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Venezuela announces amnesty bill that could lead to mass release of political prisoners
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Friday announced an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of prisoners, including opposition leaders, journalists and human rights activists detained for political reasons.The measure had long been sought by the United States-backed opposition. It is the latest concession Rodríguez has made since taking the reins of the country on Jan. 3 after the brazen seizure of then-President Nicolás Maduro in a U.S. military attack in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas.
Rodríguez told a... Read More
From stilettos to safety concerns on Inauguration Day: 4 takeaways from Melania Trump's new movie
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new documentary “Melania” opens on a close-up of the trademark stilettos of first lady Melania Trump as she walks the halls of Mar-a-Lago, her Palm Beach home, in early January 2025, following her as she climbs into a dark SUV for the short drive to the airport and a flight aboard her husband's personal plane to New York and their Trump Tower penthouse home.The movie, which stretches nearly two hours, is a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the first lady's life during the 20 days before she resumed the role last year. The first lady, who is known to... Read More
Huge cache of Epstein documents includes emails financier exchanged with wealthy and powerful
WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge new tranche of files on millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released Friday revealed details of his communications with the wealthy and powerful, some not long before he died by suicide in 2019.The Justice Department said it was disclosing more than 3 million pages of documents, as well as thousands of videos and photos, as required by a law passed by Congress. By Friday evening, more than 600,000 documents had been published online. Millions of files that prosecutors had identified as potentially subject to release under the law... Read More
Catherine O'Hara, Emmy-winning comic actor of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'Home Alone' fame, dies at 71
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catherine O’Hara, a gifted Canadian-born comic actor and “SCTV” alum who starred as Macaulay Culkin’s harried mother in two “Home Alone” movies and won an Emmy as the dramatically ditzy wealthy matriarch Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek,” died Friday. She was 71.O’Hara died at her home in Los Angeles “following a brief illness,” according to a statement from her representatives at Creative Artists Agency. Further details were not immediately available.
O’Hara’s career was launched with the Second City comedy group in It was... Read More
âDances With Wolvesâ actor Nathan Chasing Horse convicted on sexual assault charges
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada jury on Friday convicted “Dances With Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse of sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls in a case that sent shock waves through Indian Country.The jurors in Las Vegas found Chasing Horse guilty of 13 of the 21 charges he faced. Most of the guilty verdicts centered on Chasing Horse’s conduct with a victim who was 14 when he began assaulting her. He was acquitted of some sexual assault charges when the main victim was older and lived with him and his other companions.
Chasing Horse, 49, faces a minimum... Read More
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- Catherine O'Hara, Emmy-winning comic actor of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'Home Alone' fame, dies at 71
- Justice Department releases largest batch yet of Epstein documents, says it totals 3 million pages
- Senate passes Trump-backed government funding deal, sending to House
- Thousands face another arctic blast without power as East Coast preps for a storm
- Journalist Don Lemon charged with federal civil rights crimes after covering anti-ICE church protest
- US stocks fall while a break in gold fever sends metals prices plunging
- Trump's choice of Warsh to lead Fed could reshape the world's most influential central bank
- The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the killing of Alex Pretti
- Israel reopening Gazaâs border crossing with Egypt on Sunday after long closure
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- From stilettos to safety concerns on Inauguration Day: 4 takeaways from Melania Trump's new movie
- Catherine O'Hara, Emmy-winning comic actor of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'Home Alone' fame, dies at 71
- âDances With Wolvesâ actor Nathan Chasing Horse convicted on sexual assault charges
- Macaulay Culkin, Meryl Streep and more pay tribute to Catherine O'Hara, who died at 71
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- Luka Doncic has a triple-double (26 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds) before halftime
- Nuggets' Nikola Jokic returns to lineup against Clippers in 1st game since knee injury on Dec. 29
- Justin Rose breaks his 36-hole record at Torrey Pines. Brooks Koepka makes it to the weekend
- Trump announces upcoming IndyCar race through Washington's streets â including Pennsylvania Avenue


