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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Flooding from torrential downpours sweeping Southern California cut off a seaside Los Angeles hotel on Monday and temporarily stranded its guests, some seeking to escape the Midwest’s harsh winter weather only to get caught up in a major Pacific storm. Vacationers at t…

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A deadly Pacific storm, the second “Pineapple Express” to sweep the West Coast in less than a week, stalled over Southern California on Monday, unleashing torrential downpours that triggered street flooding and mudslides throughout the region. Extreme-weather adv…

(Reuters) — Former President Donald Trump, who has refused to debate any of his rivals for the Republican nomination, on Monday said he wanted to debate U.S. President Joe Biden immediately. “I’d like to debate him now because we should debate. We should debate for the good of the count…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — A surging Donald Trump would beat President Biden if the election were held today, a new NBC News poll states. The weekend tally shows Trump up 47% to 42%, still within the margin of error but with two key factors that do not bode well for Biden. The NBC poll shows Biden losi…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — GOP presidential contender Nikki Haley took fresh jabs at party front-runner Donald Trump’s legal troubles, age and recent gaffes on Sunday, hours after a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” in which she mocked his refusal to debate her. Haley, appearing …

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips came in third in South Carolina’s Democratic presidential primary Saturday. Phillips, the third-term Democrat who represents many western Twin Cities suburbs in Congress, got 1.7% of votes to Biden’s 96.2% and Marianne Williamson’…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — California girded Sunday for a “potentially historic” storm that put much of the state on high alert, with officials expecting life-threatening damage and issuing evacuation orders or warnings in parts of Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and Monterey counties. …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Senate on Sunday unveiled a $118 billion bipartisan border security bill that would also provide aid to Ukraine and Israel following months of negotiations, but the measure faces an uncertain future amid opposition by Donald Trump and hardline Republicans. Senate Maj…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would impose tariffs on China again if he is elected in November and they could exceed 60 percent. “We have to do it,” Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday with the Fox News program “Sunday Morning…

(Reuters) — President Joe Biden on Sunday denounced anti-Arab rhetoric in response to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece targeting Dearborn, Michigan, that the mayor called “bigoted” and “Islamophobic.” The WSJ published the piece on Friday headlined as “Welcome to De…