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CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Birthdays can be bittersweet — particularly when you’re the oldest president in U.S. history. As Joe Biden celebrates turning 81 on Monday, the occasion will highlight how age has become his greatest liability entering the final campaign of his 53-year political career and a …

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Virginia (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden donned aprons and served Thanksgiving dinners to military personnel and their families on Sunday at an early holiday meal dubbed “Friendsgiving.” The event took place in a flag-bedecked hangar…

(Reuters) — Republican Donald Trump won the endorsement of Texas Governor Greg Abbott at an event near the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday, a location meant to highlight the former U.S. president’s plans to crack down on immigration if he wins the 2024 election. Trump, the frontrunner for the Re…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is striving to deliver an upset in the Iowa Republican caucus in January, a make-or-break moment that could doom or extend his presidential prospects. With his polling average in the state lagging former President Donald Trump by as much as 30 percen…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The California State Fire Marshall’s office released a photo and description of a “person of interest” in connection with the massive arson fire that burned beneath Interstate 10 south of downtown Los Angeles leading to the closure of the freeway. Photograph…

 CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — A headless, armless body that washed up on a Rockaway beach Friday may be the remains of an Irish filmmaker, Ross McDonnell, reported missing more than two weeks ago, police sources said Saturday. The Emmy Award winner, who friends said loved the ocean and enjoyed “wild swim…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Hamas must release more hostages to position itself for a significant increase in aid to Gaza and a pause in fighting, one of the U.S.’s top Middle East envoys said on Saturday. “The surge in humanitarian relief, the surge in fuel, the pause in fighting will come when hostage…

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Pacific Rim leaders showed divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza after a two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on Friday, although they pledged support for reform of the World Trade Organization. Days of meetings involving APEC minister…

FORT DODGE, Iowa (Reuters) — Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, said on Saturday that he would kill off a Pacific trade pact being advanced by U.S. President Joe Biden if he were to win the 2024 election and return to the White House. Speaking to supporters in…

(Reuters) — In the past week, two University of Arizona educators were suspended and a University of Southern California professor was relegated to teaching remotely while the school investigated him, all after being recorded by students as they spoke about the war in Gaza. They are examples of the…