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(Reuters) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of former Nebraska congressman Jeff Fortenberry for lying to authorities investigating illegal contributions to his 2016 reelection campaign, saying his trial was held in the wrong place. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Republican presidential contender Donald Trump posted a poll on Truth Social on Tuesday, highlighting that the word voters most associate with a potential second term under his command is “revenge.” With campaigning ramping up ahead of the first Republican nominat…

(Reuters) — The United States has finalized contracts to purchase three million barrels of oil to help replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after the largest sale in history last year, the U.S. Department of Energy said on Tuesday. The department said it bought the oil, for delivery to a…

VILLA COMALTITLAN (Reuters) — Thousands of migrants and asylum seekers moved slowly north across the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Tuesday in a caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, one day before top U.S. officials planned to visit Mexico to discuss migration. On Wednesday, Secretary of …

DENVER (Reuters) — Colorado authorities are investigating possible threats against state Supreme Court justices, Denver police said on Tuesday, one week after the court’s decision barring former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot. The Denver Police Depar…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Zoo Atlanta received a rather large delivery on Christmas Eve: a southern white rhinoceros calf. Mother Kiazi and her newborn are both doing well, the zoo announced Monday. Only one other rhino calf — an eastern black rhino born in 2013 — has been born at the zoo in its 134 y…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Beyoncé’s childhood home was consumed by a Christmas Day fire. Firefighters in Houston, Texas’ Third Ward, responded to a raging blaze on the 2400 block of Rosedale St., around 2 a.m., according to local station KIAH. They reportedly took 10 minutes to largely tamp down the f…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — There’s no big rush to get the new COVID-19 vaccine, according to health experts. Many patients are hesitant to get the shot for a variety of reasons, including vaccine fatigue, fear of side effects and the feeling that COVID is over. But there’s a new variant spreading…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul used her Christmas address Monday to condemn a spike in anti-Semitic and Islamophobic hate crimes seen across New York since Hamas’ terror attack on Israel this fall. In her speech, which was pre-taped from the State Capitol in Albany and released C…