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Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gives a speech during an Anti-government protest on Jan. 9, 2025 in Caracas, Venezuela. Alfredo Lasry R/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alfredo Lasry R/Getty Images Venezuela opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado said in an interview with NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday that her country is in chaos and called for the removal of Venezuela’s authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro. Speaking while still in hiding within Venezuela’s borders, the far-right leader decried Maduro as an illegitimate strongman who had elbowed his way into a third term despite consistent evidence that his administration…

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August 12, 2023, New Haven, Indiana. Shortly before morning broke in the home he rented with his wife Alison, at the base of a steep stairway, Kevin Davis’ blood seeped onto the floor.OFFICER GARRETT SHANEBROOK | New Haven Police Department (bodycam video): Where’s that blood coming from? CORPORAL CADE HETRICK | New Haven Police Department: His face and his nose.Det. James Krueger: The amount of blood, it was alarming. It was — it was everywhere.Alison Davis had already given lead Detective James Krueger of the New Haven Police Department permission to search the house.DET. JAMES KRUEGER (bodycam video):  If you…

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Activism / Hiding in Plain Sight / October 10, 2025 In Illinois, California, and Oregon, residents and attorneys general are pushing back against the deployment of federal troops in their cities. So far, it’s working. Ad Policy Crowds gather at Ida B. Wells Drive and Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, Illinois, on October 8, 2025, for an emergency rally, waving flags and holding signs to oppose ICE and National Guard presence in Chicago.(Jacek Boczarski / Anadolu via Getty Images) Last weekend, ICE agents and state troopers at the Broadview processing facility in the Chicago area previewed Trump’s vision of a…

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The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET.  “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.)  Hosted by Jane Pauley    HEADLINES: Amid the rubble and ruin of Gaza, a fragile peaceWith Monday’s deadline approaching for the exchange of Hamas-held hostages for Israeli-held Palestinian prisoners, hopes are rising that the U.S.-brokered peace deal could bring the war in Gaza to an end. Debora Patta reports on the tense waiting game.      HEADLINES: The real estate developers behind Trump’s Gaza dealPresident Trump’s approach to pursuing a…

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Sign for the 988 Lifeline mental health emergency hotline, Walnut Creek, California, December 20, 2024. The Trump administration has laid off more than 100 employees at the agency responsible for overseeing the number. Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images The Trump administration has laid off more than 100 employees at the nation’s main mental health agency, NPR has learned. Current and former employees at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA) told NPR about the layoffs, which were part of a government-wide reduction in force. The sources, who were not…

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A federal appeals court Saturday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area amid ongoing protests at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities that the Trump administration has vowed to crack down on. The court ruled, however, that the National Guard troops can remain under federal control.The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling from U.S. District Judge April Perry earlier this week denying a request from the White House to deploy National Guard troops on the streets of Chicago in response to a lawsuit brought by the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago. However, it granted a…

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Economy / October 10, 2025 Revising Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act would make outlets more accountable for the content they platform. Ad Policy Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, who now holds major stakes in TikTok and CBS News, shares a laugh with President Donald Trump at the White House in January.(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) In case people missed it, the final chapter of the long saga of the law forcing China to surrender control of TikTok was resolved by turning over a leading role to Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison. For people not familiar with Ellison, he is…

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At least six people were shot and killed at two separate shootings in Mississippi, authorities said Saturday.Four people were killed and at least 12 others were injured in a shooting early Saturday morning in Leland, Mississippi, local officials said. Two other people were killed, including an expectant mother, at a high school in Heidelberg, located about 200 miles away, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said.”Our state is praying for the victims and their families, as well as the entire Heidelberg and Leland communities,” Reeves said. “Those responsible will be brought to justice.”4 dead, 12 injured in Leland shootingLeland Mayor John Lee told…

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