HOLIDAYS WEEKENDS

After four years in Syria, two brothers returned home to Trinidad this week, following an extraordinary intervention by their mother, a renowned human rights lawyer and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd.

Katlyn Alix, 24, died early Thursday morning from a gunshot to the chest, according to a police statement. She was off-duty. Another officer, Nathaniel Hendren, faces felony charges.

As Venezuela grapples with a major political crisis, people there are struggling with misinformation online. WhatsApp, a popular messaging app, has been used to spread both rumors and news reports.

LGBT Navajo youth are three times as likely to attempt suicide as their non-Native counterparts. Some are finding unexpected allies among elders whose tradition embraces the “two spirited.”

A Texas girl needs autism treatment, but her immigrant mother is afraid of turning to Medicaid. As more U.S. children go without health coverage, border watchers partly blame politics of intimidation.

President Trump was outmaneuvered by Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and did damage with key constituencies. Meanwhile, Americans may be more aware of what government does.

A lawyer for the president highlighted Friday that the new charges aren’t about collusion. But the indictment nonetheless raises questions about the knowledge, actions and intentions of the campaign.

GMO opponents say they want more rigorous testing by the FDA. But the study reinforces the idea that people may be reticent to learn facts they find morally upsetting, says one of the researchers.

Plastic is choking our oceans. Inspired by Gandhi’s activism, two young women on the island of Bali are on a mission to do something about it.

In this week’s roundup: The LA teacher strike is over. But in Denver and Oakland, strikes may be in the horizon.

As temperatures break records, Australians are suffering from heat-related illnesses, power has been cut to preserve supplies, and more than 90 horses were found dead in a dried reservoir.

A cruise ship broke loose from its moorings, along with seven other vessels, and ended up wedged underneath a bridge connecting Albany and Rensselaer, N.Y.

A government committee says capping speeds could reduce carbon emissions and pollution. Opponents say Germans have a visceral need for speed akin to Americans’ views on gun rights.

Muscle cells may retain nuclei that helped them grow strong, even after muscles shrink from lack of use. This provocative contentious idea could have implications for public health and sports.

President Vladimir Putin phoned Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro to express his support. But Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny called President Trump’s decision to back Juan Guaidó “outstanding.”

16-year-old Greta Thunberg has been the inspiration for many of the protests. She has staged weekly protests on the steps of the Swedish Parliament and spoke this week at Davos.

The deal, which remains subject to regulatory approval, represents an ambitious expansion for the Baltimore-based university — and the end of a turbulent era for the journalism museum.

A watchdog agency delved into the origins of the booties and bibs in a free box of goodies that the government sends to new moms.

Casey Hathaway disappeared on Tuesday and was found tangled in a brier patch not far from his great-grandmother’s house.

The deal, which the House plans to pass, would open the government through Feb. 15 and provide back pay for federal workers who have missed two paychecks during the longest shutdown in U.S. history.

U.S. prescriptions for Valium, Ativan and other benzodiazepines have shot up since 2003, statistics show, especially for chronic pain. Roughly half those prescriptions are from primary care providers.

Auto manufacturers use a wide range of names to describe similar features — like adaptive cruise control, which has been branded by at least 20 different terms. The result? Driver confusion, AAA says.

Jean Wyllys, an advocate for LGBT rights and a critic of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, says he was the target of death threats, physical harassment and misinformation spread on social media.

The FAA said it was mitigating staff shortages by rerouting traffic and adding workers. The White House said it was monitoring the delays, which also affected Philadelphia International Airport.

Anton Black’s death was tragic, the state’s attorney says, but it wasn’t criminal. Police body-camera video shows a chase that ends in the 19-year-old unresponsive and not breathing.

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó vowed to form a provisional government that would hold elections and offered amnesty to military officers who help. But there are no reports of new troop rebellions.

The GOP operative has repeatedly denied conspiring with the Russians who attacked the presidential race. Stone, who had expected to be indicted in the Mueller probe, says he’s only guilty of “hype.”

Browder endured nearly three years on Rikers, much of it in solitary confinement, awaiting a trial that never happened. His death by suicide in 2015 led to nationwide criminal justice reform.

The plan, expected to meet with a swift legal challenge, comes out of talks with Mexican officials. The administration is implementing it first at the San Ysidro, Calif., port of entry.

The 13-year-old was held captive for nearly three months. She escaped and helped authorities track down a suspect. A company that employed her parents is giving her the award money.

Michael Ertel stepped down shortly after the Tallahassee Democrat showed the photos to the office of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.