<div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2ZMCSt_0umBpQoD00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2ZMCSt_0umBpQoD00" width="1200" height="630" ><p>The U.S. has recognized Venezuela's opposition candidate Edmundo González as the winner of last weekend's presidential election, despite President Nicolás Maduro claiming victory. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano examines what the acknowledgment means for Maduro and Venezuela.</p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate></div>

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Elon Musk accepted Nicolás Maduro's challenge to fight, simply writing: "I accept." Maduro appeared to be miffed over Musk doubting he won the election in Venezuela fairly.

Elon Musk accepts Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's challenge to fight

The Guardian

Thousands from the capital’s favelas, once strongholds for the ‘revolution’, have faced a brutal crackdown after challenging last month’s presidential election result

‘Maduro has lost the streets’: in Venezuela’s barrios, former loyal voters risk all in protests

Latin Times

Venezuela's government-friendly electoral council announced early on Monday that Nicolás Maduro has won the presidential elections. Speaking in Caracas, Elvis Amoroso said that, with 80% of the votes tallied, Maduro got 51.2% of the vote, beating the opposition's Edmundo González Urrutia, who got 44%.2. Turnout was 59%, he added.

Venezuelan elections: Government-friendly electoral council declares Maduro as the winner

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said discussion should begin for the transition of power in Venezuela after what many deemed a fraudulent election.

Blinken says Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro lost election before claiming victory with 'no supporting evidence'

Reuters

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday there was no evidence of fraud in an election that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claims he won but which the opposition contests and has sparked nationwide protests.

Mexican president says no evidence of fraud in Venezuela elections

New York City, NY

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

The Kremlin on Friday said that at least three Russians freed in a landmark prisoner exchange were undercover Russian agents, a rare public admission into the work of Moscow's top-secret security services. Moscow said Vadim Krasikov -- who was serving life in prison in Germany for the 2019 brazen murder of a former Chechen separatist commander in broad daylight in a Berlin park -- was an elite operative with Russia's FSB security agency. Krasikov was one of the central figures in Thursday's historic multi-country exchange, with Putin having publicly lobbied for his release in a bid to get the deal over the line in the face of hesitation from Berlin. The Kremlin almost never reveals details about its sprawling intelligence agencies, but it confirmed Friday that at least two others freed in the deal were also long-term undercover agents stationed in the European Union. Russian President Vladimir Putin has portrayed them as returning heroes, personally thanking them for their service to the "Motherland" and promising to shower them with state awards. For in-depth analysis on the largest US-Russia prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, FRANCE 24's Mark Owen is joined by Melinda Haring, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center.

Putin's ominous message: 'We can kill people in broad daylight in EU, we'll take care of our people'

CBS News

The mummy of an ancient Egyptian woman with her mouth wide open in what looks like an anguished shriek may have died "screaming from agony," researchers say.The unnamed woman mummy, discovered in a 1935 archeological expedition in Deir el-Bahari near Luxor, was kept in The Cairo Egyptian Museum and referred to as "Screaming Woman Mummy of the store of Kasr al Ainy."In an article in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, scientists said they used CT scans and other testing to examine whether the mummy had any pathological abnormalities and assess potential causes of death.They found that the woman, who was...

Mummy with shrieking expression may have "died screaming from agony"

Chicago, IL

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Business Insider

Trump said Zuckerberg told him he won't support a Democrat and apologized for Meta's mistaken censoring of a Trump assassination attempt photo.

Trump says Zuckerberg called him after assassination attempt and told him he wouldn't endorse a Democrat

Stunning new details emerged Friday on the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with the Kremlin acknowledging for the first time that some of the Russians held in the West belonged to its security services — and the children of a Russian couple posing as spies only learned their true nationality on the flight to Moscow.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that a detained couple released in Slovenia —Artem and Anna Dultsev— were undercover intelligence officers commonly known as "illegals." Posing as Argentine expats, they used Ljubljana as their base since 2017 to relay Moscow's orders to other sleeper agents...

Spies' children found out they were Russian on flight to Moscow

Pittsburgh, PA

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — For the first time since the elimination of the Jeannette K-9 program, one of the city's handlers is talking to KDKA-TV.His interview comes one day after the city manager exclusively sat down with KDKA-TV to discuss the reasoning behind the program's elimination."It's one of those things where only half of the truth is being told," said Sergeant Jim Phillips, the former K-9 handler for the city.K-9 handler disagrees with city manager's commentsOn Thursday, the city manager, Ethan Keedy, said that since 2018, the K-9 unit has only made one self-initiated arrest. Phillips said that's simply not true."That's...

Former Jeannette K-9 handler defends unit after city manager's comments

Diane Foley, mother of executed American journalist James Foley, has written a book to help others grieving with the same loss. Ten years ago this month, ISIS terrorists in Syria executed James Foley and published the horrific images online. His mother tells the story of the journey in the book, "American Mother."

Mother of James Foley writes book about the executed American journalist

Boston, MA

An inmate has been sentenced for his role in the deadly bludgeoning of infamous Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger in a West Virginia federal prison in 2018. The inmate, Paul J. DeCologero, was sentenced to more than four years imprisonment after pleading guilty to an assault charge. DeCologero faced a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.Prosecutors initially had said DeCologero and inmate Fotios "Freddy" Geas used a lock attached to a belt to repeatedly hit the 89-year-old Bulger in the head hours after he arrived at troubled USP Hazelton from another lockup in Florida, while another man, Sean McKinnon, served as...

Inmate sentenced in prison killing of infamous gangster "Whitey" Bulger

California State

SACRAMENTO – California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday that he has signed an executive order that aims to jumpstart infill housing development projects. The executive order was coupled with a $94 million award to 15 counties to also support building on infill sites. Newsom's action comes as part...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs executive order to boost infill housing development on vacant lots

Three Americans who were wrongfully imprisoned in Russia, Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, are back on U.S. soil. They made a brief stop at Joint Base Andrews, before arriving in San Antonio to undergo medical assessments. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.

Paul Whelan describes journey home as Americans freed from Russia return to U.S. soil

Orange County, CA

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Corcoran, CA

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CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the July 28, 2024, death of an incarcerated person at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility as a homicide.

Pimp arrested in Orange County killed by an inmate at a state prison

Kamala Harris clinches Democratic presidential nomination; Study examines how sharks are being impacted by a changing ecosystem.

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Riverside County, CA

Images show the Park Fire's devastation in Northern California as humid weather allows for slightly better containment efforts. This comes as the Nixon Fire covers 5,000 acres in Riverside County. CBS News Bay Area's Kevin Ko reports from Butte County, and CBS News Bay Area meteorologist Jessica Burch breaks down what's next for the weather.

Park Fire before-and-after photos as blaze rages on

London — Prime Minister Keir Starmer summoned British police chiefs for a crisis meeting on Thursday over violent unrest that followed a stabbing attack that left three young girls dead. A 17-year-old suspect appeared in court to face three counts of murder and 10 of attempted murder.The attack on children at a Taylor Swift-themed summer holiday dance class shocked a country where knife crime is a long-standing and vexing problem. The deaths have also been used by far-right activists to stoke anger at immigrants and Muslims - though the suspect isn't an immigrant and his religion hasn't been disclosed. Police...

British police charge 17-year-old with murder in stabbing that killed 3 girls

The U.S. has recognized Venezuela's opposition candidate Edmundo González as the winner of last weekend's presidential election, despite President Nicolás Maduro claiming victory. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano examines what the acknowledgment means for Maduro and Venezuela.

Protests continue in Venezuela over disputed election

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