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The U.S.military airlifted tons of aid to a Colombian town on the Venezuelan border in an apparent effort to undermine socialist President Nicolas Maduro and back his rival to leadership of the South American nation

Two of three scheduled Air Force C-17 cargo planes that took off from Homestead Air Reserve Base in Florida had landed in Cucuta

That border city, swollen by a flood of migrants from Venezuela, is a collection point for aid that's supposed to be distributed by supporters of Juan Guaido

Guaido is the congressional leader who is recognized by the U.S.and many other nations as Venezuela's legitimate president

'This wasn't the first, and it won't be the last,' said USAID Administrator Mark Green, standing on the tarmac in Cucuta at a ceremony to receive the aid

'More is on the way.' Commercial planes had been used for earlier shipments of aid, which is aimed at assisting the country in it's economic crisis - including hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicine - gripping Venezuela

'We are saving lives with these airplanes,' said Lestor Toledo, an exiled politician who is coordinating the international aid effort for Guaido

Maduro has been using the military, which remains loyal, to help him block the aid from entering Venezuela

He described it as 'crumbs' from a U.S.government whose restrictions have stripped his administration of control over many of its most valuable assets

'They hang us, steal our money and then say 'here, grab these crumbs' and make a global show out of it,' Maduro told The Associated Press on Thursday

'With dignity we say 'No to the global show.'Whoever wants to help Venezuela is welcome, but we have enough capacity to pay for everything that we need

' His vice president has alleged, without evidence, that the aid packages are contaminated

Green on Saturday called the allegations 'absurd.' Saturday's 180-ton shipment includes high-energy food products or hygiene kids of soap, toothpaste and other goods for more than 25,000 people

Guaido spoke to a crowd of supporters gathered in eastern Caracas on Saturday and vowed to form caravans of activists to reach the border and bring in aid on January  23

He also called for people to gather in cities across the country to receive the aid - and called for the armed forces to allow it into the country

In the crowd was Anibrez Peroza, a 40-year-old nurse, who said she was ready if necessary to go to Cucuta in a caravan to bring in the aid

'We have to do something to save so many people who are suffering and dying for lack of medicine,' she said

Peroza wept as she described a dehydrated child dying in her arms for lack of a catheter to rehydrate him

The U.S.and widespread European recognition of Guaido complicates Maduro's efforts to find funds to keep his government, and its own food programs, running

The U.S.has placed Venezuela's U.S.assets, including oil company Citgo, under Guaido's control and bans financial transactions by Maduro-controlled entities

Scores of Venezuelan officials also face personal financial sanctions in the United States

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Rare owls thrive in ghost town near Los Angeles airport The Sacramento Bee - Duration: 2:44.

Rare owls thrive in ghost town near Los Angeles airport The Sacramento Bee

February 17, 2019 02:35 PM

Researchers have discovered a group of rare owls thriving in a nature preserve near Los Angeles International Airport, according to a newspaper report Sunday.

The 10 burrowing owls are the most seen at LAX Dunes Preserve in 40 years, the Los Angeles Times reported. Among the raptors are a breeding pair that stand guard over a nest.

"This is very exciting — a real stunner," said Pete Bloom, a biologist and avian expert who helped conduct a wildlife survey this month.

Scientists attribute the return of the migratory owls to ongoing restoration work at the 300 acre 120 hectare preserve that used to be the beachfront community of Surfridge. The neighborhoods disappeared decades ago as the jet age boomed and have been reclaimed by sand, native brush and invasive weeds.

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"For biologists, the preserve has become an ecological hot spot sandwiched between a popular beach and the third busiest airport in the nation," said Robert Fisher, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist. "We aim to make sure things stay that way."

The range of biodiversity in the landscape, which is off limits to the public, underscores the difficulty that government wildlife biologists face ensuring the survival of rare species in an urban setting, the newspaper said.

Biologists believe there is a chance that juvenile burrowing owls might become permanent residents of the preserve, which is just one small fragment of a dune system that once stretched along the Pacific Coast from Point Conception, west of Santa Barbara, to Mexico.

It is already home to 900 species of plants and animals, including thousands of federally endangered El Segundo blue butterflies, whose numbers were in steep decline due to habitat loss.

Other species on the rebound in the isolated dunes include native evening primrose and California gnatcatcher. A recent survey of the federally protected bird found three pairs and six juveniles.

Federal scientists are discussing proposals to reintroduce animals that roamed the dunes a century ago but are no longer there, the Times said. One candidate could be the Pacific pocket mouse, a critically endangered mammal previously found only on a gun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, about 115 miles 185 kilometers south.

