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Denver making bid to host 2028 Democratic National Convention

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The last time Denver hosted the Democratic National Convention, a not-yet-gray Barack Obama stood before 80,000 people in a stadium pulsating with excitement and chants of “yes we can” as he accepted his party’s nomination for president of the United States.

Twenty years later, Denver’s city leaders want to re-create that moment: the ...Read more

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After outpatient cosmetic surgery, they wound up in the hospital or alone at a recovery house

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Lisa Farris worried that a nasty infection from recent liposuction and a tummy tuck was rapidly getting worse. So she phoned the cosmetic surgery center to ask if she should head to the emergency room, she alleges in a lawsuit.

The nurse who took the call at the Sono Bello center in Addison, Texas, told her she “absolutely should not” go to...Read more

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Southern California agave owners have been hacked. What are thieves doing with those filched leaves?

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LOS ANGELES — The unidentified white van slowly and stealthily pulled up outside the million-dollar-plus homes under the cover of darkness, grainy surveillance footage showed.

The thief or thieves parked on the street at such an angle that they were hidden from neighbors’ doorbell surveillance cameras. Then they went to work.

It was only ...Read more

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Trump's 'Golden Fleet' plan to resurrect battleships meets sharp criticism in Connecticut submarine country

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President Donald Trump’s stunning year-end announcement that he is redirecting decades of U.S. Naval planning by re-emphasizing surface, rather than submarine warfare with construction of a new class of battleships is running into a buzzsaw of skepticism and could face a Congressional challenge.

Among the critics is U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-...Read more

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This California political leader wants federal immigration reform. First, she has to survive Trump

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Since President Trump's immigration raids began sweeping through California's cities and farm fields, state Senate President Monique Limón has carried a copy of her passport.

"Just in case," she said.

Limón is one of the most powerful politicians in the state behind Gov. Gavin Newsom, but the detainment of American citizens, including U.S. ...Read more

Michigan reveals vetted literacy programs for school districts tied to law

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The Michigan Department of Education met its Jan. 1 deadline to publish lists of materials that align with the state's new literacy laws, providing school districts with vetted tools to help students who struggle in learning to read.

In late December, the state published two lists as required by the state's dyslexia and science of reading laws....Read more

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Kim Jong Un tests hypersonic missiles after US seizes Maduro

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of hypersonic missiles a day after the U.S. seized Venezuelan leader Nicholas Maduro in an act that Pyongyang denounced as a “rogue and brutal” violation of international laws.

The missiles were fired on Sunday to verify the weapon system’s sustainability and effectiveness, official Korean ...Read more

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Trump's Venezuela oil revival plan is a $100 billion gamble

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Realizing President Donald Trump’s plan for a U.S.-led revival of Venezuela’s beleaguered oil industry could be a years-long and challenging process costing upwards of $100 billion.

Years of corruption, underinvestment, fires and thefts have left the nation’s crude infrastructure in tatters. Rebuilding it enough to lift Venezuela’s ...Read more

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UK to pass population tipping point in 2026, think tank says

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The number of people who die in Britain this year is set to exceed those born in the country, the Resolution Foundation said, in what the think tank described as a permanent shift that will increase the U.K.’s dependency on migration.

Britain will see a shortfall in births in 2026, Resolution Foundation projected as part of its annual ...Read more

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With outgoing governor and limited revenue, Alaska legislators consider priorities in lead-up to session

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As Gov. Mike Dunleavy enters his final year in office, some lawmakers are approaching the coming legislative session with mixed expectations.

The Legislature is set to convene in Juneau on Jan. 20 with a packed agenda, including debates on a fiscal plan that Dunleavy committed to introducing, a long-promised natural gas pipeline, and a Rural ...Read more

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Hundreds of Venezuelans in Central Florida gather to celebrate Maduro's end

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Hundreds of Venezuelans gathered on Sunday in Orlando to pray for their country one day after President Nicolás Maduro was removed and captured in a U.S. military operation.

At the First Baptist Church of Orlando, Venezuelans celebrated, sang, prayed over their flag and gleefully chanted their national anthem — many through tears — for a ...Read more

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Bay Area rallies protest U.S. incursion in Venezuela

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SAN JOSE — Protesters braved a rainy Sunday afternoon to show out against President Donald Trump’s military action against Venezuela that resulted in the capture of the country’s president.

More than 100 people braved the rain, with umbrellas and hoods pulled low, to push back against Trump’s attack on Venezuela and the “kidnapping”...Read more

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Trump warns Colombia in threat to other drug-producing countries

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President Donald Trump warned other drug-producing nations in the Western Hemisphere that he wouldn’t long tolerate the flow of illegal substances to the U.S.

A day after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro to stand trial in the U.S., Trump said several other nations need to change their ways.

“Colombia is very sick, too,...Read more

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Trump says US needs 'total access' to post-Maduro Venezuela

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President Donald Trump said the U.S. needs “total access” to Venezuela as questions mount about the country’s leadership following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro.

“We need total access. We need access to oil and to other things in their country that will allow us to rebuild their country,” Trump told reporters on Air Force ...Read more

Butterflies, snakes and flowers: In rugged Baja canyons, San Diego scientists unlock an unsung region's biodiversity

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Sulphur butterflies glide across Zorrillo Canyon, hundreds of them, moving back and forth against the cerulean sky. It’s nothing short of a fairy wonderland for the scientists below.

At least, that’s how Jon Rebman, curator of botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum, describes it as he begins the hike into the canyon on a late ...Read more

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In U.S. plans for Venezuela, restoration of democracy takes a backseat, at least for now

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In a press conference Saturday detailing the operation to capture Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro and U.S. plans to “run” the country and rebuild its oil industry, there was one word President Donald Trump never used: Democracy.

Trump’s comments, detailing negotiations with a hardcore regime figure, Delcy Rodríguez, and dismissing ...Read more

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'We are not free; we just changed the regime's leader': Venezuelans in U.S. remain uncertain

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Two days after Venezuelan’s strongman Nicolás Maduro was captured by the United States and brought to New York on drug-trafficking charges, Venezuelans in South Florida and around the U.S. are still struggling to process what the moment means.

Is Venezuela free? Will the nearly eight million Venezuelans living abroad feel safe enough to ...Read more

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What does Maduro's capture mean for Venezuelans in the U.S.? We answer your questions

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During a national television appearance on Sunday morning, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants in the U.S. who lost deportation protections under the Trump administration have the opportunity to apply for refugee status.

“We need to make sure that our programs ...Read more

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Denmark warns Trump to stop Greenland threats in wake of Venezuela

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Denmark’s prime minister urged Donald Trump to stop threatening to take control of Greenland as the U.S. president’s move to run Venezuela set alarm bells ringing in the Nordic nation about America’s military ambitions.

Mette Frederiksen’s comments came in response to Trump’s renewed assertion on Sunday that the U.S. needs Greenland, ...Read more

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Maduro ouster leaves Cuba's wobbling regime without a benefactor

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Hours after the U.S. military whisked Nicolás Maduro away from Caracas, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said his people should be prepared to “give their blood, even their lives” to defend Venezuela and the Cuban revolution. But even that might not be enough.

With Maduro now awaiting trial in New York, Cuba is left without its ...Read more