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North Carolina Republican legislators are set to question Charlotte-area leaders about crime-fighting tactics and spending.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says one of her closest allies has been kidnapped hours after being released from prison.

A federal judge has refused to help in attempts to open early voting sites at three public North Carolina universities.

Israel's security cabinet has approved measures to strengthen control over the occupied West Bank and weaken the powers of the Palestinian Authority.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa has been released after more than eight months in prison.

Lindsey Vonn knows the Olympic downhill course better than anyone. She's won a record 12 World Cup races on the Olympia delle Tofane track and has a total of 20 podium results there stretching back to her very first on the entire circuit in 2004.

Athletes at the Winter Olympics in Italy are proudly wearing pins from other teams, and some are showing them off on social media.

The White House is trying to show it's lowering the cost of living, but President Donald Trump has said he doesn't want to see the price of homes come down.

Russian figure skater Petr Gumennik has been forced to change his short program music just two days before the men's competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Iran's top diplomat says Tehran's strength comes from its ability to "say no to the great powers." Sunday's statement follows recent nuclear negotiations with the United States and nationwide protests that shook Iran.