February 17, 2019 11:45 AM

The NFLs settlement with former San Francisco 49ers players Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid over their collusion grievance could signal the league wanted it to go away and not have details surface in public.

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Rare owls thrive in ghost town near Los Angeles airport The Sacramento Bee

February 17, 2019 02:35 PM

Researchers have discovered a group of rare owls thriving in a nature preserve near Los Angeles International Airport, according to a newspaper report Sunday.

The 10 burrowing owls are the most seen at LAX Dunes Preserve in 40 years, the Los Angeles Times reported. Among the raptors are a breeding pair that stand guard over a nest.

"This is very exciting — a real stunner," said Pete Bloom, a biologist and avian expert who helped conduct a wildlife survey this month.

Scientists attribute the return of the migratory owls to ongoing restoration work at the 300 acre 120 hectare preserve that used to be the beachfront community of Surfridge. The neighborhoods disappeared decades ago as the jet age boomed and have been reclaimed by sand, native brush and invasive weeds.

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"For biologists, the preserve has become an ecological hot spot sandwiched between a popular beach and the third busiest airport in the nation," said Robert Fisher, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist. "We aim to make sure things stay that way."

The range of biodiversity in the landscape, which is off limits to the public, underscores the difficulty that government wildlife biologists face ensuring the survival of rare species in an urban setting, the newspaper said.

Biologists believe there is a chance that juvenile burrowing owls might become permanent residents of the preserve, which is just one small fragment of a dune system that once stretched along the Pacific Coast from Point Conception, west of Santa Barbara, to Mexico.

It is already home to 900 species of plants and animals, including thousands of federally endangered El Segundo blue butterflies, whose numbers were in steep decline due to habitat loss.

Other species on the rebound in the isolated dunes include native evening primrose and California gnatcatcher. A recent survey of the federally protected bird found three pairs and six juveniles.

Federal scientists are discussing proposals to reintroduce animals that roamed the dunes a century ago but are no longer there, the Times said. One candidate could be the Pacific pocket mouse, a critically endangered mammal previously found only on a gun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, about 115 miles 185 kilometers south.

February 17, 2019 11:45 AM

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Burned body found near flaming portable toilet at M and T Bank Stadium parking lot, p0lice say Bal - Duration: 1:40.

Burned body found near flaming portable toilet at M and T Bank Stadium parking lot, p0lice say Bal

Police are investigating a suspicious death in which a mans burned body was found near a flaming portable toilet in the parking lot of M T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Sunday afternoon.

Fire officials said the man was seen on fire coming from a Port A Potty. When first responders arrived, the man was dead and three portable toilets were engulfed in flames.

The body was discovered about 3 p.m., said Detective Chakia Fennoy, a spokeswoman. The dead person has not been identified. The body lay under a white sheet while the remains of the portable toilet smoldered nearby.

Multiple firetrucks and officers with Baltimore police, the Fire Department and Maryland Transit Police responded to the incident, which occurred next to the light rail station on West Hamburg Street in Lot H. Officers closed off a light rail walkway that overlooked the scene.

Blair Skinner, a spokeswoman for the Fire Department, said she was still gathering information and could not comment.

No further details were released. Police ask anyone with information to call 1 866 7LOCKUP.

Police are investigating a suspicious death in which a mans burned body was found near a flaming portable toilet in the parking lot of M T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Sunday afternoon.

Fire officials said the man was seen on fire coming from a Port A Potty. When first responders arrived, the...

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Stone has to stay mum near the courthouse under gag order from judge - Duration: 4:34.

Stone has to stay mum near the courthouse under gag order from judge

WASHINGTON The federal judge overseeing the criminal trial of longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone imposed a gag order Friday, ordering Stone to limit his public comments near the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., but putting greater constraints on attorneys and potential witnesses, who were told not to make statements that might prejudice jurors.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington warned Stone that based on his conduct, she could later tighten the order, which she issued invoking a court rule to rein in pretrial publicity in sensational cases.

Stone, 66, a longtime GOP operative and self described "dirty trickster," has pleaded not guilty to charges of lying about his efforts to gather information about hacked 2016 Democratic Party emails that were published by the WikiLeaks organization.

In a four page order, Jackson said she had weighed Stones assertion of his constitutional rights to free speech as a writer and political commentator. Jacksons order barred prejudicial statements "to the media or in public settings" by any attorneys or potential witnesses in the case to safeguard the defendants right to a fair trial, maintain the dignity of the court and the safety and security of court personnel and the public. Her order also noted concern that a small crowd of chanting and sign bearing demonstrators for and against Stone lined a courthouse entrance after his arraignment.

