Feb 12 Watch 5:57 News Wrap: Biden eulogizes John Dingell at memorial service In our news wrap Tuesday, the Senate approved a sweeping public lands bill by a huge majority, 92 to 8. The measure would add a million acres of protected wilderness, expand several national parks and create four new national monuments. Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch 6:26 The shocking violence that characterized the reign of ‘El Chapo’ After a trial lasting nearly three months, the Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, more widely known as “El Chapo,” was convicted Tuesday and now faces the possibility of life in prison. Prosecutors said that during Guzman's reign, the Sinaloa cartel… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch 9:33 In Venezuela, protests over aid mount amid humanitarian and political crises By Nadja Drost, Bruno Frederico In Venezuela, tens of thousands took to the streets demanding that President Nicolas Maduro allow emergency aid into the stricken country, where inflation has made basic necessities unaffordable. Many Venezuelans are urging Maduro to step down and let opposition leader… Continue watching
Feb 12 Polar bears move into Russian town by the dozens By Associated Press Regional authorities in Russia declared a state of emergency over the weekend. Continue reading
Feb 12 After El Chapo conviction, Sinaloa drug cartel carries on By Maria Verza, Mark Stevenson, Associated Press Heaping bags of fentanyl and plastic tubs of crystal meth, heroin and cocaine offer no sign that the cartel has been weakened, lost sway over its traditional territory in northwestern Mexico or seen its international reach curtailed. Continue reading
Feb 12 Trial of Catalan separatists begins in Madrid amid protests By Aritz Parra, Joseph Wilson, Associated Press A politically charged trial of a dozen Catalan separatist leaders got underway Tuesday in Spain's Supreme Court amid protests and the possibility of an early general election being called in the country. Continue reading
Feb 12 U.S. jury convicts Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ By Tom Hays, Associated Press Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a… Continue reading
Feb 12 UK’s Theresa May asks lawmakers for more time on Brexit By Jill Lawless, Associated Press British Prime Minister Theresa May urged restive lawmakers Tuesday to give her more time to rework a divorce agreement with the European Union, heightening concerns that Brexit uncertainty will continue right up to the edge of the U.K.'s departure on… Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch 5:46 News Wrap: House Democratic leaders condemn tweet by Omar In our news wrap Monday, Democratic leaders criticized freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for a tweet accusing a powerful pro-Israel lobbying group of paying members of Congress to support Israel. Also, a Democratic delegate from Virginia backed down on his… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 8:10 After nerve agent attack, this UK city tries to woo back visitors By Malcolm Brabant It has been almost a year since Kremlin intelligence officers attempted to kill a Russian defector in the British city of Salisbury by poisoning him with a nerve agent. That attack, and the subsequent death of a British woman, scared… Continue watching