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A man lights a candle in his shop during a blackout in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday.

Power outage hits Venezuela capital; officials blame ‘sabotage’

A man lights a candle in his shop during a blackout in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday.

August 30, 2024, 2:34pm Nation & World

Venezuelans awoke Friday to a major power outage in the capital, Caracas, and several states. Read story

FILE - Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, speaks at a campaign rally, June 6, 2024, in Phoenix.

Donald Trump moves to halt hush money proceedings, sentencing after asking federal court to step in

FILE - Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, speaks at a campaign rally, June 6, 2024, in Phoenix.

August 30, 2024, 2:22pm Latest News

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers moved Friday to halt proceedings in his New York hush money criminal case and postpone next month’s sentencing indefinitely while he fights to have a federal court intervene and potentially overturn his felony conviction. Read story

FILE - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, greets President Donald Trump as he arrives at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Nov. 8, 2019, in Marietta, Ga.

How Trump and Georgia’s Republican governor made peace, helped by allies anxious about the election

FILE - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, greets President Donald Trump as he arrives at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Nov. 8, 2019, in Marietta, Ga.

August 30, 2024, 2:22pm Latest News

The effort to make the peace between Donald Trump and Georgia’s powerful Republican governor began in a sprawling neo-Victorian mansion in the exclusive Atlanta enclave of Buckhead. Read story

Mariah Smith, an Air Force veteran and board member of No One Left Behind, sits for a portrait on in front of her home in Stevens City, Va., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024.

When the US left Kabul, these Americans tried to help Afghans left behind. It still haunts them

Mariah Smith, an Air Force veteran and board member of No One Left Behind, sits for a portrait on in front of her home in Stevens City, Va., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024.

August 30, 2024, 2:12pm Latest News

The United States’ longest war is over. But not for everyone. Read story

Rescuers carry a disabled elderly resident after the Russia&#039;s guided air bomb hit an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Russian attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv using powerful plane-launched glide bombs killed five people, including a 14-year-old girl on a playground, and wounded 47 others, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said.

Ukrainian president fires air force commander after fatal F-16 crash

Rescuers carry a disabled elderly resident after the Russia&#039;s guided air bomb hit an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Russian attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv using powerful plane-launched glide bombs killed five people, including a 14-year-old girl on a playground, and wounded 47 others, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said.

August 30, 2024, 11:27am Nation & World

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the commander of the country’s air force Friday, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment. Read story

Photos of Veronica Rosas and her son Diego decorate Veronica&rsquo;s shirt and necklaces, as she poses for a portrait at her home in Ecatepec, Mexico, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. Rosas&rsquo; son went missing when he was 16 years old on Sept. 4, 2015.

One day, their children didn’t make it back home. Faith helps these Mexican mothers’ search for them

Photos of Veronica Rosas and her son Diego decorate Veronica&rsquo;s shirt and necklaces, as she poses for a portrait at her home in Ecatepec, Mexico, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. Rosas&rsquo; son went missing when he was 16 years old on Sept. 4, 2015.

August 30, 2024, 10:18am Latest News

Each time the kidnapper hung up the phone, Veronica Rosas and her relatives did the only thing they could think of: kneel, grab each other’s hands and pray. Read story

FILE - Adnan Syed and his mother Shamim Rahman talk with reporters as they arrive at Maryland&#039;s Supreme Court in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Oct.

Murder conviction remains reinstated for Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ case as court orders new hearing

FILE - Adnan Syed and his mother Shamim Rahman talk with reporters as they arrive at Maryland&#039;s Supreme Court in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Oct.

August 30, 2024, 8:52am Nation & World

A 2022 court hearing that freed Adnan Syed from prison violated the legal rights of the victim’s family and must be redone, Maryland’s Supreme Court ruled Friday, marking the latest development in the ongoing legal saga that gained global attention years ago through the hit podcast “Serial.” Read story

Germany deports 28 Afghan nationals to their homeland, the first since the Taliban takeover in 2021

August 30, 2024, 8:24am Nation & World

Germany deported Afghan nationals to their homeland on Friday for the first time since August 2021 when the Taliban returned to power. Read story

FILE - This image provided by the U.S. Department of State shows Joaqu&iacute;n Guzm&aacute;n L&oacute;pez, the son of an infamous cartel leader, who was arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas. On Tuesday, July 30, 2024, L&oacute;pez, pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges in Chicago. (U.S.

Mexico suggests US made a deal with Mexican drug lord to get his brother transferred from prison

FILE - This image provided by the U.S. Department of State shows Joaqu&iacute;n Guzm&aacute;n L&oacute;pez, the son of an infamous cartel leader, who was arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas. On Tuesday, July 30, 2024, L&oacute;pez, pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges in Chicago. (U.S.

August 30, 2024, 8:23am Nation & World

Prosecutors in Mexico suggested Thursday that U.S. authorities made a deal with a Mexican drug lord who turned in himself and another capo, to get his brother transferred from a U.S. prison. Read story

FILE - Waorani Indigenous women take part in a demonstration in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 20, 2024, demanding authorities comply with the decision to halt oil drilling in a national park in the heart of the country&rsquo;s share of the Amazon where they live.

Ecuador starts dismantling Yasuni National Park oil block two days before court deadline

FILE - Waorani Indigenous women take part in a demonstration in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 20, 2024, demanding authorities comply with the decision to halt oil drilling in a national park in the heart of the country&rsquo;s share of the Amazon where they live.

August 30, 2024, 8:21am Nation & World

Ecuador’s government says it has started dismantling infrastructure on a controversial oil drilling block in Yasuni National Park, just as Friday’s court-imposed deadline for completion looms. Read story