Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife appeared before a U.S. federal judge in Manhattan after being captured during a dramatic U.S. military operation ordered by President Donald Trump. Prosecutors accuse Maduro of narco-terrorism, cocaine trafficking, and partnering with violent drug cartels, while his defense claims sovereign immunity.    

At least 5 people were killed after a Mexican Navy medical aircraft crashed into West Galveston Bay while approaching Scholes International Airport amid dense fog. Authorities say the plane was on a humanitarian medical mission transporting a pediatric burn patient, believed to be headed to Shriners Children’s in Galveston.