• News Wrap: More unconfirmed clues emerge in Metrojet investigation

    News Wrap: More unconfirmed clues emerge in Metrojet investigation

    Nov 04, 2015 01:10 AM EST

    ... tensions with China today over disputes in the South China Sea. Last week, the U.S. Navy sent a warship past Chinese-built islands, through waters that Beijing claims. At a meeting there today, Admiral Harry Harris said the move wasn't meant as a threat. But a top Chinese ...

  • Beau Biden remembered as selfless son, consummate public servant

    Beau Biden remembered as selfless son, consummate public servant

    Jun 07, 2015 04:07 PM EST

    ... those Fridays over breakfast. "He was our protector, our mediator, the captain of our lives," she said. The funeral for Beau Biden, who died at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington, capped three days of public mourning in which the vice president and his family were both the ...

  • News Wrap: Strong wind driving California wildfires subsides

    News Wrap: Strong wind driving California wildfires subsides

    May 15, 2014 11:21 PM EST

    ... cars were sold mostly in the U.S. GM is in the midst of a major safety review after disclosing it had waited years before recalling cars with faulty ignition switches linked to 13 deaths. GWEN IFILL: Trade unions in Turkey staged a one-day strike to protest what is ...

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    The painful story behind modern anesthesia

    Oct 16, 2013 06:49 PM EST

    ... this is no humbug!" William Thomas Green Morton. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Morton named his "creation" Letheon, after the Lethe River of Greek mythology. Drinking its waters, the ancients contended, erased painful memories. Hardly such an exotic elixir, Morton's stuff was actually sulfuric ether. Regardless of composition, Letheon inspired a ...

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    News Wrap: Leon Panetta Announces U.S. Surge Troops Withdrawn from Afghanistan

    Sep 21, 2012 10:14 PM EST

    ... the evidence on the record doesn't support a knowing violation of ethics rules or any other standard of conduct with respect to Rep. Maxine Waters by a clear and convincing standard. KWAME HOLMAN: The report did raise questions about actions by Waters' grandson and chief of staff, Mikael Moore ...

  • OJ Simpson, disgraced football hero who was acquitted of murder in 'trial of the century,' dies at 76

    OJ Simpson, disgraced football hero who was acquitted of murder in 'trial of the century,' dies at 76

    Apr 11, 2024 03:28 PM EST

    ... yards — the first running back to break the 2,000-yard rushing mark. "I was part of the history of the game," he said years later, recalling that season. "If I did nothing else in my life, I'd made my mark." Of course, Simpson went on to other fame ...

  • Live Updates: Witness testimony resumes as third week of Trump hush money trial winds down

    Live Updates: Witness testimony resumes as third week of Trump hush money trial winds down

    May 10, 2024 03:24 PM EST

    ... former White House aide Madeleine Westerhout. “My understanding was that he knew it would be hurtful to his family,” she testified on Friday, though she later acknowledged not recalling him saying so specifically. The answer, elicited by Trump lawyer Susan Necheles, went to the defense’s argument that Daniels was ...

  • Turkey detains 33 people suspected of spying for Israel

    Turkey detains 33 people suspected of spying for Israel

    Jan 03, 2024 01:12 AM EST

    ... Ankara becoming one of the strongest critics of Israel’s military actions in Gaza.Israel initially withdrew its diplomats from Turkey over security concerns and later announced it was recalling its diplomats for political reasons, citing “increasingly harsh statements” from Turkish officials. Turkey also pulled out its ambassador from Israel ...

  • Celebrity attorney F. Lee Bailey dead at 87

    Celebrity attorney F. Lee Bailey dead at 87

    Jun 03, 2021 10:00 PM EST

    ... turned up recordings of Fuhrman making racist slurs. Even though Fuhrman remained cool under pressure, and some legal experts called the confrontation a draw, Bailey, recalling the exchange months later, said, “That was the day Fuhrman dug his own grave.” Bailey earned acquittals for many of his clients, but he ...

  • News Wrap: France recalling ambassadors from U.S., Australia over submarine deal

    News Wrap: France recalling ambassadors from U.S., Australia over submarine deal

    Sep 17, 2021 10:45 PM EST

    ... within the duties and responsibilities of the chairman. Amna Nawaz: Milley said he will have much more to say at a U.S. Senate hearing later this month. A newly released U.N. report finds greenhouse gas emissions worldwide are set to rise 16 percent 16 2030 from 2010 levels ...