CARACAS, Venezuela - Heavy gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control for nearly three weeks.Read more... Add new comment
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Gunfire erupts amid standoff at Venezuela prison where armed inmates have kept authorities out
CARACAS, Venezuela - Heavy gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control for nearly three weeks.Contractor sues Wayne Newton over plans to convert Las Vegas mansion into celebrity museum
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Plans to turn Wayne Newton's sprawling Las Vegas estate into a celebrity museum have shifted into an ugly legal battle citing mismanagement, animal abuse and sexual harassment.
China sentences notorious fugitive Lai Changxing to life in prison for smuggling
BEIJING, China - The man once considered China's most-wanted fugitive was sentenced to life in prison Friday for running a large-scale smuggling operation that paid off scores of Chinese government officials, state media said.
New Zealand police charge driver in minivan crash that killed 3 fellow Boston U students
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand police filed charges Friday against a 20-year-old Boston University student who drove a minivan in a crash that killed three of his college classmates last week.
Bus plunges into river bank, killing 34 and injuring 21 in central Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam - Officials in central Vietnam say a bus plunged into a river bank, killing 34 people and injuring 21 others in one of the country's deadliest road accidents.
Gunfire erupts at Venezuela prison where armed inmates have kept authorities out
CARACAS, Venezuela - Heavy gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control for nearly three weeks.
Notorious 1980s drug dealer arrested in NYC in gang takedown; dozens of others arrested
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A notorious drug dealer who got his start during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and was so good at hiding his whereabouts that he was known as "the ghost" has been arrested along with dozens of others on new charges, police and prosecutors said Thursday.
Activist in diplomatic tussle says China plans to have family's passports ready within 2 weeks
BEIJING, China - The activist who was at the centre of a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington said Thursday that Chinese officials have told him the passports that he and his family just applied for should be ready within two weeks. A rights group, meanwhile, described more retaliation by authorities against his family.
Jurors hear final arguments over whether the John Edwards sex scandal coverup was a crime
GREENSBORO, N.C. - A prosecutor used John Edwards' own stump speech against him in closing arguments at his corruption trial Thursday, saying the presidential candidate violated campaign finance laws meant to protect "the two Americas" in order to cover up a lurid sex scandal.
Apparent suicide of RFK Jr.'s estranged wife adds to perception of Kennedy family misfortune
BEDFORD, N.Y. - Every family has its share of pain and triumph. And then there are the Kennedys.
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