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A Venezuelan soldier watches over cargo trucks leaving the port in Puerto Cabello, which handles the majority of the country's food imports. Across the chain of command, from high-level generals to the lowest foot soldiers, military officials are using their growing power over the food supply to siphon off wealth for themselves.

As Venezuelans Go Hungry, The Military Is Trafficking In Food

Venture into the black markets and you'll find foods unavailable in the cheaper state-run grocery stores. The military isn't just running the markets — it's getting rich off them, an AP probe finds.

President Obama will leave the White House later this month.

Scorecard For A Departing President: Assessing Obama's Successes And Shortcomings

As President Obama prepares to deliver his farewell message to the country, we look back at the legacy the past eight years might leave.

House Speaker Jeremy Gillam (R-Judsonia) speaking in the press gallery.

Democrats Say Party Defectors Rewarded With Leadership Roles, GOP Says No

The 91 st General Assembly is sworn in and there is some divide between Republican and Democratic leadership on whether or not members were rewarded...

Dungeness crabs for sale at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. California's Dungeness crab season was shut down in 2015, when record high ocean temperatures and lingering toxic algae blooms raised the domoic acid in shellfish to unsafe levels. A new study links dangerously high levels of the neurotoxin to warmer ocean temperatures, suggesting such closures could become more common in the future.

Warming Oceans Could Boost Dangerous Toxin In Your Shellfish Dinner

A new study finds a link between warming waters and a dangerous neurotoxin that builds up in species like Dungeness crabs, clams and mussels — and can be hazardous, even fatal in people who eat them.

A community counselor, left, speaks to a patient on the Friendship Bench in Zimbabwe.

The Friendship Bench Can Help Chase The Blues Away

A psychiatrist in Zimbabwe had a brainstorm. What if there were a place where people who are depressed could seek counseling without having to go to a clinic.

End of silencer ban sought in name of 'hearing protection'

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A state lawmaker is seeking an end to Tennessee's firearm silencer ban in the name of "hearing protection."Republican Rep. Tilman…

Sudanese-American singer Alsarah brought her band, The Nubatones, to globalFEST this past Sunday in New York City.

Amid Political Change, A World Music Festival Reaffirms Its Mission

A one-night festival in New York called globalFEST is a passport to explore compelling artists from five continents. But this year's event came at a moment particularly fraught by politics.

The Latest: Governor seeks overhaul of agencies, boards

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Latest on Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson addressing the state Legislature on the second day of the 2017 session (all times…

Veteran British war correspondent Clare Hollingworth, who broke the story that the World War II had begun, celebrates her 100 birthday during a party at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hong Kong in 2011. She celebrated her 105th birthday there this past October.

Reporter Who Broke The Story Of Start Of WWII Dies At 105

As an activist, Clare Hollingworth saved thousands of refugees from Hitler's forces. Then, a few days into her career as a reporter, she uncovered the scoop of a lifetime: Germany was invading Poland.

Mourners attend the funeral of former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Tuesday. Rafsanjani, who was 82, was a key figure in the foundation of the Islamic Republic in 1979, and served as president from 1989 to 1997.

Death Of A Former Iranian President May Shape The Race For The Next One

Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's death leaves the moderate wing in Iran without one of its strongest voices. His death comes just months before an election that will test President Hassan Rouhani.

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