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    Tuskegee Airmen Continue to Share Bonds of Brotherhood

    Jun 11, 2012 07:50 PM EDT

    ... serve in combat duty. When the government permitted African-Americans to become fighter pilots, it was a momentous occasion for blacks around the country. Larry Sargent, curator of the Tuskegee Airmen National Museum and former Army combat medic, said it did not matter whether Tuskegee Airmen served and fought overseas ...

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    Santorum: Romney 'Worst Republican' to Face Obama; Picks Fight With Press

    Mar 26, 2012 01:21 PM EDT

    ... it, it's bull." "What are you guys in the business of doing -- reporting the truth -- or are you going to try and spin and make news?" an agitated Santorum then asks. "Stop it." The Santorum campaign attempted to make hay out of the encounter in a fundraising plea emailed ...

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    News Wrap: Americans Win Nobel for Economic Growth, Inflation Research

    Oct 10, 2011 10:13 PM EDT

    ... Nasdaq rose 86 points to close at 2,566. Two Americans won the 2011 Nobel Prize in economics today, Christopher Sims of Princeton and Thomas Sargent of New York University. They were honored for their work in the 1970s and '80s on how government policies can affect economic growth and ...

  • Late founder of North Face fought to build a spectacular park in Patagonia

    Late founder of North Face fought to build a spectacular park in Patagonia

    Dec 10, 2015 10:27 PM EDT

    ... America in a van, surfing and climbing mountains the length of Chile. DOUGLAS TOMPKINS: I'm sort of half-Chilean at this point anyway, half-Argentine. This is where I have been living and working for a long time now. MIKE CERRE: The road less traveled to Patagonia and their ...

  • News wrap: Trump and Putin won’t hold summit in Paris

    News wrap: Trump and Putin won’t hold summit in Paris

    Nov 07, 2018 11:10 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold a summit when they meet this weekend in Paris. Trump said, instead, they will try to hold talks at the G-20 gathering in Argentina. Also, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's planned meeting with ...

  • How natural environments are making piano recitals less formal and more accessible

    How natural environments are making piano recitals less formal and more accessible

    Oct 08, 2024 10:20 PM EDT

    ... people are kind of quiet and don't move and they're kind of stiff. I think it's a bit liberating to play outdoors. Mike Cerre: Mauro Ffortissimo is a transplanted Argentinean pianist, sculptor and performance artist. He started this outdoor piano movement by clandestinely putting a piano on ...

  • Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60

    Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60

    Nov 25, 2020 05:28 PM EDT

    ... chapter. In 2005, he underwent gastric bypass in Colombia, shedding nearly 50 kilograms (more than 100 pounds) before appearing as host of a wildly popular Argentine television talk show. On “10’s Night,” Maradona headed around a ball with Pele, interviewed boxer Mike Tyson and Hollywood celebrities, and taped a ...

  • Critically ill French hantavirus patient is on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11

    Critically ill French hantavirus patient is on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11

    May 13, 2026 06:57 PM EDT

    ... and urine from the patient should have been handled “according to a stricter procedure,” the hospital said. Bynum reported from Savannah, Georgia. Associated Press writers Mike Corder and Molly Quell in The Hague, Netherlands; Suman Naishadham in Madrid; Jamey Keaten in Geneva; Isabel DeBre in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Lauran Neergaard ...

  • Medical teams visit cruise ship passengers dealing with hantavirus outbreak

    Medical teams visit cruise ship passengers dealing with hantavirus outbreak

    May 05, 2026 05:57 PM EDT

    ... suspect the first infected person likely contracted the virus before boarding. She said officials have been told there are no rats on board. Officials in Argentina — where hantavirus led to 28 deaths nationwide last year, according to the health ministry — said they confirmed no passengers had symptoms when the Hondius ...

  • A Dutch cruise ship is waiting for help off the coast of West Africa after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus killed 3

    A Dutch cruise ship is waiting for help off the coast of West Africa after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus killed 3

    May 04, 2026 02:41 PM EDT

    ... a statement Monday. "The risk to the wider public remains low. There is no need for panic or travel restrictions." The weekslong cruise started in Argentina South Africa's Department of Health said the ship had left Ushuaia in southern Argentina for a cruise that included visits to Antarctica, the ...