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Carlos Vecchio, who doesn't have access to Venezuela's embassy, represents national assembly leader Juan Guaido, who the U.S. and other countries back as they pressure Nicolas Maduro to step aside.

Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment joins an ever widening scandal about past displays of racism that has engulfed the state's top Democrats

A Franklin County judge is expected to rule in the coming days on a lawsuit that seeks to restore the $300 weekly checks that the federal government was providing to unemployed people through September. Ohio became one of 26 states that ended the program last month.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wants Syria to use its influence to rein in Hezbollah. And Syria wants diplomatic engagement with the United States. But Rice isn't planning on talking directly to Damascus. She's counting on friendly regional governments to carry the U.S. message to Syria.

The laws to freeze Canada's total number of handguns likely will be enacted this fall. Other new rules strengthen "red flag" laws and require all rifles be modified to hold no more than five rounds.

The FBI has been tracking Hezbollah fundraising in the United States for years. But there is debate within law enforcement circles over whether the group would launch attacks on U.S. soil.

The white supremacist suspect in Buffalo is 18 years old. Some news organizations and commentators have called him a "teenager" and "child" rather than a "man."

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick is in Nigeria, hoping to mediate a peace deal between rebels and government leaders in Sudan's Darfor region. The African Union has extended a deadline for talks to midnight Tuesday. The three-year conflict has led to nearly 200,000 deaths and 2 million refugees.

A group of senators is in Beijing this week, meeting with top Chinese officials about the value of the Chinese currency, the yuan. Democrats and Republicans have authored a bill threatening China with a huge tariff increase on its exports to the United States unless Beijing allows the yuan to strengthen significantly against the dollar.

President Ibrahim Rugova is mourned in Kosovo by ethnic Albanians he led and by European and U.S. officials who hailed him as a voice of moderation in the turbulent Balkans. Talks on the future of Kosovo have been delayed until February.