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Tractor-trailer crash on I-81 causing delays in Roanoke County

A vehicle crash at mile marker 139 on I-81 is causing delays for both northbound and southbound traffic, according to VDOT.

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Tractor-trailer crash on I-81 causing delays in Roanoke County

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Leftist's election to test Colombia's alliance with US

It’s one of the United States’ few enduring alliances in an often-turbulent Latin America, one built around a decades-long partnership combating the nation’s drug cartels.

Italy seizes 4 tons of cocaine linked to Colombian Gulf Clan

Italian agents have confiscated 4.3 tons of cocaine with a street value of nearly a quarter-billion euros (dollars) in the northeastern port city of Trieste, dealing a blow to Colombia’s feared Gulf Clan in one of the largest drug busts ever in Europe

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Italy seizes 4 tons of cocaine linked to Colombian Gulf Clan

Italian agents have confiscated 4.3 tons of cocaine with a street value of nearly a quarter-billion euros (dollars) in the northeastern port city of Trieste, dealing a blow to Colombia's feared Gulf Clan in one of the largest drug busts ever in Europe.

Leader of now-defunct Colombian drug cartel dies in US jail

An elderly leader of the former Cali cartel that smuggled vast amounts of cocaine from Colombia to the United States in the 1980s and 1990s has died in a U.S. prison.

Happy is an Asian elephant. But is she also a person?

She has four limbs, expressive eyes and likes to stroll through greenery in New York City.

Colombia cartel shuts down towns over leader’s extradition

The Gulf Clan drug cartel in Colombia has shut down dozens of towns for four days in reaction its leader's extradition to the U.S. for trial.

Colombia extradites feared head of Gulf Clan to US

Colombia has extradited the alleged head of the feared Gulf Clan, to the United States where he faces indictments in three federal courts.

Maluma on historic Medillín show, fulfilling lifelong dream

Fresh from the special unveiling of his Madame Tussauds wax figure in Medellín, Colombia, Maluma is ready to give the largest concert ever held at the Atanasio Girardot Soccer Stadium in his hometown.

Colombia plans to declare Pablo Escobar's "cocaine hippos" an invasive species. Many locals worry the plan could harm the animals.

Escobar's hippos have become a sort of local tourist attraction in the years since the kingpin was killed by police in 1993.

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Locals fret as Colombia to declare hippos invasive species

People around the Colombian town of Puerto Triunfo have grown accustomed to living near the herd of hippopotamuses descended from a few that were imported illegally from Africa in the 1980s by flamboyant drug lord Pablo Escobar

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Locals fret as Colombia to declare hippos invasive species

Álvaro Molina has had his run-ins with the burly bunch of neighbors with disreputable contacts who showed up about a decade ago along the river in front of his house in Colombia's Antioquia province. People around Puerto Triunfo have grown accustomed to the herd of hippopotamuses descended from a few that were imported illegally from Africa in the 1980s by flamboyant drug lord Pablo Escobar, whose former ranch is nearby. Molina, 57, says he supports the hippos even though he is one of the few Colombians to have been attacked by one.

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Biden warns Russia will attack Ukraine in coming days

President Joe Biden said Friday the U.S. has "reason to believe" Russian forces are planning "to attack Ukraine" in the coming days, including the capital, Kyiv. To Russian President Vladimir Putin, Biden said Moscow can still choose diplomacy. (Feb. 19)

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EXPLAINER: Why are Florida waters so dangerous for migrants?

The turbulent ocean waters around Florida can be treacherous even on a calm, sunny day.

Colombian leader sees opportunity in cannabis, but not coca

Colombian President Iván Duque has high hopes for the medical marijuana industry in a country that has been waging a costly war against a different drug — cocaine — for decades.

Pablo Escobar's "cocaine hippos" are legally people, U.S. judge rules

The case involves a lawsuit over whether to kill or sterilize the hippos whose numbers are growing at a fast pace and pose a threat to biodiversity.

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US judge: Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos legally 'people'

A U.S. court order says the offspring of hippos once owned by Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar can be recognized as people with legal rights in the U.S. The case involves a lawsuit against the Colombian government over whether to kill or sterilize the hippos whose numbers are growing at a fast pace.

US judge: Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos legally 'people'

The offspring of hippos once owned by Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar can be recognized as people or “interested persons” with legal rights in the U.S. following a federal court order. The case involves a lawsuit against the Colombian government over whether to kill or sterilize the hippos whose numbers are growing at a fast pace and pose a threat to biodiversity. An animal rights groups is hailing the order as a milestone victory in the long sought efforts to sway the U.S. justice system to grant animals personhood status.

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In Utah, it's raining fish

Fish stocks in hundreds of isolated lakes high in the Utah mountains are replenished via a novel approach – from the air. Correspondent Conor Knighton profiles the team responsible for delivering fresh fish by airplane.

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Colombia's most wanted drug lord captured in jungle raid

Colombian authorities captured the country’s most wanted drug trafficker for whom the U.S. government had been offering a $5 million reward.

Wolves make a return to Yellowstone National Park

Biologists say the return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park has brought a balance to the natural world. But some say that achievement is threatening their own way of life. Michelle Miller looks at how new laws could affect the effort to restore these animals to the wild.

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How to bury a terrorist? Peru debates what to do with the remains of Shining Path founder Abimael Guzmán.

The debate over the remains of the ruthless Maoist leader is forcing the country to again confront the most brutal period in its past.

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Fear and love surround Escobar's hippos thriving in Colombia

A hippo warning stands on the shore of a lagoon near Doral, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. The humans in this rural area have embraced the hippos as their own, in part because of the tourist dollars they bring in. The scientists began working on the hippo population forecast last year after one of the animals chased and severely injured a poor farmer. “They love them.”Serna said each procedure can cost around $8,500 — a steep price for the regional environmental agency that oversees the animals. Echeverri said the agency has conducted 10 sterilizations and relocated four juvenile hippos to Colombian zoos.

El Chapo and Pablo Escobar ruled by bribes and bullets

Peter Vincent, a former DOJ lawyer, helped extradite more than 500 narco-traffickers from Colombia

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What's inside Pablo Escobar's safe?

A second safe found on the property of notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar was discovered during demolition of the property in Miami Beach. CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers reports.

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