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Venezuela says it’s releasing a ‘significant number’ of prisoners as gesture to ‘seek peace’Jan 08, 2026 4:30 pm - Venezuela is releasing a “significant number” of citizens and foreigners from its prisons in a decision that the head of the country’s legislature described Thursday as a gesture to “seek peace” less than a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face federal drug-trafficking charges in New York.
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In ‘The Chronology of Water,’ Imogen Poots found a great role, and a best friend in Kristen StewartJan 08, 2026 4:10 pm - Imogen Poots has been thinking about a Sam Shepard quote: “People here have become the people they’re pretending to be.” For Poots, Shepard’s words somehow get to the heart of it all: the disorienting paradox of attempting to work as an artist in a big industry like Hollywood and preserving your soul in the process.
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Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget sends military contractor shares higherJan 08, 2026 3:55 pm - President Donald Trump caused some commotion for investors in U.S. defense contractors this week. First, Trump criticized the companies for taking too long to produce military equipment and also failing to maintain it while at the same time paying out billions in dividends and stock buybacks to investors. But then the president proposed a $1.5 trillion defense budget for 2027, a big jump from the $901 billion provisioned for 2026.
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‘Greenland 2: Migration’ is an unmemorable sequel with newsy titleJan 08, 2026 2:43 pm - “Greenland 2: Migration,” a serviceable but rather low-key, even grim affair starring a sturdy, understandably melancholy Gerard Butler, would make anyone want to get the heck out of Greenland.
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Senate advances resolution to limit Trump’s war powers after Venezuela raidJan 08, 2026 11:06 am - The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.
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A real-life ’70s hostage drama crackles in Gus Van Sant’s ‘Dead Man’s Wire’Jan 08, 2026 10:34 am - It plays a little loose with facts, but the righteous rage of “Dog Day Afternoon” is present enough in Gus Van Sant’s “Dead Man’s Wire,” a based-on-a-true-tale hostage thriller that’s as deeply 1970s as it is contemporary.
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Protests in Iran sparked by economic woes spread nationwide, activists sayJan 08, 2026 10:16 am - Protests in Iran sparked by economic woes have spread nationwide across the Islamic Republic, activists said Thursday, as stores across the country shut their doors and authorities appeared to be selectively slowing internet access.
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Minnesota must play a role in the investigation into Renee Good’s killing by ICE, governor saysJan 08, 2026 9:11 am - Minneapolis was on edge Thursday following the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer taking part in the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown, with the governor calling for people to remain calm and schools canceling classes and activities as a safety precaution.
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Woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis was a mother of 3, poet and new to the cityJan 08, 2026 8:56 am - The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday was Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had recently moved to Minnesota.
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Slightly more Americans file for jobless benefits in the last week of 2025, but layoffs remain lowJan 08, 2026 8:22 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. filings for jobless benefits rose in the last week of 2025 but remain historically low, despite signs that the labor market is weakening. The number of ...