Jackson further directed Stone and other participants not to make any statements intended to influence the case or "interfere with the administration of justice" in the "immediate vicinity" of the courthouse.

Stone on Friday said in a text message, "I am pleased that the judges order leaves my first amendment right to defend myself in public intact," adding, "I will of course continue to be judicious about my comments regarding the case."

The court said Stones case would remain assigned to Jackson, over his defense lawyers objections, who sought to have the case randomly assigned to another judge in the courthouse.

However, Stone has used the threat of such an order to raise money for his legal defense fund and to go on a public offensive against the court, prosecutors with Special Counsel Robert Muellers office and the U.S. attorneys office of the District.

In a videotaped fundraising appeal for his legal defense fund that he posted to his Instagram account hours earlier, Stone referred to Jackson, a 2011 court appointee, saying, "Now a federal judge appointed by Barack Obama threatens to gag me so I cant defend myself in public and raise the money necessary for a vigorous legal defense."

In the video Stone wears a blue T shirt emblazoned with the words, "Roger Stone did nothing wrong!"

The special counsels office made a pitch in an earlier court filing that the Stone case should be considered "related" to a case filed in July against 12 Russian military intelligence officers accused of hacking the Democratic Party during the 2016 campaign and distributing stolen documents through WikiLeaks. Jackson has that case.

Prosecutors argued Stones alleged lies to Congress grew out of an investigation into the hacking. And they said "several" search warrants served in the hacking investigation were executed on online accounts that contained Stones communications, particularly with WikiLeaks and Guccifer 2.0, a person who distributed the stolen material online. Prosecutors previously alleged Guccifer 2.0 was an account operated by Russian military intelligence.

Stone has made public direct messages he exchanged with Guccifer 2.0 through Twitter and also with a WikiLeaks account. He has said the communications are innocuous and do not indicate any advance knowledge of plans to release stolen emails.

Stones lawyers contended the two cases were unrelated.

A seven count indictment unsealed Jan. 25 alleges that Stone sought information about the emails before the election at the direction of an unidentified senior Trump campaign official. He faces charges of lying, obstruction and witness tampering, including by pressuring another witness to lie or refuse to talk to Congress.

Stone, a veteran GOP operative and a friend of Trumps for four decades, briefly advised the presidential campaign in 2015 and remained in contact with Trump and top advisers through the election.

Prosecutors allege that in 2016, Stone repeatedly sought to learn when potentially damaging internal emails from Hillary Clintons campaign would be released, but after the election tried to cover up what he had done by lying about it in his testimony to Congress.

In Stones indictment, prosecutors allege that after the initial release of stolen Democratic emails on July 22, 2016, "a senior Trump campaign official was directed to contact Stone about any additional releases and what other damaging information Organization 1" had regarding the Clinton campaign.

The indictment does not name the campaign official or say who directed the alleged outreach to Stone. People familiar with the case identified "Organization 1" as WikiLeaks, the global anti secrecy group founded by Julian Assange.

Stone has repeatedly denied having any contact with Russia or WikiLeaks. Stone, WikiLeaks and Assange have said they never communicated with one another.

Stone is free on bond and limited to travel between south Florida, Washington and New York City.

The Washington Posts Rosalind S. Helderman contributed to this report.

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Burned body found near flaming portable toilet at M and T Bank Stadium parking lot, p0lice say Bal - Duration: 1:37.

Burned body found near flaming portable toilet at M and T Bank Stadium parking lot, p0lice say Bal

Police are investigating a suspicious death in which a mans burned body was found near a flaming portable toilet in the parking lot of M T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Sunday afternoon.

Fire officials said the man was seen on fire coming from a Port A Potty. When first responders arrived, the man was dead and three portable toilets were engulfed in flames.

The body was discovered about 3 p.m., said Detective Chakia Fennoy, a spokeswoman. The dead person has not been identified. The body lay under a white sheet while the remains of the portable toilet smoldered nearby.

Multiple firetrucks and officers with Baltimore police, the Fire Department and Maryland Transit Police responded to the incident, which occurred next to the light rail station on West Hamburg Street in Lot H. Officers closed off a light rail walkway that overlooked the scene.

Blair Skinner, a spokeswoman for the Fire Department, said she was still gathering information and could not comment.

No further details were released. Police ask anyone with information to call 1 866 7LOCKUP.

Police are investigating a suspicious death in which a mans burned body was found near a flaming portable toilet in the parking lot of M T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Sunday afternoon.

