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Jeff Mason is a White House Correspondent for Reuters and the 2016-2017 president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. He was the lead Reuters correspondent for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign and interviewed the president at the White House in 2015. Jeff has been based in Washington since 2008, when he covered the historic race between Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Jeff started his career in Frankfurt, Germany, where he covered the airline industry before moving to Brussels, Belgium, where he covered the European Union. He is a Colorado native, proud graduate of Northwestern University and former Fulbright scholar.
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Los Angeles, city of fashion and glamour, moves to ban fur products
LOS ANGELES The city of Los Angeles, a leading centre of the world's fashion industry, moved on Tuesday towards becoming the largest U.S. metropolis to outlaw the sale and manufacture of most fur products within its limits.
Plains All American Pipeline convicted in 2015 California oil spill
A California jury on Friday found the Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline company guilty on criminal charges of fouling state waters and harming wildlife in a major oil spill three years ago along the Pacific shoreline near Santa Barbara.
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain wins posthumous Emmys for 'Parts Unknown'
LOS ANGELES U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who committed suicide in June at age 61, posthumously earned a pair of Emmy Awards on Sunday for his work on the popular CNN food-and-travel show he hosted, "Parts Unknown."
Crews fight to outflank raging Northern California wildfire
LOS ANGELES Firefighters battled on Saturday to outflank a wildfire that has forced the closure of an interstate highway in Northern California as the blaze swept through explosively dry mountain timber in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest for a fourth day. | Video
Northern California wildfire threatens homes, closes major highway
LOS ANGELES An intense wildfire roared unchecked for a second day on Thursday through drought-desiccated timber in Northern California's Shasta-Trinity National Forest, threatening scores of homes and forcing the closure of an interstate highway after motorists had to flee their vehicles.
California couple plead not guilty to torturing their 13 children
LOS ANGELES A Southern California couple accused of beating, shackling and starving their 13 children as captives in the family's home pleaded not guilty on Friday to dozens of charges of torture, false imprisonment and abuse. | Video
Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria raised to nearly 3,000
Puerto Rico's official death toll from Hurricane Maria, the most powerful storm to hit the Caribbean island in almost a century, was raised on Tuesday from 64, a number widely discounted as far too low, to nearly 3,000, based on a study ordered by the governor of the U.S. territory. | Video
String of Hawaii disasters gave FEMA head start on Hurricane Lane
Federal emergency managers got an unusual head start preparing for Hurricane Lane, with key personnel and supplies deployed well ahead of the storm in response to a flurry of disaster threats to Hawaii in recent months, officials said on Thursday.
String of Hawaii disasters gave FEMA head start on Hurricane Lane
Federal emergency managers got an unusual head start preparing for Hurricane Lane, with key personnel and supplies deployed well ahead of the storm in response to a flurry of disaster threats to Hawaii in recent months, officials said on Thursday.
String of Hawaii disasters gave FEMA head start on Hurricane Lane
Federal emergency managers got an unusual head start preparing for Hurricane Lane, with key personnel and supplies deployed well ahead of the storm in response to a flurry of disaster threats to Hawaii in recent months, officials said on Thursday.
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- Oil Report: FOCUS-Norway's Aker bets on software engineers for its oil business
- British Pound Report: UPDATE 1-Sterling slips from six-week highs before EU summit
- US Dollar Report: FOREX-Yen at 2-mth low even as trade tensions escalate, pound firm before EU summit