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PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) — It’s a common sight on the streets of downtown Portland, Oregon: people in front of stores, trendy restaurants and hotels, on sidewalks, corners, and benches, crouched over torch lighters held up to sheets of tinfoil or meth pipes. Some drape blankets over their h…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Democratic U.S. Senator Michael Bennet opposes President Joe Biden’s decision to pause approvals of new exports of liquefied natural gas, saying on Sunday that it could undercut U.S. efforts to supply gas to Europe as it replaces Russian exports. Bennet’s comments…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — A 5-year-old boy who fell ill in a city-run migrant shelter in December died of sepsis and a bacterial infection, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero, died Dec. 17 of sepsis and streptococcus pyogenes, a bacterial infection that…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Former President Donald Trump, who has spent years criticizing absentee voting in Michigan, on Saturday night urged supporters to cast early votes in person ahead of the state’s Feb. 27 presidential primary. Municipalities across Michigan on Saturday started offering ea…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — All of the patients who were admitted to Children’s Mercy Hospital following the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs victory rally Wednesday have been discharged, the hospital said Saturday. The hospital took in 12 patients after the shooting that wounded at least 39 peop…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens bounded into the Fulton County Courthouse on Friday and took a conspicuous seat in the second row of the cramped courtroom, on the same row where a handful of other prominent Democrats were already stationed. To his right sat former Atlanta Mayor S…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — After nearly two years without any major snowfall, New Yorkers for the second time in a week woke up to a wintry-white scene on Saturday. The precipitation began overnight Friday, coating Central Park with more than 2 inches of snow by 7 a.m., the National Weather Service sai…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — President Joe Biden blamed U.S. lawmakers’ failure to approve emergency aid to Ukraine for the fall of Avdiivka, which handed Russia a significant battlefield victory after months of fighting for control of the city. Biden said he called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich./IRMO, SC. (Reuters) — Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the New York judge who ruled he must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders, telling thousands of supporters at a campaign rally the decision was an “elec…

(Reuters) — The Biden administration is preparing to send bombs and other weapons to Israel that would add to its military arsenal even as the U.S. pushes for a ceasefire in Gaza, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing current and former U.S. officials. The proposed arms delivery includ…