and sexually assaulting her.

Allen Jamroz, 56, of Mosinee also was sentenced to seven years of extended supervision for second-degree sexual assault and false imprisonment. As part of a plea deal, charges of kidnapping and battery were dismissed but considered during sentencing, USA Today Network-Wisconsin reported.

— Denver Post wire services