The rise of Venezuela's deposed president, Nicolás Maduro, was slow, beginning in youth politics and shaped by the mentorship of Hugo Chávez . His fall, too, unfolded over years.

One of the first police officers to respond to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, goes on trial Monday on charges that he failed to protect children during the attack.

Higgins said the Trump administration ending TPS for Venezuelans in early 2025 was "reckless, dangerous, and wrong."

The Venezuelan president, who was captured by U.S. forces early Saturday, is awaiting trial in New York City on federal criminal charges.

Top Democrat calls operation 'a violation of the law' and promises Senate vote on President Trump's war powers.

The wife of Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted a photo implying a U.S. takeover of Greenland, hours after the U.S. attacks on Venezuela.

Trump's decision to depose Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has drawn praise inside the U.S., especially from Republican leaders. But the invasion also faces significant opposition from elected officials across the political spectrum.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Eduardo Gamarra, professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University, about the history of U.S. intervention in Latin America.

We reported on all sorts of products and practices promising to make you healthy last year. Here are the ones that stood up to science, and those that were mostly hype.

NPR's Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.

Mette Frederiksen said the "US has no right to annex any of the three nations in the Danish kingdom".

The family of Charlotte Niddam announced her death "with great sadness" as Swiss authorities confirmed all victims had been identified.

The government says it will help gather intelligence on smuggling gangs.

Thousands of genes that have an influence on weight, say experts - which means weight loss isn't a level playing field

Jessie Buckley won best actress and Adolescence also scooped four awards on the night in California.

Why England's bowling performance on day two of the fifth Test is an alarming hint to the future.

Mark Ratcliffe and Sarah Keeling died on Friday and the police search for Grace Keeling continues.

Soft drinks, chocolate, pizzas and ice creams will be targeted in the UK government's plan.

Sir Keir Starmer has given details of his plans for a "Brexit reset". What could it mean for the UK?

Two women say they are relived at plans to impose tougher restrictions on where offenders can live.

From buried settings to geopolitical risk, the business model is surveillance

Opinion At the end of last year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued five of the largest TV companies, accusing them of excessive and deceptive surveillance of their customers.…

Meet the ‘Mean Avenger’, the office anti-hero who steps in when managers don’t defend their team

Who, Me? How on earth is it 2026 already? The Register will ponder that existential matter after first presenting a new instalment of “Who, Me?” – the reader-contributed column in which we share your stories of things you shouldn’t do at work, and how you escape them unscathed.…

Also, Korean Air hacked, EmEditor installer hijacked, a perfect 10 router RCE vuln, and more

infosec in brief The Trump administration has cleared a trio of individuals sanctioned by the Biden administration for involvement with the Intellexa spyware consortium behind the Predator surveillance tool, removing restrictions that had barred them from doing business with the US.…

Lock 'em down

interview AI agents represent the new insider threat to companies in 2026, according to Palo Alto Networks Chief Security Intel Officer Wendi Whitmore, and this poses several challenges to executives tasked with securing the expected surge in autonomous agents.…

Rust veteran Steve Klabnik is using an LLM to explore memory safety without garbage collection

Naming a new programming language "Rue" sounds like an acknowledgment of doubt about the project's prospects, if you take "Rue" to mean "regret."…

Repeat after me: Chatbots are not sentient and have no agency

Grok, the AI chatbot owned and operated by Elon Musk's xAI, is facing a firestorm of outrage after users prompted it to create images of naked and scantily clad people from real photographs, some of whom are underage.…

But how about some smart glasses instead?

Apple’s pricey Vision Pro VR headset had a tough 2025.…

Exec argues we need a new metaphor focused on AI as a lever rather than a job killer

Microsoft CEO and head AI peddler Satya Nadella wants you to know that it's time for the next phase of AI acceptance, where we focus on how humans are empowered by tools and agents and how we deploy resources to support this growth.…

Netflix documentary part 2 in the works?

Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges tied to the 2016 theft of about 120,000 bitcoins from the Bitfinex exchange and was sentenced to five years in prison, has been released after roughly 14 months in the slammer.…

For the bargain price of 6.5 bitcoin

A cybercrook claims to have breached Pickett and Associates, a Florida-based engineering firm whose clients include major US utilities, and is selling what they claim to be about 139 GB of engineering data about Tampa Electric Company, Duke Energy Florida, and American Electric Power. The price is 6.5 bitcoin, which amounts to about $585,000.…

Letting the unreliable Grok be its own "spokesperson" lets xAI off the hook.

"Welder's Anthrax" was first coined in 2022, when seven cases had been identified.

Voice has lagged in adoption behind screens. OpenAI wants to change that.

Rogue, free-floating planets appear to have two distinct origins.

"Biggest advantage of lower altitude is that beam diameter is smaller for a given antenna size."

Today is your last chance to add to this year's charity haul of nearly $38,000.

xAI may be liable for Grok generating AI CSAM.

Deadly doors, a busted battery bet, and a toxic owner: What's not to like?

"NASA and Roscosmos continue to monitor and investigate the previously observed cracks."

"Acting is the sum of everything you've experienced. The joy. Sadness. Loss, Heartbreak."