President Nicolas Maduro was to inaugurate the Constituent Assembly -- whose loyalist 545 members include his wife and son -- in a ceremony in a Caracas concert arena, his press office said. The body, which was elected despite months of street demonstrations and international condemnation, is tasked with rewriting the constitution of the crisis-hit South American country. It has wide powers superseding those of the opposition-controlled legislature, the National Assembly, whose palace it was to take over from Thursday, when it starts work.
Authorities say two people are unaccounted for after an explosion and partial building collapse at a grade school in Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Fire Department initially tweeted that one fatality was reported in the collapse at Minnehaha Academy. Tyner says three people were rescued from the roof, and another person initially believed missing was found unhurt.
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