WASHINGTON -- A Utah man who was imprisoned in Venezuela and languished for nearly two years in a Caracas jail was released Saturday.

The family of Joshua Holt announced his release in a statement, and President Donald Trump later confirmed it on Twitter.

The Holt family, in a statement, asked for privacy.

"We are grateful to all who ...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea --The leaders of North and South Korea met Saturday in an effort to resurrect talks between Washington and Pyongyang, continuing their close coordination despite the apparent breakdown in U.S.-North Korean diplomacy.

White House officials said they were informed of the two-hour meeting in advance, and indicated that they ...Read more

Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency in all 67 Florida counties Saturday as Subtropical Storm Alberto moved north through the Gulf of Mexico.

Only the western tip of Florida's Panhandle was in the projected path of the storm but the governor urged all Florida residents to be prepared for severe weather.

"The track of these ...Read more

MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin urged patience in efforts to resolve a territorial dispute with Japan that's lasted since World War II after talks Saturday with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has made a deal a priority.

"It is important to patiently continue the search for a solution," Putin said. Abe said Russia and Japan ...Read more

DUBLIN –– Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Saturday said the large majority of voters in favor of loosening Ireland's abortion laws showed the country was united.

"What we have seen today is a culmination of a quiet revolution that's been taking place in Ireland for the past 10 or 20 years," Varadkar told national broadcaster RTE.

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United Airlines has settled with the owners of a French bulldog puppy that died after a flight attendant insisted that the carrier containing the dog be stowed in an overhead bin for a 3 1/2-hour flight.

The dog's death in March prompted animal rights groups to call for the flight attendant to be fired and United to change its rules for ...Read more

A surprising side effect of a therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder may lead to a new approach to treating Type 2 diabetes -- and offer new insights into the links between obesity and the metabolic disease that afflicts nearly 10 percent of adults in the U.S.

The therapy is deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens, a structure best ...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea -- The leaders of North and South Korea met Saturday to discuss the canceled summit with Donald Trump, less than a day after the U.S. president signaled that the meeting may be back on, citing "very productive" talks between the two countries.

South Korea's Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un spent two hours ...Read more

NEWARK, N.J. -- A federal judge denied a request by Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman for President Donald Trump, to dismiss one of two counts in an indictment as unnecessarily overlapping.

Special counsel Robert Mueller didn't violate the double-jeopardy clause of the U.S. Constitution by charging Manafort with two crimes based on ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- University of Southern California President C.L. Max Nikias, whose tenure was marked by a significant boost in the university's prestige and fundraising prowess but tarnished by a series of damaging scandals, is stepping down from his post, the university's Board of Trustees announced Friday.

The move comes after more than a week...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Nearly two years after it was enacted, California's physician-assisted suicide law is, at least for the moment, no longer in effect.

A Riverside County judge who ruled against the law last week issued a formal judgment Friday deeming it unconstitutional. Legal experts said that meant the law had been overturned.

The law allowed ...Read more

Wind and storm surge watches were posted across the Florida Gulf coast Friday as Subtropical Storm Alberto continued northward.

The western tip of Florida's Panhandle was at the center of the projected impact zone and while Alberto's strongest winds were expected to stay well offshore until then, forecasters cautioned that storm's path ...Read more

In the 1966 science fiction classic "Fantastic Voyage," a submarine crew is miniaturized so it can squeeze inside a human body and travel to a hot spot where medical assistance is needed.

A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has adapted this idea for real life, replacing the shrunken squad with specially engineered E. coli ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Only a week ago, the drums of a trade war seemed to be quieting as the Trump administration put a hold on plans to tax Chinese imports and there was talk of a so-called skinny deal emerging from renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

But just like that, things could be simmering again after two abrupt moves by ...Read more

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday asked a federal appeals court to block a San Antonio judge's order that gave state officials 45 days to correct an online voter registration system that was found to violate federal law.

U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia on Monday ordered officials to create a process that lets ...Read more