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Venezuela's attorney general said an amnesty law under consideration aims to produce a "100% pacified" country and he insisted those in prison are not political detainees. The bill has passed an initial vote, its full text has not yet been read, and it is unclear whether it will be on the assembly's Thursday agenda.

Actor James Van Der Beek, who had been diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer, said the diagnosis led him to make life changes; his wife announced he died peacefully at 48.

A National Child Mortality Database analysis of 13,045 child deaths in England from 2019–2023 found that 926 (7%) involved parents who were close blood relatives; the report notes higher proportions among children from Asian backgrounds and in the most deprived areas.

Mount Sinai's unionized nurses voted to ratify new three-year contracts, ending a monthlong walkout. CEO Brendan Carr said nurses will begin returning to work on Saturday.

A coroner's inquest concluded the June 2023 deaths of a family in Prince Rupert were a murder‑suicide, and testimony noted the father's prior head injury and worsening mental health.

NHS Wales is rolling out the QuicDNA blood test for later-stage lung cancer after a Welsh trial, and extra funding aims to expand the testing to other cancer types.

Francesca O'Brien told BBC Wales that Reform will not withdraw funding from Bangor University and she distanced herself from party policy head Zia Yusuf's suggestion that funding could be stripped after a debating society declined an invitation.

Investigators say a double homicide in Fort Lauderdale was linked to a later shooting in Sarasota, and officials report seven people dead in total including the suspected shooter.

The government will introduce a bill to lower the UK voting age from 18 to 16, saying it would engage young people; opponents argue adulthood and voting rights should start at 18, and the bill must pass both Houses before becoming law.

At the annual La Juta pilgrimage near Naples, femminielli — a traditional Neapolitan third-gender group — attended a Candlemas Mass that mixed Catholic rites with local folklore, and this year transgender women were invited to take part in church readings.

Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron won ice dance gold at the Milano Cortina Olympics with 225.82 points, narrowly edging Madison Chock and Evan Bates.

A US observational study of 1,939 people (average age 80) followed for about eight years found that higher lifetime engagement in reading, writing and other mentally stimulating activities was associated with a 38% lower risk of Alzheimer's disease and later average onset of symptoms.

The RCMP named an 18-year-old as the suspect in the Tumbler Ridge secondary school shooting and said he died at the scene; authorities report multiple fatalities and several injured. Local schools are closed and hospitals are treating the wounded.

City councillors endorsed a five-year extension of the Branlyn Community Centre tri-party agreement with local school boards, and were told several sports hall exhibits and the hall's interactive trivia game have reached the end of their service life and are being considered for replacement.

Fifteen-year-old Stamford High student Leah Inverno raised $1,000 in two months to buy food, leashes, crates and other supplies for her local animal shelter and received a Hero to Animals Award from peta2.

Top editor Matt Murray told staff there is a widespread sense of loss after the Washington Post cut nearly a third of its workforce; management says the reductions were guided by readership data and that leadership is pursuing a new direction.

Actor James Van Der Beek posted a photo with his daughter and father on January 25; his family confirmed he died after a two‑year battle with colorectal cancer at 48.

Dr Kristen Holmes says sexual activity releases hormones linked to relaxation, and recent sleep-tracker research reported shorter wake times and slightly higher sleep efficiency on nights with partnered or solo sexual activity.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists warns that 550,610 children and young people are on NHS mental health waiting lists and that long delays may lead some to seek support from publicly available AI chatbots.

The FBI said it recovered previously inaccessible footage that shows an armed person appearing to tamper with a front‑door camera at Nancy Guthrie's home; Nancy Guthrie, 84, remains missing and Savannah Guthrie has made public pleas.

The obituary notes Bank House Farm was set in rugged, elevated countryside and that Heron described the land in his autobiography Farming with Mary.

Researchers re-examined a small copper-alloy object excavated in the 1920s and found wear patterns and leather coils consistent with a bow drill, which could be the earliest known metal drill and suggests rotary drilling was used in Egypt around two millennia earlier than previously documented.

Early-stage CRISPR studies that target liver genes such as ANGPTL3 and PCSK9 have lowered LDL and triglycerides in small groups, and larger, longer trials are being planned.

A pre-pack sale finalised on February 6 preserved more than 375 jobs across Spark Medical and Medi 4 Ambulance Services, and the buyer has not been disclosed.

Innversions Alchemy, created by Barbora Patková in South Bermondsey, opened a sauna and cold plunge site that launched in November last year and offers 90-minute off-peak sessions for £9.50.

Saudi Aramco said its iktva program has reached 70% local content and has contributed more than $280 billion to Saudi Arabia's GDP; the company plans to increase local procurement to 75% by 2030.

England will face New Zealand on 6 June and Costa Rica four days later in Florida, then base themselves at the Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City for the World Cup.

McKillens, a long-running independent shoe shop in Ballymena, has announced it will close after citing online competition and the Covid pandemic, and the town has seen other recent shop closures including department store Wyse Byse.

Sally Dynevor recalled that her 2009 breast cancer diagnosis 'completely changed' her life and said her Coronation Street storyline prompted her to get checked; former co-star Beverley Callard has since revealed her own diagnosis and is reported to be preparing for treatment.

Surfshark and Internews will provide fully paid Surfshark One subscriptions to 100 media and civil society organizations across nine high-risk countries, and Internews held a digital security training in Kampala for Sudanese journalists and activists.