• Pence to begin Latin America tour as global crises grow

    Pence to begin Latin America tour as global crises grow

    Aug 13, 2017 06:10 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence will visit Colombia amid escalating tensions with neighboring Venezuela and North Korea. Pence is set to meet with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday at the start of a weeklong trip to Latin America that is likely to be dominated by conversations about the ...

  • How the Panama papers could affect the presidential race

    How the Panama papers could affect the presidential race

    Apr 06, 2016 03:40 AM EDT

    ... access to them, though none are thought to be as famous as celebrities and politicians from other countries, such as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi. In all, 12 current or former heads of state are included in the legal records from Panama's Mossack Fonseca ...

  • North Face co-founder Douglas Tompkins dies while kayaking in Chile

    North Face co-founder Douglas Tompkins dies while kayaking in Chile

    Dec 09, 2015 03:58 PM EDT

    ... preservation. He was brought by helicopter, not breathing, to a hospital in the town of Coyhaique, and doctors were unable to revive him. Special correspondent Mike Cerre reports from Patagonia on Tompkins' conservation and eco-tourism efforts. Tompkins, 72, co-founder of clothing companies North Face and Esprit, retired in ...

  • Border spat: When optics and substance don't meet

    Border spat: When optics and substance don't meet

    Jul 10, 2014 12:55 PM EDT

    ... the June ruling from the federal appeals court, which backed gay marriage. In former Missouri Rep. Todd Akin’s forthcoming book, with a forward from Mike Huckabee, the failed Senate candidate says he regrets publicly apologizing for his remarks about rape in a campaign ad. Keep an eye on the ...

  • Primary results boost Republican hopes of taking over the Senate

    Primary results boost Republican hopes of taking over the Senate

    May 21, 2014 01:06 PM EDT

    ... to pour a lot of resources into defeating Bevin. And outside groups like the Chamber of Commerce came to the rescue of people like Reps. Mike Simpson and Jack Kingston. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., pulled out a closer-than-he-would-have-liked primary, taking 53 percent of the ...

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    Other News: Firefighters Gain on Calif. Blaze; Biden Defends Stimulus Program

    Sep 03, 2009 04:00 AM EDT

    ... it burned more than 140,000 acres. That made it one of the largest wildfires in Southern California's history. Los Angeles Deputy Fire Chief Mike Bryant toured the damage today with Governor Schwarzenegger. MIKE BRYANT: I just can't say enough of the efforts by firefighters. You look at ...

  • Pelé buried in Brazilian city he made famous

    Pelé buried in Brazilian city he made famous

    Jan 03, 2023 05:37 PM EDT

    ... where Pelé played for most of his career. Pelé was being laid to rest in the city where he grew up, became famous, and helped make into a global capital of his sport. Mass was held at the Vila Belmiro stadium before the black casket was driven through the streets ...

  • California struggles to breathe after year of climate-fueled wildfires

    California struggles to breathe after year of climate-fueled wildfires

    Dec 08, 2017 04:37 PM EDT

    SANTA ROSA, Calif. — As the deadliest fires in California history swept through leafy neighborhoods here, Kathleen Sarmento fled her home in the dark, drove to an evacuation center and began setting up a medical triage unit. Patients with burns and other severe injuries were dispatched to hospitals. She set about ...

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    News Wrap: French Shootings Suspect Killed in Raid After Standoff

    Mar 22, 2012 04:00 AM EDT

    ... We have a report from Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News. JONATHAN RUGMAN: At 11:30 this morning, a firefight broke out in the Rue Sergent Vigne, so ferocious that it lasted almost five minutes, as security forces stormed the apartment where Mohamed Merah had been holed up for more ...

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    Cartographic Clout: GOP, Democrats Vie for Redistricting Dominance

    Oct 20, 2010 09:14 PM EDT

    ... translating into control of 15 to 25 U.S. House seats for the next five cycles. KWAME HOLMAN: Democrats have their own target list. Michael Sargeant directs the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. MICHAEL SARGEANT, executive director, Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee: Democrats have a great opportunity in the state of Texas ...