PRESIDENTIAL RACE-REPUBLICANS

GREENVILLE, South Carolina — Republicans presidential hopefuls aim to out-do each other in making their pitches to a conservative audience in a key early voting primary state. 

MISSING NYC BOY

NEW YORK — The father of Etan Patz believed for decades he knew who killed his 6-year-old son on the way to school in 1979, and it wasn't the man whose trial he was about to endure. 

CUBA-GAY RIGHTS

HAVANA — The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro sponsors a blessing ceremony for gay couples on an island where gay marriage remains illegal. 

SEVERE WEATHER

CISCO, Texas — Multiple tornadoes tear through Texas, leaving one person dead and others unaccounted for in a sparsely populated farming and ranching area as the system slowly weakened while advancing toward Fort Worth.

COLOMBIA-DRUGS

BOGOTA, Colombia — President Juan Manuel Santos announces he is halting use of a herbicide that has been a key part of U.S.-financed efforts to wipe out cocaine crops, saying Colombia will seek other ways to destroy coca plants. 

GUN CONTROL RALLY

NEW YORK — Hundreds of men, women and children, including fashion designer Donna Karan, march across the Brooklyn Bridge demanding stricter gun laws and offering a litany of violent stories to show why such laws are needed.