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.
