Trouble from start: How Venezuela’s Maduro rose to power, and what happened next

What is clear is that Maduro’s tenure has been troubled from the start. Chávez’s death from an undisclosed form of cancer March 5, 2013, triggered a snap election that pushed his hand-picked successor ...
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Rowan County commissioner candidates weigh in

For the past decade and more, Rowan County has been represented by the same five commissioners. That will change in 2027, as three commissioners, Greg Edds, Jim Greene and Judy […] ...

Before Maduro arrest, Nobel Prize winner said Venezuela has a $1.7 trillion opportunity to privatize over 500 companies and undo socialist ‘disaster’

Venezuela has the world’s largest oil reserves, but “our people don’t even have gas even to cook. That’s a disaster,” María ...

NFTs were supposed to be the next thing. They were gone quicker than a meme

Amid a tidal wave of hype and scams, they soared like Icarus — then crashed like the Hindenburg. But why did it happen, and could they ever make a comeback? Io Dodds remembers the rise and fall of the ...