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Trump: U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves

President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. has entered an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country's oil reserves.

Trump dismisses Chinese spying concerns

President Trump appeared to dismiss U.S. national security concerns over large-scale Chinese intelligence collection, espionage and cyberattacks in a recent exchange with reporters noting similar U.S. practices.

Yankees rookie George Lombard Jr. ties franchise error record

New York Yankees rookie shortstop George Lombard Jr. is putting together a rookie season of extremes: the first Yankees shortstop to homer in his major league debut, and now a run of defensive miscues rarely seen in the modern game.

California bill to ban disposable nicotine vapes passes legislature, headed to Newsom's desk

Disposable nicotine vapes would be banned in California if Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill passed this week by the state Legislature.

Translator Whose Odyssey Line Inspired Nolan's Film Is Redoing Book

Emily Wilson, the classicist whose 2017 translation of Homer's "The Odyssey" became a bestseller, the basis for Christopher Nolan's movie and a flashpoint in the culture wars, is throwing out that version and starting over.

FBI no longer treating an applicant's experience with prostitution as automatic bar against hiring

The FBI is dropping a categorical hiring ban on applicants who have had sexual encounters with prostitutes and will instead consider in a more holistic manner at least some candidates who have engaged in the practice in the past, according to people familiar with the matter.

X finds Chinese bot farm pushing anti-data-center messages on Americans

The social media platform X said it uncovered a Chinese influence operation to turn Americans against AI development and construction of data centers.

Virginia removes three Confederate memorials

Years into efforts to purge Richmond, Virginia - a former Confederate Capital - of memorials honoring the Confederacy, the Commonwealth of Virginia began removing three more Confederate memorials in the city on Friday.

Milwaukee police admit data error led to two gunpoint stops of same woman over Flock camera alert

A Wisconsin woman was pulled over at gunpoint twice within 10 days after a Milwaukee police detective failed to remove a homicide-related alert tied to her car from a national law enforcement database, leaving it visible to a Flock license-plate camera in a homicide investigation she had nothing to do with.

Susan Collins calls for tariff truce as trade war emerges as hot issue in Senate races

GOP Sen. Susan Collins, who is in a hotly contested reelection race in Maine, is calling on the Trump administration to cut a trade deal with Canada.

Former Disney Channel star sues studio, alleging repeated sexual assault at age 14

Raquel Lee Bolleau, a former Disney Channel actress, has filed a civil lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company, alleging that an adult male employee sexually assaulted her repeatedly when she was 14 years old during production of a 2001 made-for-TV movie and that studio executives ignored clear warning signs of abuse.

ICE plans to deport right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos

Homeland Security officers have arrested right-wing political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos and are holding him in preparation for deportation, the government said Friday, saying he's in the country illegally.