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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 ...

  • Transgender woman poised to make Argentine soccer history

    Transgender woman poised to make Argentine soccer history

    Feb 15, 2020 01:42 AM EDT

    ... getting recently have forced her to alter her routine of soccer training and working shifts as a manicurist and hair-straightener, which she does to make a living while studying nursing. Villa San Carlos is in last place in the current first division tournament and is fighting to not descend ...

  • WATCH: Trump celebrates mass federal firings in his speech to supporters at CPAC

    WATCH: Trump celebrates mass federal firings in his speech to supporters at CPAC

    Feb 22, 2025 10:58 PM EDT

    ... great friend of mine” and said “you must be doing something right, hanging out with Trump." He noted that Milei was “a MAGA guy, too, Make Argentina Great Again." Duda is a populist who has enjoyed a close relationship with Trump in years past. Poland is a longtime ally of ...

  • Trump tells Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei he plans to visit Buenos Aires

    Trump tells Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei he plans to visit Buenos Aires

    Nov 23, 2023 04:57 PM EDT

    ... victory with a social media post of his own on Tuesday. "I am very proud of you. You will turn your country around and truly make Argentina great again," Trump said in a video published on social media Tuesday. Milei has often been compared to Trump, whom he praised in ...

  • Argentina's newly sworn-in President Milei warns of shock adjustment to economy

    Argentina's newly sworn-in President Milei warns of shock adjustment to economy

    Dec 10, 2023 10:51 PM EDT

    ... flag that is often associated with the U.S. libertarian right and which Milei and his supporters have adopted. “Economically, we are just like every Argentine, trying to make it to the end of the month,” said Wenceslao Aguirre, one of Milei’s supporters. “It’s been a very complicated ...

  • Argentines head to the polls amid country's economic crisis

    Argentines head to the polls amid country's economic crisis

    Oct 22, 2023 07:40 PM EDT

    ... gained support from Argentines struggling to make ends meet amid annual inflation of 140% and a rapidly depreciating currency. His platform also calls for reshaping Argentine culture, and he casts himself as a crusader against the sinister forces of socialism at home and abroad. “Argentina is in for a wild ...