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CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Donald Trump is once again lashing out at the Manhattan judge presiding over his civil fraud trial in New York. The former president on Saturday took to his social media platform to attack “Trump-hating” Judge Arthur Engoron a day after he issued a ruling ordering Trump’s eld…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The Commerce Department is halting exports of most U.S.-made firearms for 90 days and reviewing its support of the country’s biggest gun trade show to ensure such backing “does not undermine U.S. policy interests” — steps that could slow two decades of growth of gun sales abr…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Republican presidential candidates offered full-throated support for Israel to defend itself and lambasted President Joe Biden’s policies in the Middle East. Former President Donald Trump said that if he were reelected president he’d take a forceful tack, vowing to retaliate …

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The United Auto Workers and Stellantis NV have reached a tentative agreement, ending a 44-day strike at the maker of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles, the UAW confirmed in a video posted to social media Saturday evening. The agreement mirrors the economics of the tentat…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israeli forces waged ground operations against Hamas in Gaza on Sunday in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the second phase of a three-week-old war aimed at crushing the Palestinian militant group. Gaza’s besieged residents faced a near-total communi…

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) — Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence ended his cash-strapped presidential campaign on Saturday, after struggling for months to convince Republican voters he was the best alternative to the man he once served with unswerving loyalty, Donald Trump. Pence’s surprise announ…

ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) — The death toll from a devastating hurricane this week in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco has risen to 39, the government said on Saturday, as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accused his opponents of exaggerating the scale of the disaster. Hurricane Otis pound…

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A U.S. appeals court ruled on Saturday that California’s assault weapons ban will remain in force while the state attorney general appeals a lower court decision declaring the 30-year-old measure unconstitutional. A divided three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Cou…

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) — U.S. Republican presidential candidates including frontrunner Donald Trump touted their unwavering support for Israel wiping out Palestinian Hamas militants, as they campaigned with addresses to major Jewish donors in Las Vegas on Saturday. The Republican Jewish Coalition̵…

Matthew Perry arrives at the GQ Men of the Year Party on Nov. 17, 2022 in West Hollywood, Calif. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Perry, who starred as sarcastic-but-sweet Chandler Bing in the hit series “Friends,” has died. He was 54. The Emmy-nominated actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at hi…