New York Rep. Chris Collins slams Mitt Romney, a possible secretary of state nominee, as a "self-serving egomaniac" in an interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo.
Sailing is a nuanced, complex process—now imagine doing it blind. That's exactly what Walt Raineri, Kris Scheppe and Scott Ford do as Blind Match Racing Team USA 1. Blind Sailing International organizes sailing races around the world for the blind. To navigate, sailors use audio sound buoys along the courses, as well as sound emitters on their boats to avoid crashes. For these competitors, a lack of eyesight is no hurdle. In Raineri’s words, “add a little bit of courage and you can do just about anything.”
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A century ago, there were a million Attwater's prairie chickens roaming around the United States. Now, there fewer than 100 left in the wild. These small, critically endangered fowls are native to coastal areas of Texas and Louisiana. Urbanization and other forms of habitat loss have been the major factors in their population decline. But the Houston Zoo started a captive breeding program to help reintroduce these birds back into the wild.
President-elect Donald Trump alleged, without evidence, that "millions of people" voted illegally for Hillary Clinton and otherwise he would have won the popular vote.
Since the election, the Southern Poverty Law Center has documented more than 700 incidents of hateful harassment or intimidation against minorities. According to CAIR, at least 100 anti-Muslim incidents have taken place during that same period.
President-elect Donald Trump appoints two more people to his White House staff and his options for secretary of state continue to grow. Jim Acosta reports.
In an interview with CNN's Jim Sciutto, former State Department and Clinton White House official Jamie Metzl says the Chinese will stand to benefit from the US pullout of the Trans-Pacific partnership.
Cuban jazz musician and Grammy Award-winner Arturo Sandoval talks to CNN's Zain Asher about the reaction from the exile community to Fidel Castro's death.
CNN's Dana Bash & Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders discuss the Democratic Party's future, vote recounts and how presidents should respond to Fidel Castro's death.
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said he believes President Barack Obama was right to offer Fidel Castro's family condolences for their loss, despite Castro's cruel past as Cuba's dictator.
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont says that while a vote recount in Wisconsin is within people's rights, the majority of the US population is uninterested.
Sen. Marco Rubio tells Dana Bash that Rudy Giuliani is a friend and supporter whom he likes and knows well. Giuliani is in contention for secretary of state.
Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation and Richard Tofel of ProPublica describe a post-election surge in donations and subscriptions and what they're doing with the money.