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Venezuela's opposition ex-candidate says he was forced to sign letter that effectively admits defeat

Venezuela's former opposition candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez, on Wednesday said he was coerced into signing a letter effectively recognizing his defeat in July's presidential election, which electoral authorities claim was won by President Nicolas Maduro. The revelation of the letter is th
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19 Sep 2024

Oversight board says it will help speed up projects to fix Puerto Rico's electric grid

A federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico's finances announced Wednesday that it will step in to help speed up projects to fix the island's crumbling power grid as widespread outages persist. Only $1.2 billion out of more than $17 billion authorized by U.S. Congress to stabilize
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19 Sep 2024

Kim calls for bolstering nuclear and conventional weapons after testing 2 types of missiles

North Korea said Thursday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised successful tests of two types of missiles - one designed to carry a 'super-large conventional warhead" and the other likely for a nuclear warhead, as he ordered officials to bolster up his country's military capabilities to repel U.S.-
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19 Sep 2024

Days after posting mugshot of a boy accused of school threat, sheriff puts video of 2 teens online

Around the country, communities are being battered by a wave of school shooting threats, sparking emergency notifications, urgent group chats and heightened fears among parents that their child's school could be the next Parkland or Sandy Hook or Uvalde - or any other town hit by mass shootings
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19 Sep 2024

Inside the Brooklyn federal jail where Sean 'Diddy' Combs is locked up: violence, squalor and death

As they unsuccessfully fought to keep Sean "Diddy" Combs out of jail after his sex trafficking arrest , the music mogul's lawyers highlighted a litany of horrors at the Brooklyn federal lockup where he was headed: horrific conditions, rampant violence and multiple deaths. Combs, 54, was
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19 Sep 2024

Judge dismisses an assault lawsuit against Knicks owner James Dolan and Harvey Weinstein

A U.S. district judge has dismissed a federal lawsuit by a woman who alleged that New York Knicks owner James Dolan sexually assaulted her a decade ago and then set her up to be molested by jailed movie mogul Harvey Weinstein . U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson on Tuesday dismissed the
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19 Sep 2024

Jean Smart, Ariana Grande, Michael Keaton among hosts for 'SNL' season 50

Fresh off her Emmys win, Jean Smart is taking her comedy to a new audience - she'll kick off "Saturday Night Live's" landmark 50th season. NBC on Thursday announced the lineup of hosts for the season, which premieres Sept. 28. Joining Smart on the first show will be Jelly Roll as the mu
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19 Sep 2024

'Agatha All Along' sets Kathryn Hahn's beguiling witch on a new quest - with a catchy new song

As she reprises her role as the witch everyone loves to hate, Kathryn Hahn says it "makes total sense" she's continuing the story. The "Agatha All Along" star, who first introduced Agatha Harkness to the world in the hit 2021 Marvel series "WandaVision," said the rich complexity of her
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19 Sep 2024

California laws cracking down on election deepfakes by AI face legal challenges

California now has some of the toughest laws in the United States to crack down on election deepfakes ahead of the 2024 election after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three landmark proposals this week at an artificial intelligence conference in San Francisco. The state could be among the firs
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19 Sep 2024