Fire officials said the man was seen on fire coming from a Port A Potty. When first responders arrived, the...

For more infomation >> Burned body found near flaming portable toilet at M and T Bank Stadium parking lot, p0lice say Bal - Duration: 1:37.

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Rare owls thrive in ghost town near Los Angeles airport The Sacramento Bee - Duration: 2:40.

Rare owls thrive in ghost town near Los Angeles airport The Sacramento Bee

February 17, 2019 02:35 PM

Researchers have discovered a group of rare owls thriving in a nature preserve near Los Angeles International Airport, according to a newspaper report Sunday.

The 10 burrowing owls are the most seen at LAX Dunes Preserve in 40 years, the Los Angeles Times reported. Among the raptors are a breeding pair that stand guard over a nest.

"This is very exciting — a real stunner," said Pete Bloom, a biologist and avian expert who helped conduct a wildlife survey this month.

Scientists attribute the return of the migratory owls to ongoing restoration work at the 300 acre 120 hectare preserve that used to be the beachfront community of Surfridge. The neighborhoods disappeared decades ago as the jet age boomed and have been reclaimed by sand, native brush and invasive weeds.

Get six months of free digital access to The Sacramento Bee

"For biologists, the preserve has become an ecological hot spot sandwiched between a popular beach and the third busiest airport in the nation," said Robert Fisher, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist. "We aim to make sure things stay that way."

The range of biodiversity in the landscape, which is off limits to the public, underscores the difficulty that government wildlife biologists face ensuring the survival of rare species in an urban setting, the newspaper said.

Biologists believe there is a chance that juvenile burrowing owls might become permanent residents of the preserve, which is just one small fragment of a dune system that once stretched along the Pacific Coast from Point Conception, west of Santa Barbara, to Mexico.

It is already home to 900 species of plants and animals, including thousands of federally endangered El Segundo blue butterflies, whose numbers were in steep decline due to habitat loss.

Other species on the rebound in the isolated dunes include native evening primrose and California gnatcatcher. A recent survey of the federally protected bird found three pairs and six juveniles.

Federal scientists are discussing proposals to reintroduce animals that roamed the dunes a century ago but are no longer there, the Times said. One candidate could be the Pacific pocket mouse, a critically endangered mammal previously found only on a gun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, about 115 miles 185 kilometers south.

February 17, 2019 11:45 AM

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Rare owls thrive in ghost town near Los Angeles airport The Sacramento Bee - Duration: 2:43.

Rare owls thrive in ghost town near Los Angeles airport The Sacramento Bee

February 17, 2019 02:35 PM

Researchers have discovered a group of rare owls thriving in a nature preserve near Los Angeles International Airport, according to a newspaper report Sunday.

The 10 burrowing owls are the most seen at LAX Dunes Preserve in 40 years, the Los Angeles Times reported. Among the raptors are a breeding pair that stand guard over a nest.

"This is very exciting — a real stunner," said Pete Bloom, a biologist and avian expert who helped conduct a wildlife survey this month.

Scientists attribute the return of the migratory owls to ongoing restoration work at the 300 acre 120 hectare preserve that used to be the beachfront community of Surfridge. The neighborhoods disappeared decades ago as the jet age boomed and have been reclaimed by sand, native brush and invasive weeds.

Get six months of free digital access to The Sacramento Bee

"For biologists, the preserve has become an ecological hot spot sandwiched between a popular beach and the third busiest airport in the nation," said Robert Fisher, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist. "We aim to make sure things stay that way."

The range of biodiversity in the landscape, which is off limits to the public, underscores the difficulty that government wildlife biologists face ensuring the survival of rare species in an urban setting, the newspaper said.

Biologists believe there is a chance that juvenile burrowing owls might become permanent residents of the preserve, which is just one small fragment of a dune system that once stretched along the Pacific Coast from Point Conception, west of Santa Barbara, to Mexico.

It is already home to 900 species of plants and animals, including thousands of federally endangered El Segundo blue butterflies, whose numbers were in steep decline due to habitat loss.

Other species on the rebound in the isolated dunes include native evening primrose and California gnatcatcher. A recent survey of the federally protected bird found three pairs and six juveniles.

Federal scientists are discussing proposals to reintroduce animals that roamed the dunes a century ago but are no longer there, the Times said. One candidate could be the Pacific pocket mouse, a critically endangered mammal previously found only on a gun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, about 115 miles 185 kilometers south.

February 17, 2019 11:45 AM

The NFLs settlement with former San Francisco 49ers players Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid over their collusion grievance could signal the league wanted it to go away and not have details surface in public.

