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Voting results are displayed on a whiteboard just after midnight on Nov. 8, 2016, in Dixville Notch, N.H., the first polling place in the country to vote since 1960.

'First In The Nation' Voting Site Under Scrutiny For Alleged Election Law Violations

4:54pm February 15, 2019

by Casey McDermott

Since 1960, citizens in a tiny New Hampshire hamlet have gathered at midnight to cast the first official ballots in the presidential race under the gaze of TV cameras.

Martha Hernandez (left) and Ana Suda say they were interrupted and detained because they spoke Spanish while shopping at a convenience store in Havre, Mont. They've now filed a lawsuit.

National

Americans Who Were Detained After Speaking Spanish In Montana Sue U.S. Border Agency

4:25pm February 15, 2019

by Bill Chappell

"I saw that you guys are speaking Spanish, which is very unheard of up here," an agent told two women in a convenience store. The two friends were born in California and Texas.

President Trump announces his emergency declaration during a Rose Garden event at the White House on Friday.

Politics & Government

Many Presidents Have Declared Emergencies — But Not Like Trump Has

4:12pm February 15, 2019

by Scott Horsley

When President Trump declared a national emergency on the Southern border on Friday, he claimed the move was routine — even as he acknowledged the administration is likely to face legal challenges.

HIV-positive patients and their families protest hospitals' lack of medicines and supplies in Caracas, Venezuela, in April 2018. Some patients are fleeing to neighboring countries like Peru in search of lifesaving anti-retroviral drugs.

Venezuela's Health Crisis Spills Over To Neighboring Countries

4:07pm February 15, 2019

by Jason Beaubien

Refugees are fleeing to try and get health care. And disease outbreaks across Latin America are being linked back to Venezuela.

A sign outside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. The tech giant is planning to build a campus in San Jose, Calif.

This City Told Amazon And Google: No Incentives For You

3:34pm February 15, 2019

by Jasmine Garsd

Amazon canceled plans for a New York City HQ after meeting stiff opposition over big tax breaks and other incentives. A California mayor refused to offer similar incentives but landed Google anyway.

Students hold placards as they shout slogans during a protest at the state university in Manila, Philippines, on Thursday in support of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, who was arrested a day earlier.

World News

Journalist's Arrest In Philippines Sparks Demonstrations, Fears Of Wider Crackdown

2:50pm February 15, 2019

by Ashley Westerman

Maria Ressa, the CEO of the news outlet Rappler, which has been critical of President Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested earlier this week and charged with violating the country's cybercrime law.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld told an audience in New Hampshire that he is launching a 2020 exploratory committee.

Politics & Government

Former Gov. Bill Weld Considers A Republican Primary Challenge To Trump

1:02pm February 15, 2019

by Brian Naylor

Weld, the former governor of Massachusetts, told an audience in New Hampshire that he is launching a 2020 exploratory committee.

A mob in India set fire to vehicles on Friday, in protest of Thursday's attack on a paramilitary convoy in Kashmir.

India Vows 'Befitting Reply' After Attack On Security Forces In Kashmir

12:45pm February 15, 2019

The government says it is taking steps to isolate Pakistan, which it blames for Thursday's fatal bombing. Pakistan calls the violence a result of "brutalities of Indian occupied forces in Kashmir."

Mourners carry the coffin of Ko Ni, a prominent Muslim lawyer who was shot dead in 2017. Ko Ni's killer was sentenced to death on Friday.

World News

Gunmen Sentenced In The Death Of Myanmar Democracy Advocate Ko Ni

12:16pm February 15, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Ko Ni pushed for reform of the country's military-drafted constitution. A Muslim in the predominantly Buddhist country, he had just returned from a Jakarta visit to study interfaith peace.

National

ICE Halts Force-Feeding Of Detained Hunger Strikers In Texas

11:34am February 15, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has come under pressure to explain why it was force-feeding detained asylum-seekers protesting their detention. Nine of the 12 hunger strikers are from India.