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Residents on Tuesday search through the rubble of a building that collapsed in the June 24 earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela. Ariana Cubillos/AP hide caption toggle caption Ariana Cubillos/AP It's been a week since Venezuela's worst earthquake disaster in over a century. Thousands of people are feared dead, with the official death toll continuing to

Left: Meta CEO and Chairman Mark Zuckerberg arrives at Los Angeles Superior Court in February. Right: Tarek Mansour, co-founder of Kalshi, at the Semafor World Economy Summit in April. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP and Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP and Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images Before Meta CEO Mark

Haitian flags are displayed in a store on June 25, 2026 in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration's effort to strip temporary protected status (TPS) from hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption

In Venezuela, silence has become a rescue tool In Venezuela rescue crews now stop almost everything and ask for silence so they can hear anyone still alive underneath the rubble. NPR's Eyder Peralta reports from the port city of La Guaira. World In Venezuela silence has become a rescue tool Download Embed In Venezuela rescue

The sun sets over the Cottonwood Fire near Marysvale, Utah, on Friday, June 26, 2026. Ty ONeil/AP hide caption toggle caption Ty ONeil/AP Firefighters and residents in the Great Basin and Southwest are bracing for extreme wildfire conditions through the weekend. The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City issued a rare "particularly dangerous situation"

A day after Alito's testy response to Sotomayor's dissent, court says it was a 'misunderstanding' Audio will be available later today. The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor (seated left) and Justice Samuel Alito (seated second from right). Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images As the Supreme

What made the deadly Venezuelan earthquakes different Audio will be available later today. People and rescuers work on the debris of a collapsed building in Caracas after a pair of strong earthquakes struck Venezuela. Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images One major earthquake striking Caracas — where older buildings are vulnerable

Meta is planning to release its own prediction market app to compete with popular sites like Kalshi and Polymarket. Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images North America Meta is planning to launch its own prediction market app to compete with companies like Kalshi and Polymarket in a booming sector

The U.S. Capitol and National Mall is seen on June 13, 2026. Rahmat Gul/AP hide caption toggle caption Rahmat Gul/AP A bipartisan majority in Congress has voted in favor of a war powers resolution to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran. The Senate voted 50 to 48 on Tuesday afternoon, with four Republicans

The Supreme Court Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to stop the execution of Victor Saldaño, convicted of murder in Texas in 1996, but who subsequently got the support of not just defense experts, but state experts as well, who determined that he was intellectually