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Update | Rare owls thrive in ghost town near Los Angeles airport The Sacramento Bee - Duration: 2:55.

Update | Rare owls thrive in ghost town near Los Angeles airport The Sacramento Bee

February 17, 2019 02:35 PM

Researchers have discovered a group of rare owls thriving in a nature preserve near Los Angeles International Airport, according to a newspaper report Sunday.

The 10 burrowing owls are the most seen at LAX Dunes Preserve in 40 years, the Los Angeles Times reported. Among the raptors are a breeding pair that stand guard over a nest.

"This is very exciting — a real stunner," said Pete Bloom, a biologist and avian expert who helped conduct a wildlife survey this month.

Scientists attribute the return of the migratory owls to ongoing restoration work at the 300 acre 120 hectare preserve that used to be the beachfront community of Surfridge. The neighborhoods disappeared decades ago as the jet age boomed and have been reclaimed by sand, native brush and invasive weeds.

Get six months of free digital access to The Sacramento Bee

"For biologists, the preserve has become an ecological hot spot sandwiched between a popular beach and the third busiest airport in the nation," said Robert Fisher, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist. "We aim to make sure things stay that way."

The range of biodiversity in the landscape, which is off limits to the public, underscores the difficulty that government wildlife biologists face ensuring the survival of rare species in an urban setting, the newspaper said.

Biologists believe there is a chance that juvenile burrowing owls might become permanent residents of the preserve, which is just one small fragment of a dune system that once stretched along the Pacific Coast from Point Conception, west of Santa Barbara, to Mexico.

It is already home to 900 species of plants and animals, including thousands of federally endangered El Segundo blue butterflies, whose numbers were in steep decline due to habitat loss.

Other species on the rebound in the isolated dunes include native evening primrose and California gnatcatcher. A recent survey of the federally protected bird found three pairs and six juveniles.

Federal scientists are discussing proposals to reintroduce animals that roamed the dunes a century ago but are no longer there, the Times said. One candidate could be the Pacific pocket mouse, a critically endangered mammal previously found only on a gun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, about 115 miles 185 kilometers south.

February 17, 2019 11:45 AM

The NFLs settlement with former San Francisco 49ers players Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid over their collusion grievance could signal the league wanted it to go away and not have details surface in public.

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Rare owls thrive in ghost town near Los Angeles airport The Sacramento Bee - Duration: 2:41.

Rare owls thrive in ghost town near Los Angeles airport The Sacramento Bee

February 17, 2019 02:35 PM

Researchers have discovered a group of rare owls thriving in a nature preserve near Los Angeles International Airport, according to a newspaper report Sunday.

The 10 burrowing owls are the most seen at LAX Dunes Preserve in 40 years, the Los Angeles Times reported. Among the raptors are a breeding pair that stand guard over a nest.

"This is very exciting — a real stunner," said Pete Bloom, a biologist and avian expert who helped conduct a wildlife survey this month.

Scientists attribute the return of the migratory owls to ongoing restoration work at the 300 acre 120 hectare preserve that used to be the beachfront community of Surfridge. The neighborhoods disappeared decades ago as the jet age boomed and have been reclaimed by sand, native brush and invasive weeds.

Get six months of free digital access to The Sacramento Bee

"For biologists, the preserve has become an ecological hot spot sandwiched between a popular beach and the third busiest airport in the nation," said Robert Fisher, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist. "We aim to make sure things stay that way."

The range of biodiversity in the landscape, which is off limits to the public, underscores the difficulty that government wildlife biologists face ensuring the survival of rare species in an urban setting, the newspaper said.

Biologists believe there is a chance that juvenile burrowing owls might become permanent residents of the preserve, which is just one small fragment of a dune system that once stretched along the Pacific Coast from Point Conception, west of Santa Barbara, to Mexico.

It is already home to 900 species of plants and animals, including thousands of federally endangered El Segundo blue butterflies, whose numbers were in steep decline due to habitat loss.

Other species on the rebound in the isolated dunes include native evening primrose and California gnatcatcher. A recent survey of the federally protected bird found three pairs and six juveniles.

Federal scientists are discussing proposals to reintroduce animals that roamed the dunes a century ago but are no longer there, the Times said. One candidate could be the Pacific pocket mouse, a critically endangered mammal previously found only on a gun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, about 115 miles 185 kilometers south.

February 17, 2019 11:45 AM

The NFLs settlement with former San Francisco 49ers players Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid over their collusion grievance could signal the league wanted it to go away and not have details surface in public.

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Real time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand.