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Flames rise from flare stacks at the Amuay refinery in Los Taques, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

US forces seize seventh sanctioned tanker linked to Venezuela in Trump’s effort to control its oil

January 20, 2026 at 4:53 p.m.

U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as the Trump administration continues its efforts to take control of the South...

People gather around a makeshift memorial honoring the victim of a fatal shooting involving federal law enforcement agents, near the site of the shooting, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)

Wife of Minnesota woman killed in ICE shooting: ‘We had whistles. They had guns’

January 9, 2026 at 3:24 p.m.

It was the first public comment from Rebecca Good about the death of Renee Good, the mother of three killed Wednesday when three Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers surrounded and...

People gather for a vigil after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a woman earlier in the day, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis was a mother of 3, poet and new to the city

January 8, 2026 at 6:06 a.m.

The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis was Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had recently moved to...

A government supporter holds an image of President Nicolas Maduro during a women’s march to demand his return in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, three days after U.S. forces captured him and his wife. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

US seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures and sales worldwide

January 7, 2026 at 8:37 p.m.

President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday sought to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing a pair of sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announcing plans to relax some sanctions so...

Charlie Kirk hands out hats before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News)

Charlie Kirk’s shooting death exposes security gaps at political events

September 11, 2025 at 2:01 p.m.

The assassination of Charlie Kirk offers the latest example of how ordinary security measures can be defeated in an era of escalating political violence, when anyone associated with the political...

President Donald Trump, left, listens as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Sunday, July 6, 2025, en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Donald Trump appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from privatizing weather forecasts

July 9, 2025 at 8:55 a.m.

Deadly weekend flooding in central Texas has drawn a spotlight to budget cuts and staff reductions at the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, two agencies...

Officials ride a boat as they arrive to assist with a recovery effort at Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Debate erupts over role job cuts played in weather forecasts ahead of deadly Texas floods

July 7, 2025 at 1:16 p.m.

Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s deep staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives.

Police and coast guard boats are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Pilots have long worried about DC’s complex airspace contributing to a catastrophe

January 30, 2025 at 7:29 p.m.

The airspace around Washington, D.C., is congested and complex — a combination aviation experts have long worried could lead to catastrophe.

People donate blood for those who were injured by their exploded handheld pagers, at a Red Cross center, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

What to know about the two waves of deadly explosions that hit Lebanon and Syria

September 18, 2024 at 3:40 p.m.

Just one day after pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded, more electronic devices detonated in Lebanon Wednesday in what appeared to be a second...

Ryan Wesley Routh takes part in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Man accused of trying to kill Trump wrote a book urging Iran to assassinate the ex-president

September 16, 2024 at 3:31 p.m.

Ryan Routh portrayed himself online as a man who built housing for homeless people in Hawaii, tried to recruit fighters for Ukraine to defend itself against Russia, and described his...

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