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CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — A national gun owners advocacy group has vowed to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that Massachusetts’ assault weapons ban is constitutional. Bay State resident Joseph Capen and the National Association for Gun Rights, a nonprofit advocacy group, challenged the law banning the…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The polls haven’t been good to Joe Biden. The president’s approval rating was a record-low 34% in a Monmouth University poll, 37% in a New York Times/Siena College survey, and 38% in a Quinnipiac University poll, all released last week. He trails former President Donald Trump…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claims a prankster sent a police tactical unit to her Georgia home on Christmas Day. “I was just swatted. This is like the 8th time,” the right-wing firebrand posted on social media. “On Christmas with my family here.” Greene has accused critics of…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The argument that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution bars Donald Trump from the ballot has rapidly gone from obscurity to the top of the political agenda. In August, when I wrote about why the 14th Amendment needed to be taken seriously and how it had the potential to upe…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — A set of corporate entities co-founded by Frank Carone, New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ trusted political confidante, helped orchestrate a sprawling “money laundering scheme” that ultimately bilked $3.5 million from a major insurance company, according to a new federal lawsui…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The lead investigator at the 6abc helicopter crash site said Friday that nothing has been found so far indicating why Chopper 6 went down Tuesday night in Burlington County, killing the pilot and a photographer. Todd Gunther, the investigator in charge from the National Trans…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The acquittal of three Tacoma police officers charged with killing Manuel Ellis ended their criminal troubles, but the fallout from Ellis’ death is far from over. Officers Matthew Collins, Christopher “Shane” Burbank and Timothy Rankine were all found not guilty Thursday. The…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Iran’s foreign minister denied that his country is helping Yemen’s Houthi rebels attack commercial ships traveling through the Red Sea, warning the waterway won’t be safe as long as Israel maintains its offensive in Gaza. The White House, citing newly released intelligence, s…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — President Joe Biden said he “can’t think of one” reason presidents should receive absolute immunity from prosecution, as Republican front-runner Donald Trump has claimed. Biden made the comment in response to a reporter’s question Saturday before departing the White House for…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through Center City on Saturday afternoon to disrupt the last-minute Christmas shopping blitz with sorrowful reminders of the ongoing siege in Gaza — a protest that culminated in a tense standoff with police officers and the a…