Hanoi, Vietnam — Vietnam has charged a man with rape after an American student said she was assaulted while in her bed during a group holiday. Nguyen Thi Quynh Tam, 24, said she was raped on July 5 and pressured by the man’s family to accept money and not go to police. She said the…
Tons of aid from regional partners began to roll into Colombia on Wednesday, as the search for survivors in the rubble of a powerful earthquake grew more desperate after the temblor razed buildings, buckled roads and crushed cars. The devastation has tested Colombia’s new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, and his government as it scrambles to respond to the disaster…
Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth will win the Republican primary in Minnesota’s gubernatorial race, CBS News projects. Demuth will face Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who won the Democratic primary, in the Nov. 3 general election. The state Republican Party earlier this year endorsed Kendall Qualls over Demuth. While Demuth said in February she was “committed to both…
