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CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The White House is evaluating potential consequences after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro missed an end-of-November deadline to release detained Americans, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Sunday. “We were extremely concerned that they didn’t take thos…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The top Republican negotiator for a deal on U.S.-Mexico border policy and aid to Ukraine said he’s confident that lawmakers can reach a bipartisan agreement by the end of the year. Senator James Lankford’s assessment contrasted with less optimistic comments by other Republica…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — When recently arrived migrants, mostly from Venezuela, began to show up at Juana Arreguin’s ice cream shop in Pilsen over the summer — some begging for money, others asking for a job — all she could do was feed them. Sometimes, she said, she would give them a few dollars or p…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The number of female firefighters across the United States has grown over the past years but remains far from representative of the 51% of the population made up by women, a data point that holds particularly true in Pittsburgh where a recent audit found less than 1% of city …

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Faculty at the California State University are gearing up to strike at four campuses this week, the latest move in a months-long fight for higher pay at the nation’s largest public university system. While the California Faculty Association (CFA) — the union representing 29,0…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Three homes were destroyed and the remains of a woman and one other individual were found after an early-morning fire in Sylmar, California, that set off ammunition as firefighters struggled to extinguish the blaze. Los Angeles firefighters responded to the scene in the 13700…

(Reuters) — An attack on an American warship and commercial vessels in the Red Sea on Sunday risks reigniting investor worries about a widening of the war between Israel and Hamas, potentially complicating the outlook for a rally that saw U.S. stocks crest a fresh closing high for the year last wee…

(Reuters) — A man wielding a steak knife killed four members of his extended family, including two children, at a home in the Queens borough of New York City early on Sunday before being shot dead by police, authorities said. The New York City Police Department said a girl called to report the inci…

(Reuters) — A searing late-year rally has brought the S&P 500 to a fresh 2023 closing high, as investors bet the Federal Reserve is done raising interest rates and the U.S. economy will remain resilient in the face of tighter monetary policy. The benchmark index closed at 4,594.63, nearly 6 poi…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A pair of key figures at the main super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis’ presidential bid have left the organization, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as internal squabbles among the Florida governor’s allies intensify in the weeks before the first R…