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ByLisaLererand Emily Swanson The Associated Press WASHINGTON Ameri- cans appear to be suspi- cious of Hillary Clinton's honesty, and even many Democrats are only luke- warm about her presiden- tial candidacy, according to a new Associated Press- GfK poll. Is she strong and deci- sive? Yes, say a majority of people. But inspiring and likable? Only a minority think so. Clinton's struggles to explain her email prac- tices while in govern- ment, along with ques- tions about the Clinton Foundation and Republi- can criticism of her open- ness, wealth and trust- worthiness seem to have struck a nerve in the pub- lic's perception of the dominant Democratic fig- ure in the 2016 campaign. In the survey, 61 percent said "honest" describes her only slightly well or not at all. Nearly four in 10 Dem- ocrats, and more than six in 10 independents agreed that "honest" was not the best word for her. Even so, she is viewed more favorably than her potential Republican ri- vals, none of whom are as well-known as the former secretary of state, senator and first lady. With Clinton facing little competition on the Democratic side, Repub- licans are trying to make questions about her integ- rity central to the early 2016 campaign. Her use of a private email account run from a server kept at her New York home while serving as secretary of state has fed perceptions that she had things to hide. And questions are swirling about foreign donations to the family's charitable foundation and whether that money influenced her work at the State De- partment. Clinton said last month that she used a personal account out of conve- nience. She deleted about 30,000 emails that she has described as personal in nature. POLITICS Pollcasts doubt on Clinton's honesty By David Porter and Jill Colvin The Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. Federal prosecutors brought charges Friday against three former allies of Gov. Chris Christie — but not Christie himself — in the George Washington Bridge traffic scandal, easing the legal threat that has hung over his 2016 White House ambi- tions for more than a year. One of those charged, David Wildstein, a former high-ranking official at the transportation agency that operates the bridge, pleaded guilty, saying he and the other defendants engineered huge traffic jams to get even with a local politician. Christie was not pub- licly implicated in any wrongdoing and appears to be in the clear for now. "Based on the evi- dence currently available to us, we're not going to charge anyone else in this scheme," U.S. Attor- ney Paul Fishman said at a news conference. The Republican gover- nor claimed vindication. "Today's charges make clear that what I've said from day one is true — I had no knowledge or in- volvement in the plan- ning or execution of this act," he said in a state- ment. Wildstein, a former of- ficial at the Port Author- ity of New York and New Jersey, pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges, say- ing in court that he and the other Christie loyal- ists closed lanes and en- gineered the gridlock in September 2013 as po- litical payback against a Democratic mayor. Wildstein, 53, could face about two years in prison at sentencing Aug. 6. The two people he im- plicated — former Chris- tie deputy chief of staff Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni, who was the gov- ernor's top appointee at the Port Authority — were charged in an indictment unsealed later in the day. Essentially, all three de- fendants were accused of misusing public resources for political gain. NEW JERSEY 3 ex-Christie allies charged in scandal By Binaj Gurubacharya and Foster Klug The Associated Press KATHMANDU, NEPAL Nearly a week after a mas- sive earthquake killed more than 6,200 people and col- lapsed buildings, temples and homes, Nepal still ur- gently needs basic aid like shelter and food, while re- mote villages remain cut off from help. Aid workers still face "immense logistical chal- lenges," U.N. humanitar- ian chief Valerie Amos said Friday, noting that the scale of the devastation in Nepal would be an obstacle for any government. The U.N. has estimated the magnitude-7.8 quake that struck April 25 af- fected 8.1 million people — more than a fourth of Ne- pal's population of 27.8 mil- lion. In Kathmandu, rescue workers in orange jump- suits continued to search through collapsed build- ings, but fewer tents were standing in a central part of the capital that had been packed with people in the first few days. Some resi- dents who had been fear- ful of aftershocks have left the city or moved elsewhere. Aidforfamilies The government an- nounced it was giving the equivalent of $1,000 to fam- ilies of each person killed and another $400 for fu- neral costs, state-run Ne- pal Radio said Friday. More than 130,000 houses were destroyed in the quake, according to the U.N. humanitarian office. Near the epicenter, north of Kathmandu, whole villages were in ruins, and residents were in desperate need of temporary shelters against the rain and cold. Isolated hamlets are still cut off because scarce heli- copters can't land in some mountainous areas, and roads have often been de- stroyed, said Amos, who flew over some of those places during a three-day visit. "Of course we are wor- ried that it is taking so long to get to people who des- perately need aid. Some of those villages are virtually flattened. But it's very, very hard to see how we're go- ing to get to them," she said. Some villagers might be able to walk to a place where the aid helicopters could land, but that would be of little help to those who are injured, she added. Much in demand Tents and tarpaulins are the most urgent need, but there's also a demand for water, food, health care and better sanitation. De- bris must be removed, bod- ies recovered, and officials need to determine which buildings are too danger- ous to enter, Amos said. In the past 48 hours, the U.N. Children's Fund, or UNICEF, has delivered nearly 30 metric tons of supplies, including tents, water purification tablets and first aid and hygiene kits. Nepal Information Min- ister Minedra Risal said 400,000 tents are needed immediately, but that the country has only been able to provide 29,000 thus far. In addition to tents and tarpaulins, the government appealed to international donors to send foodstuffs like grain, salt and sugar. It also asked donors to give money for relief ef- forts if they cannot send goods that are immediately needed in the impoverished Himalayan nation. "We have received things like tuna fish and mayon- naise. What good are those things for us?" Finance Minister Ram Sharan Ma- hat told reporters. Krishna Maharjan, a farmer on the outskirts of Kathmandu, brought green onions and cauliflower on his bicycle into the city. "We are trying to get as much fresh food to the peo- ple as possible," he said. "I feel it is our small contri- bution. But that's what we can do and every little bit helps." The death toll from the quake has climbed to 6,260, police said, including those killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest. A European Union offi- cial said about 1,000 peo- ple from Europe still were unaccounted for and had not contacted their embas- sies since the quake struck. EU Ambassador to Ne- pal Rensje Teerink said that "doesn't mean they are dead. It just means they haven't reported back." Most were tourists and trekkers, and many did not register with their embassies. While the U.N. human- itarian office said about 24,000 people are living in 13 camps in Kathmandu, a sense emerged that life was starting to return to normal in the capital in some sem- blance. Only a few dozen tents remained at the Tudikhel grounds in the heart of the city, with less than 1,000 people still there. Earlier in the week, the area had been crowded with more than 30,000 people. HUMANITARIAN AID Nearly a week a er quake, Nepal still needs tents, food PHOTOSBYWALLYSANTANA—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS A local woman watches Nepalese soldiers dig through the rubble of a collapsed home in search of bodies in the Manakamana village, near the epicenter of last week's massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal, on Friday. 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