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As NPR's Polina Litvanova reports, the efforts could result in the return of 1,200 prisoners.
The Department of State says it will designate Cartel de los Sols as a foreign terrorist organization later this month.
The Trump administration claims the cartel is led by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and other high-ranking officials.
In a news release, the State Department said Maduro does not represent Venezuela's government.
The designation comes as the U.S.
has increased its military presence off Venezuela's coast.
In Asia, the Nikkei index dropped two-tenths of a percent in trading Monday after China cautioned citizens against visiting Japan.
Tourism and retail stocks were hardest hit.
Two retail stocks dropped 10 percent.
S&P 500 futures, meanwhile, were up by four-tenths of a percent, while Nasdaq futures rose seven-tenths.
European and FTSE futures fell about one-tenth of a percent.
An AI safety expert is warning that Character AI's plan to ban chatbots for kids should be rolled out more carefully.
He says it would protect the teens who've developed relationships with the bots.
April Demboski of member station KQED has our reports.
An auction in Germany offering artifacts from the Holocaust for sale has been canceled.
The auction was to include letters from concentration camp prisoners as well as other documents.
A Holocaust survivors group has called the cancellation and described the auction as cynical.
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.