Venezuelan police fire teargas after clashes break out on border

Police fired teargas on Saturday after clashes broke out among Venezuelans trying to cross the border into Colombia, which has been closed by President Nicolás Maduro to block shipments of aid organised by the opposition. The opposition leader and self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó will try to cross into the country on Saturday, with thousands of volunteers carrying food and medical supplies. Venezuelan security forces have been ordered not to let them through.

Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines | 23 Feb 2019 | 8:45 am

Palestinians bury teen killed by Israeli gunfire during border protests

Gaza health officials say the 15-year-old boy was shot by Israeli troops during a protest attended by thousands on the Gaza Strip border. Rough cut (no reporter narration)

Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines | 23 Feb 2019 | 8:11 am

Girl banned from wearing MAGA hat claims school is violating her First Amendment rights

A California high school student who was banned from wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat on campus is challenging her school district for impinging on her First Amendment rights. Maddie Mueller, who attends Clovis North High School in Fresno, is a member of Valley Patriots. The conservative activist group asked its affiliates to wear the well-known hat bearing Donald Trump's campaign motto on Wednesday.

Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines | 23 Feb 2019 | 7:31 am

Virginia GOP leader pushes for investigation into Lt. Gov. Fairfax

Republicans from the state's House of Delegates announce a hearing into sexual assault allegations against Virginia's Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax; Gillian Turner reports.

Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines | 22 Feb 2019 | 11:19 pm

Maduro's Troops Kill 1; Guaido Defies Travel Ban at Border

The violence began a weekend in which Venezuela’s opposition plans to confront autocratic President Nicolas Maduro by attempting to bring food and medicine through heavily guarded international crossings around the nation. Supporters of National Assembly leader Juan Guaido were spurring on volunteers with a music festival in the western border town of Cucuta, Colombia, and he defied Maduro’s order not to leave to country to appear there. Maduro, meanwhile, mounted a smaller competing event in Las Tienditas on the Venezuela side.

Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines | 22 Feb 2019 | 7:35 pm

Disabled greeter meets with Walmart about job; no resolution

A beloved, longtime Walmart greeter with cerebral palsy met with store management in Pennsylvania on Friday in a bid to keep his job but came away with no guarantees, and his family is girding for a fight.

Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines | 22 Feb 2019 | 5:44 pm