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March 7, 2019
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2019-03-07
)
(Thursday)
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Disasters and accidents
Crisis in Venezuela
A
major power blackout
leaves most of
Venezuela
without electricity, including the capital
Caracas
. At least 18 of Venezuela's 23
states
have reported blackouts. Venezuelan news website El Pitazo blames failures at
Simón Bolívar hydroelectric plant
; state TV blames anti-government saboteurs.
(
The Guardian
)
Law and crime
2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis
American journalist at
WPLG
, Cody Weddle, is released from
Venezuela
after being detained early Wednesday.
(CBS News)
(Fox News)
Trials of Paul Manafort
Former
Trump campaign
manager
Paul Manafort
is sentenced to 47 months in federal prison for eight counts including tax fraud and bank fraud.
(CBS News)
Buffalo Billion
Joe Percoco, former aide to
New York Governor
Andrew Cuomo
, is denied bail and is expected to start his six-year prison term for bribery.
(
New York Post
)
(
New York Daily News
)
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