Despite U.S. sanctions, the country's worst economic crisis in history and dismal job-approval ratings, Nicolás Maduro, who has been president of Venezuela since 2013, has actually tightened his grip on power.
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Every driver in Michigan covered by insurance will be refunded $400 for each vehicle they own, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced. The money comes from a $5 billion surplus held by a personal injury non-profit.
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A former hedge fund manager has surrendered over 180 stolen antiquities valued at $70 million, and will be banned for life from collecting other relics, after a multi-year investigation into his "rapacious" activities.
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A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, which was at the center of a deadly 2017 neo-Nazi rally, will be melted down and turned into a public arts project by a local Black-led non-profit.
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⏰ Everyone has a classic excuse for being late. Stop that endless cycle, with these tips for being more punctual.
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The public health community has known about omicron only for a few weeks, but already Pfizer and Moderna are springing to action to study potential omicron shots — just in case they're needed.
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There's more going on in any five minutes of Drive My Car than in some movies in their entirety. It's an intricately structured drama about love and loss, and the ways in which art can and can't compensate for some of life's disappointments.
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Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing unit of Amazon, reports its "network device issues [are] resolved" after suffering a major outage, leaving thousands of users unable to access huge portions of the internet, including a broad range of apps.
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⏰Here are 5 tips to help you stop being so late (or at least make you more honest about it) from .
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The Kellogg Company announced Tuesday that a majority of its U.S. workers have voted against a proposed five-year contract, and that the company would hire permanent replacements for the employees who went on strike more than two months ago.
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The House on Tuesday night passed a $768 billion defense bill, negotiated between both parties and both chambers.
The National Defense Authorization Act would boost pay by 2.7% for service members.
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The House voted Tuesday night to approve a Senate-hatched plan that could allow Congress to avoid a federal default and tie up other legislative loose ends.
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Renee Montagne recounts the story of her father, his best friend and the girl he fell in love with just days before the Pearl Harbor attack that changed everything.
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Chile approved marriage equality legislation in a landslide vote after four years of inaction.
Both houses of Chile's Congress authorized the measure with overwhelming majorities, making it the eighth Latin American country to allow same sex marriage.
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These 3 YA graphic novels feature protagonists on wildly diverse adventures — but each illustrates the broad relevance of the teen experience.
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At 95, Mel Brooks says he hasn't figured out the meaning of life, but he knows one thing for certain: "I still love comedy. It's my delicious refuge from the world. I hide in humor and comedy." ()
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States that have detected the omicron variant range from Hawaii to Texas to Massachusetts. The reports are part of a new surge in COVID-19 cases in the U.S. that now tops 100,000 cases per day.
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Saule Omarova has withdrawn her nomination to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a little known agency that has a major role in overseeing banks in the country.
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