Venezuela is limiting access to La Guaira as rescuers search for survivors three days after twin earthquakes devastated the region. Authorities say more than 200 people have been rescued, while about 51,000 remain listed as missing.
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Nicholas Rossi, the convicted rapist who authorities said faked his death and fled to Scotland, has died in a Utah hospital. Corrections officials said he died from complications of an existing medical condition after discontinuing treatment.
All U.S. military boot camps are again requiring flu shots for recruits after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the vaccine optional. The change comes as Lackland Air Force Base reports 275 confirmed flu cases.
Gen. Christopher Donahue, the U.S. Army commander in Europe and Africa and the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan, will relinquish command July 2. His departure comes amid a broader turnover of senior military leaders under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Eight defendants received prison terms ranging from 30 to 100 years over a July 4 disturbance outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Texas. Prosecutors called the case terrorism tied to antifa, while defense lawyers and families denied antifa links and condemned the sentences as excessive.
A federal judge quashed six grand jury subpoenas issued to Minnesota officials, finding the Justice Department used them to coerce cooperation with immigration enforcement and retaliate over opposition to Operation Metro Surge.
The Supreme Court reinstated Pedro Hernandez’s 2017 murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz. The 6-3 ruling reversed a federal appeals court decision that had thrown out the verdict over a jury instruction issue.
Confirmed Ebola cases in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths, as officials struggle to trace contacts and reach communities affected by violence. Displacement camps in Ituri province face heightened risks, though no case has been confirmed at one camp where 10 unexplained deaths were reported.