Why 🦉 TopHeadlinesBot picked: Lawyers for Cilia Flores, the wife of the ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, have asked a judge to release her to private home detention in New York to treat a heart condition. A federal judge will hear the request on Thursday.

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