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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday signed a law allowing state law enforcement to arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, giving local officers powers long delegated to the U.S. government in a move likely to trigger legal challenges. The law, …

GAZA/MANAMA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Several countries have agreed to jointly carry out patrols in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to try to safeguard commercial shipping against attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who say they are supporting Palestinians under siege by Israel in the Gaza St…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — One morning in September, a Morgan Hill day care called 911 with a dire situation: A 2-year-old was having a seizure and turning blue. Within two minutes, first responders on the scene confirmed that the toddler needed emergency care. It took 25 minutes for an ambulance to ar…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — As the ultimate City Hall insider for decades, Ed Burke became a master of behind-the-scenes maneuvers that shaped Chicago and his own political fortunes. But now his legacy will be decided behind closed doors, inside a backroom he cannot enter, and where he cannot wield his …

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Republican leader Mitch McConnell said significant issues remain in Senate negotiations on U.S.-Mexico border restrictions demanded by his party in exchange for clearing assistance to Ukraine and other U.S. allies. McConnell and Senator James Lankford, the main Republican neg…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Third-party candidates are emerging as a potentially crucial obstacle to reassembling Joe Biden’s winning 2020 election coalition, particularly younger voters, in the battleground states likely to decide the U.S. presidency. Interest in independent candidates such as Robert F…

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israeli forces launched fresh attacks throughout the night across the Gaza Strip, residents said on Monday, as the United Nations Security Council looked set to vote on a demand that Israel and Hamas allow aid access to the Palestinian enclave. One Israeli strike on the J…

(Reuters) — Some investors are predicting an increase in corporate bond issuance in the New Year, after bond yields slid last week, opening the door for companies to refinance existing debt or issue new debt at lower costs. Total U.S. investment-grade corporate debt issuance in 2023 is expected to …

(Reuters) — Donald Trump, who predicted three years ago that if Democratic President Joe Biden won the White House in 2020 markets would crash, said on Sunday that stock markets hitting record highs were just making “rich people richer.” Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican no…