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Paul George suspended 25 games as Texas Democrat Menefee wins runoff; Venezuela touts amnesty and detention-center closure; US faces shutdown, crash vigils and Highway 99 fog pileup; nationwide anti-ICE protests surge; Commerce probes WhatsApp access claims
Paul George hit with 25-game suspension
Philadelphia fans are having a totally normal, emotionally balanced weekend after learning 76ers star forward Paul George has been suspended 25 games for a drug-related violation, knocking him out for the team’s next 25 contests.
Democrat Christian Menefee wins Texas special election runoff
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee won the special election runoff to fill the late Rep. Sylvester Turner’s Texas House seat, according to a Decision Desk HQ projection. Menefee beat fellow Democrat and former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards, slightly narrowing the Republican majority in the U.S. House.
Venezuela announces sweeping amnesty, promises to close notorious detention center
Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez announced a broad amnesty bill covering politically related violence from 1999 to the present, saying the National Assembly will take it up urgently. The measure could free hundreds of detainees, with estimates of at least 700 political prisoners nationwide, and Rodríguez said the government will close El Helicoide in Caracas, long accused by rights groups of abuses, and repurpose it as a social and cultural complex. Rights groups report just over 300 prisoners have already been released, including defense expert Rocío San Miguel, detained in 2024 on allegations including conspiracy and terrorism.
Northeast Philadelphia holds vigil for medical jet crash victims
Community members in Northeast Philadelphia gathered Saturday night for a somber vigil marking one year since a deadly medical jet crash that killed eight people.
Partial government shutdown expected to last until at least Tuesday
The partial government shutdown that began early Saturday is expected to continue until at least Tuesday, the soonest the House is likely to vote on a $1.2 trillion funding package, amid Democratic opposition and internal Republican divisions.
Massive Highway 99 pileup in California after dense fog
Near-zero visibility from a dense fog bank on Highway 99 near Earlimart in Tulare County triggered a huge multi-vehicle crash Saturday, with officials initially reporting as many as 150 vehicles. The California Highway Patrol confirmed 59 vehicles were directly involved, at least 10 people were hospitalized, and the highway was shut from Avenue 24 to the Kern County line for hours as crews rescued motorists, cleared wreckage, and investigated. Officials warned drivers not to rely on automatic headlights in fog and urged manually turning lights on for visibility.
Over 300 protests held nationwide opposing ICE
More than 300 demonstrations opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement took place in cities across the United States on Saturday.
US Commerce Department probes claims about WhatsApp message access
US Commerce Department agents investigated claims from WhatsApp content-moderation contractors that some Meta staff and moderators could view supposedly end-to-end encrypted WhatsApp messages, according to law-enforcement records cited by Bloomberg. Similar allegations appeared in a 2024 whistleblower complaint to the SEC, while a July 2025 Commerce investigative report described an ongoing probe called “Operation Sourced Encryption.” Meta said the claims are impossible, and WhatsApp says it can receive limited content when users report chats, but former contractors described broader access.
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