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Early Saturday, multiple explosions rang out and low-flying aircraft swept through the Venezuelan capital.

With the Venezuelan leader’s whereabouts not known, the vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, would take power under Venezuelan law.

Video obtained from Caracas and an unidentified coastal city showed tracers and smoke clouding the landscape as repeated muted explosions illuminated the night sky. »

A CNN team witnessed several explosions and heard the sounds of aircraft early Saturday in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, and reported that some areas of the city were without electricity.

Videos verified by CNN showed helicopters roaring over Caracas, with plumes of smoke rising into the night sky.

Several areas of the city were without power, and CNN journalists in the capital heard the sound of aircraft after the explosions. »

In one particularly glaring — and unintentionally comedic — instance, the police department in Heber City, Utah, was forced to explain why a police report software declared that an officer had somehow shapeshifted into a frog.

According to records obtained by the group, “it’s often impossible to tell which parts of a police report were generated by AI and which parts were written by an officer.”.

More on AI policing: AI Is Mangling Police Radio Chatter, Posting It Online as Ridiculous Misinformation. »

US poised to end 2025 with the largest one-year drop in homicides ever recorded: Experts.

The dramatic drop in homicides surpasses a 15% decline in 2024, which was then the largest decrease on record, according to Asher.

Preliminary data the FBI made public earlier this year showed that homicides across the country fell 18% between September 2024 and August 2025. »