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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

Texas A&M University is ending its women’s and gender studies program, changing the syllabuses of hundreds of courses and canceling six classes as part of a new policy that limits how professors can discuss some race and gender topics, school officials announced Friday.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Friday to pass a major funding package consisting of five regular appropriations bills and a two-week stopgap measure for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) but the legislation won’t become law before parts of the government shut down at midnight. The 71-29 vote caps a week of Senate drama after a

Don Lemon faces federal charges. Continue reading…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon was released from custody Friday after he was arrested and hit with federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church. Lemon was arrested overnight in Los Angeles, while another independent journalist and two protest participants were

Border officers recently stopped wads of cash from going into Mexico, and loads of drugs from coming into the U.S.  

At least 14 people have been hospitalized.

Body camera video released Friday shows a deputy pulling over Olympic track star Sha’Carri Richardson before she was arrested on Florida's 'super speeder" law.

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (WTAJ) -- Will it be an early spring or six more weeks of winter? It's almost time for Punxsutawney Phil -- the seer of seers -- to give us his prediction. Every Feb. 2, Phil emerges from his home in Gobbler's Knob as thousands gather to celebrate him and Groundhog Day. WTAJ will

Many local governments are concerned about what the citizen-led movement to ban property taxes could mean for their ability to function.