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Vermont’s governor said Wednesday that the latest storms to hit the state have undone much of the cleanup and recovery work from its last major bout of flooding only weeks ago, and he called on residents to “stick together” amid fears that more bad weather could cause even more damage. Thunderstorms on Tuesday brought another…

Police are looking for a 16-year-old girl missing from Detroit’s west side. According to authorities, Kyaira Ely was last seen Tuesday, July 30, on Snowden Street, near Eaton Avenue. Police said she left her home at about 4 p.m. and has not been heard from since. Anyone who has seen Kyaira Ely or knows her…

The Carter Center said a technical mission it sent to Venezuela was unable to verify the results of the country’s presidential election and blamed officials for a “complete lack of transparency” in declaring the incumbent, Nicolas Maduro, the winner. The Atlanta-based group in a statement said that the election “did not meet international standards of…

Hundreds of rescue workers searched through mud and debris Wednesday from multiple landslides that have killed at least 151 people in southern India, police said. The multiple landslides occurred after torrential rains triggered torrents of mud and water that swept through tea estates and villages. Another 186 people were injured by the landslides that hit…

As thousands of people demonstrated across Venezuela, opposition candidate Edmundo González on Monday announced that his campaign has the proof it needs to show he won the country’s disputed election whose victory electoral authorities handed to President Nicolás Maduro. González and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado told reporters they have obtained more than 70% of…

Former President Donald Trump is planning to attend the National Association of Black Journalists’ annual convention in Chicago on Wednesday. In a statement released Monday night, the Trump campaign said the Republican presidential nominee would participate in a question and answer session “that will concentrate on the most pressing issues facing the Black community.” Trump’s…

Venezuela faced a political standstill Monday after both incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and the country’s main opposition coalition claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential election. Maduro considers the results of the election a settled matter. But opposition candidate Edmundo González told a news conference Monday afternoon that his campaign has the proof it needs to show…

Venezuelans waited anxiously for the results of Sunday’s presidential election that could pave the way to an end to 25 years of single party rule, even as some polls remained open more than three hours after a deadline to close. President Nicolás Maduro, in seeking a third term, faced his toughest challenge yet from the…

Venezuelans are voting in a presidential election whose outcome will either lead to a seismic shift in politics or extend by six more years the policies that caused the world’s worst peacetime economic collapse. Whether it is President Nicolás Maduro who is chosen or his main opponent, former diplomat Edmundo González, Sunday’s election will have…

Japanese and U.S. defense chiefs and top diplomats agreed to further bolster their military cooperation by upgrading the command and control of U.S. forces in the East Asian country and strengthening American-licensed missile production there, describing the rising threat from China as “the greatest strategic challenge.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd…

As the presidential campaign enters a critical final 100 day stretch, Republican nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, rallied supporters on Saturday in a state that hasn’t backed a GOP candidate for the White House since 1972. The rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, was designed as a sign of the campaign’s bullishness…

Thousands of firefighters battling a wildfire in Northern California received some help from the weather Saturday hours after it exploded in size, scorching an area greater than the size of Los Angeles. The blaze was one of several tearing through the western United States and Canada, fueled by wind and heat. Cooler temperatures and an…

Marvel Studios returned to San Diego Comic-Con with dancing Deadpool variants and a choir for a panel that included news about the next two “Avengers” films and surprise guests, including Harrison Ford. Among the surprises announced Saturday: Robert Downey Jr. would return to Marvel’s films, but not as Iron Man. He’ll play the villain Victor…

A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who eluded authorities for decades was duped into flying into the U.S., where he was arrested alongside a son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, according to a U.S. law enforcement official familiar with the matter. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada got on an airplane to the U.S. believing he was…

Top diplomats from Southeast Asia convened Saturday in the Laotian capital with their powerful dialogue partners in the last of the three-day regional talks that have grappled with tensions over territorial claims in the South China Sea, escalating fighting in Myanmar, and regional rivalry. Meetings on Saturday will bring together in the same room allies…

Nearly two weeks after Donald Trump’s near assassination, the FBI confirmed Friday that it was indeed a bullet that struck the former president’s ear, moving to clear up conflicting accounts about what caused the former president’s injuries after a gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania rally. “What struck former President Trump in the ear was…

With more than 30 years of experience in law enforcement, Ken Magee aims to shape the future of local crime prevention and victim support in Washtenaw County. A former federal agent and chief of police, he is running to be the next Washtenaw County Sheriff, and plans to use his extensive experience to fight crime…

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another infamous cartel leader, were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas on Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department said. A leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel for decades alongside Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, Zambada is one of the…

“Deadpool & Wolverine” has arrived — and Comic-Con, with its hordes of Marvel fans, is ready to celebrate the only superhero flick of the summer. The sprawling convention celebrating all things pop culture kicked off Wednesday, and a panel celebrating the release of “Deadpool & Wolverine,” is the main attraction for Thursday. On the convention’s…

Detroit police held its summertime “Walk-A-Mile” Wednesday on the city’s west side. Detroit police Chief James White, members of the police department, and the DMC walked to Sinai Grace Hospital on Wednesday (July 24). White says the walks are aimed toward fitness and maintaining the relationship between law enforcement and the community. “We have a…

Powerful winds and hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms rattled eastern Oregon and Idaho Wednesday afternoon, cutting power and stoking fires, including one in Oregon that is already the largest active blaze in the nation. The Durkee Fire, burning near the Oregon-Idaho border about 130 miles (209 kilometers) west of Boise, Idaho, caused the closure…

A teenager from Grosse Pointe is being hailed as a hero after helping rescue a woman from a car that was submerged in Lake St. Clair. It happened late Tuesday (July 23) morning at Lake Front Park in St. Clair Shores near 9 Mile Road. “I was just fishing, nothing crazy, and then a car…