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12:24 PM on Thursday, January 8

Top Venezuelan official says a 'significant number' of prisoners will be released as a gesture to 'seek peace'

11:51 AM on Thursday, January 8

Judge disqualifies federal prosecutor from investigating New York's attorney general, says he was 'not lawfully serving'

11:41 AM on Thursday, January 8

The Senate advances a war powers resolution to limit further attacks on Venezuela and sets up a vote for final passage

11:06 AM on Thursday, January 8

Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe

10:42 AM on Thursday, January 8

The U.S. has seized a Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the North Atlantic, backed by British support

10:41 AM on Thursday, January 8

The Trump administration and Louisiana officials have lifted another decades-old school desegregation order, part of a campaign to end court orders they describe as outdated

9:39 AM on Thursday, January 8

At The Church of the Epiphany in New York’s Upper East Side, a new, handcrafted organ is emblematic of the final phase of a multi-year, $70 million effort to relocate and rebuild the Episcopal congregation, an investment in community as much as sound

9:10 AM on Thursday, January 8

Russian security agency says a French political scholar jailed in Russia, Laurent Vinatier, freed in a prisoner swap

8:42 AM on Thursday, January 8

U.S. filings for unemployment benefits rose in the last week of 2025 but remain historically low, despite signs that the labor market is weakening

8:06 AM on Thursday, January 8

More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world’s most used email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists

7:05 AM on Thursday, January 8

A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 2 in 10 U.S. adults donated money to a crowdfunding campaign over the last year, with medical expenses proving most common

3:34 AM on Thursday, January 8

They’re at it again

12:40 AM on Thursday, January 8

Saudi Arabia says the United Arab Emirates has smuggled a wanted separatist leader out of Yemen

12:02 AM on Thursday, January 8

A Wisconsin man accused of killing his parents and stealing their money to fund his plan to assassinate President Donald Trump has pleaded guilty to homicide

11:19 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Police say a shooting outside a church building in Salt Lake City has killed two people and injured six others

10:25 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Gadgets promoting a wide array of health benefits are on display at the annual CES trade show in Las Vegas

5:11 PM on Wednesday, January 7

The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.’s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations

12:19 PM on Wednesday, January 7

Yemen is threatening to fracture even further, exposing a growing rift between Middle East powers Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

4:45 AM on Wednesday, January 7

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration reiterated its intention to take over the strategic Arctic island

12:08 PM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025