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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday reduced a prison sentence to probation for a former Tennessee lawmaker whose testimony helped convict the former state House speaker and his onetime aide of public corruption. Although her cohorts were pardoned by President Donald Trump, Republican Rep. Robin Smith had been …

NEW YORK (AP) — A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself the “president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty on Monday to the federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from power. “I was captured,” Maduro said in Spanish as translated …

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hours after an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country, President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States would run Venezuela at least temporarily and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations. The dramatic action …

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country in an extraordinary nighttime operation that was accompanied by a flurry of strikes following months of escalating Trump administration pressure on the oil-rich South American nation. The U.S. is now deciding next steps …

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — Tan Yildizoglu scored 22 points as VMI beat Chattanooga 79-71 on Saturday. Yildizoglu added six assists for the Keydets (6-9, 1-1 Southern Conference). TJ Johnson scored 17 points and added five rebounds and three steals. Alexander Daushvili had 14 points and shot 3 for 8 and …

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Officials believe sparkling flares atop Champagne bottles ignited fatal bar fire when they came too close to ceiling. Investigators said Friday that they believe sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles ignited a fatal fire at a Swiss ski resort when they came too close to the ceiling of a …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trinidad Chambliss passed for 362 yards and two touchdowns, and Lucas Carneiro kicked his third field goal of the game with 6 seconds left to put No. 6 Mississippi in front for good in a 39-34 victory over third-ranked Georgia in a College Football Playoff in …

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Fernando Mendoza threw three touchdown passes, Indiana’s defense thoroughly throttled Alabama, and the top-seeded Hoosiers roared into the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 38-3 victory in the 112th Rose Bowl on Thursday. Mendoza passed for 192 yards in his first game since winning his school’s first …

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — KJ Younger had 24 points nine rebounds as UNC Greensboro beat Chattanooga 77-72 on Thursday. Justin Neely made 5 of 8 from the field and finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Spartans (5-9, 1-0 Southern Conference). Donald Whitehead Jr. shot 4 of 9 …

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Matayo Uiagalelei caused a fumble to set up an Oregon touchdown, Jordon Davison rushed for two scores and the fifth-seeded Ducks silenced No. 4 Texas Tech’s offense for a 23-0 win in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Orange Bowl on Thursday. Dante Moore threw for …