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CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — An Arctic blast gripping much of the nation caused more than 11,000 flights to be delayed or canceled Monday, and with another storm looming, the number was expected to grow. New York was spared most of the delays at the outset, but that was poised to change as a snowstorm de…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital on Monday, two weeks after being hospitalized due to complications from prostate cancer treatment, the Pentagon said. Austin, 70, was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland on Dec…

(Reuters) — Joseph Tacopina, an attorney on former U.S. President Donald Trump’s legal team, on Monday said he will no longer represent him in a criminal case in Manhattan related to alleged hush money payments or a separate appeal of a civil case. Tacopina withdrew from representing Trump in…

(Reuters) — Much of the United States remained gripped by an Arctic blast on Monday, cutting power to tens of thousands of customers in northern states and Texas and potentially dampening turnout in Iowa, where voters will cast the first ballots for a Republican candidate in November’s presid…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection team and his Democratic Party said on Monday they raised over $97 million in the last three months of 2023, amid opinion polls showing voter concerns over his age, high prices and handling of the Israel-Hamas war. The Biden campaign…

(Reuters) — Vivek Ramaswamy, a multi-millionaire former biotech executive, ended his White House bid on Monday and endorsed Donald Trump after his longshot bid caught attention but failed to catapult him high enough in the Republican Party’s first nominating contest in Iowa. Ramaswamy, a 38-y…

TOKYO (Reuters) — The United States will deploy two military helicopters in Japan to the earthquake-hit Noto peninsula on the country’s west coast to aid relief efforts in communities cut off by the disaster, the U.S. Ambassador to Japan said on Tuesday. “Two Blackhawk helicopters will …

Former President Donald Trump takes the stage during his Iowa caucus night watch party in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 15, 2024. DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) — Donald Trump secured a resounding victory in the first 2024 Republican presidential contest in Iowa on Monday, asserting his dominance over the par…

(Reuters) — The principal of a school in a small Iowa town who was injured during a shooting on campus at the beginning of the month died on Sunday, his family said. Dan Marburger, had been principal at Perry High School since 1995, suffered serious injuries on Jan. 4 as he helped pupils and staff …