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Widespread power outages have escalated the tumultuous situation in Venezuela, where the U.S.-backed opposition has been attempting to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro since January.

A new FBI investigation takes cutthroat college admissions to a whole new level, but the 1% shelling out big bucks to get their kids into college is nothing new.

New York State Attorney General Letitia James has issued subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and Investors Bank for information about financing for four failed Trump Organization projects.

After the biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, Japan is continuing its clean-up of Fukushima. And it's getting a little assistance from an unlikely helper: robots.

Thousands of officials, including heads of state and business leaders, are in Nairobi this week for the UN’s Environment Assembly.

For all the leaning in, women still made 82 cents on the dollar in 2017. Women of color fared even worse.

This was the second time in five months that a Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft has crashed.

The country's largest private prison companies are shifting their business models to include rehabilitation services and halfway houses. 

J.P. Morgan Chase announced last week that it will no longer be doing business with private prison companies. Does their decision signal a sea change in the industry?

President Trump rolled back an Obama-era measure that requires the military and CIA to publish data on drone strikes carried out in non-combat zones. 

In December of last year, President Trump announced ISIS was defeated and the U.S. Army would be pulling out of Syria.

As more high school students come out as trans, their experience as athletes can vary greatly depending on where they live. 

A man detained by ICE in New Jersey told WNYC's Matt Katz that in 2018, while on a hunger strike, ICE transferred him from New Jersey to El Paso, where he was force-fed.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released new data on migrant crossings at the border, revealing a system overwhelmed by more unauthorized crossings than seen in over a decade.

“Gloria Bell,” a new movie starring Julianne Moore, opens this Friday. It’s an English-language remake of the 2013 Chilean film, “Gloria,” but both are made by director Sebastián Lelio.

The Alabama tornadoes blew through a low-income communities and left many mobile homes mangled. 

Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's tenure was especially notable for his work on vaping, and pushing to restrict the sale of flavored e-cigarettes marketed to children.

'Captain Marvel' is the first movie from Marvel Studios to be headlined solely by a female superhero. The Takeaway speaks with two critics about whether the film lives up to the hype.

For only the second time since the AIDS epidemic began, a patient is in long-term remission from HIV. The Takeaway hears from two HIV-positive people for their perspective on the news.

The Trump administration has moved at a record-breaking pace to appoint federal judges.