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By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — It’s her choice — but one on which the hopes of millions of Venezuelans fighting to restore their democracy depends. Barred from running for office, opposition leader María Corina Machado is facing pressure from foreign leaders and fellow government opponents to abandon

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A law that would allow Texas law enforcement to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. is back on hold. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late Tuesday issued an order preventing its enforcement, just hours after the Supreme Court allowed the strict new

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the far-left independent from Vermont, this week introduced a bill that would shorten to 32 hours the amount of

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — About 1.4 million Haitians are on the verge of famine and more than 4 million require food aid. Sometimes people are eating only once a day or not at all. Officials are trying to rush food, water and medical supplies to makeshift shelters

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s new ride is a Russian luxury limousine gifted by President Vladimir Putin. Kim’s sister and senior official, Kim Yo Jong, said Saturday that the car’s unspecified “special function” is perfect and that the limousine symbolizes deepening bilateral ties. In

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Those walking through the milling streets of downtown Mexico City were greeted with a strange and sleepy sight. Touting bright blue yoga mats, sleeping masks and travel pillows, hundreds of Mexicans laid sprawled out on the ground at the base of the city’s iconic Monument to

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The University of Maryland has lifted its suspension of most fraternities and sororities after an investigation into hazing and alcohol-related activities. The university said Friday that five chapters will remain under investigation and continue to be subject to limited restrictions on activities. The university announced on

DENVER (AP) — One of three teens charged with starting a house fire in Denver that killed five members of a Senegalese family has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. The Denver Post reports 19-year-old Gavin Seymour on Friday received the maximum term he faced after pleading guilty in January to one count of

By CLAIRE RUSH and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials say a post-flight inspection revealed a missing panel on a 25-year-old Boeing 737-800 after it arrived at its destination in southern Oregon. United Flight 433 left San Francisco at 10:20 a.m. Friday and landed at Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport in Medford shortly

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Twenty-two historic artifacts that were looted following the Battle of Okinawa in World War II have been returned to Japan after a family from Massachusetts discovered them in their late father’s personal items. The FBI said Friday that the artifacts date back to the 18th and 19th

By AMY BETH HANSON and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A weekly ski trip for about 50 women from the Denver area turned into an overnight ordeal when their bus got stuck in a snowstorm behind jackknifed semi tractor-trailers on their way back from Vail. One woman called it a test of perseverance

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House voted Friday to choke off funding for diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities following an impassioned debate that had a GOP lawmaker dismissing DEI efforts as a failure and Democrats defending them as pillars of support for students from underrepresented groups.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A judge will appoint a special master to oversee a federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates. The Friday order encompasses the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin. The is prison is about 21 miles east of Oakland. It marks the first time a facility run by

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors have wrapped up their case against an Afghan refugee in the first of three trials stemming from allegations that he gunned down three Muslim men over the course of several days in 2022. The weeklong trial of Muhammad Syed focused on the first killing

By KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can prosecute Donald Trump on charges that he interfered with Georgia’s 2020 election now that a special prosecutor with whom she had a romantic relationship has withdrawn from the case. But the long-term impacts of allegations of impropriety that

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A Navajo state senator in Arizona says she’s hoping for final approval of her bill to tighten regulations for rehab facilities amid widespread fraud that has bilked hundreds of millions in Medicaid dollars. Hundreds of Native Americans seeking help for addictions have also been scammed. The legislation

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware State Police are asking a judge to dismiss several claims in a lawsuit filed by the brother of a mentally ill woman whom an officer killed after firing a shotgun at him. The lawsuit alleges that Trooper Dean Johnson used excessive force when she shot

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge presiding over a lawsuit challenging the quality of health care in Arizona’s prisons is considering whether to launch a third contempt-of-court proceeding against the state for failing to improve prisoner care. Judge Roslyn Silver says Arizona’s system for providing medical and mental health care

MADISON, Ind. (AP) — A prosecutor says a southern Indiana woman fatally shot her three children before turning the gun on herself last December. Jefferson County Prosecutor David Sutter said Friday the bodies of 35-year-old Naomi Briner, 12-year-old Adelia Briner, 8-year-old Leland Briner and 6-year-old Iyla Briner were found dead inside their burning home in

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor has approved an overhaul of social media laws meant to protect children as the state fends off multiple lawsuits challenging their constitutionality. Republican legislative leaders announced at the beginning of this year that they would prioritize revising a pair of policies that imposed