The United States has urged its citizens to leave Venezuela immediately amid reports that armed paramilitaries are trying to track down US citizens, one week after the capture of the South American country's president, Nicols Maduro. In a security alert sent out on Saturday, the state department said there were reports of armed members of pro-regime militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence that the occupants were US citizens or supporters of the country.
Most people of Somali descent in America are citizens, including those living in Minnesota, according to estimates from the American Community Survey, an ongoing survey conducted by the Census Bureau.
The Washington National Opera is leaving the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, its home since 1971. Friday's news, shared with NPR in a statement via email from the opera company, comes in response to new policies which the 70-year-old performing arts group said strain its financial model.
The promise of artificial intelligence was front and center at this year's CES gadget show. But spicing up a simple machine like a refrigerator with unnecessary AI was also a surefire way to win the "Worst in Show." The annual contest that no tech company wants to win announced its decisions Thursday.
Timothy Busfield Charged With Child Sex Abuse On The Cleaning Lady's New Mexico Set; WBTV Will "Cooperate With Law Enforcement"
President Trump declared a national emergency to shield Venezuelan oil revenue held by the U.S. government from seizure by private creditors, framing it as critical to U.S. national security and regional stability.
The United Arab Emirates has restricted funding for its citizens who want to study at British universities, the latest sign of tensions over the UK's decision not to proscribe the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group. Abu Dhabi's decision to exclude UK institutions from a list of universities eligible for state scholarships comes as relations between the two historic allies have frayed in recent years. In June, the UAE higher education ministry published a list of global universities for which scholarships would be approved and qualifications certified, as part of reforms that limited funding to the best-performing institutions. Read more
When U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets his Danish and Greenlandic counterparts next week, Denmark will be defending a territory that has been moving steadily away from it and towards independence since 1979.
A measles outbreak in South Carolina that began in October continues to rage, with the state health department reporting Friday that nearly 100 new cases have been identified just in the last three days.
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the tiny cities of Morgan Hill and Petaluma over their ordinances banning natural gas infrastructure and appliances in new construction.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign following two shooting incidents involving federal authorities this week, one of which was fatal.
7 days after Pearl Harbor. This was the last time the Bears defeated the Packers in the playoffs. Read more
Now, Mr. Brin and Mr. Page are cutting some ties with the state where they made their fortunes. In the 10 days before Christmas, an entity connected to Mr. Brin, 52, terminated or moved 15 California limited liability companies that oversee some of his business interests and investments out of the state, according to documents seen by The New York Times. Seven of the companies " including those that appear to manage one of Mr. Brin's superyachts and his interest in a private air terminal at San Jose's international airport " were converted into Nevada entities. Read more
Sweet child in time
You'll see the line The line that's drawn between Good and bad
See the blind man Shooting at the world
Bullets flying, Ohh taking toll
If you've been bad Oh Lord I bet you have And you've not been hit Oh by flying lead You'd better close your eyes Ooohhhh bow your head Wait for the ricochet
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Tucker Carlson has joined the multitude of conservatives with commentary on the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, who was killed on Wednesday in Minneapolis by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. However, the former Fox News host had a starkly different reaction than many of his peers.
