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The U.S.

has formally reopened its embassy in Caracas, Venezuela after the restoration of full diplomatic relations with the South American country.

It comes after the Trump administration captured President Nicolas Maduro in January.

The embassy had been closed for seven years.

A small team of U.S.

diplomats based in neighboring Colombia has been working in Caracas for more than a month, but

The embassy itself had not yet been reopened.

The K-pop group BTS returns to the top of this week's Billboard Albums chart after a long time away.

NPR's Stephen Thompson has more.

Ted Martindale, owner of a cafe in British Columbia, celebrated his 80th birthday with a massive 17-foot by 17-foot carrot cake

The three-ton cake includes nearly 1,800 pounds of carrots, 700 pounds of butter, and 2,000 pounds of icing.

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The FBI says a man who crashed his pickup truck into a Detroit-area synagogue earlier this month was carrying out an attack inspired by Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah.

FBI officials say Ayman Gonzalez made a video before the attack, saying he wanted to kill as many of them as he could.

Ghazali exchanged gunfire with a security guard before fatally shooting himself.

No one among the 150 children and staff were injured.