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WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden says her husband’s age is an “asset,” as President Joe Biden — at 81 already the oldest American leader in history — faces persistent questions from voters about his decision to seek another term. In an interview with MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” released Thursday, Jill Biden responded to those […]

MONTERREY, Mexico – Honduran migrant Noel Castillo heard a volley of shots just after 7:30 p.m. in late December as he and his family traveled on a highway in northern Mexico. Through the window, he saw trucks swarm around the bus, trapping them from all sides. “We couldn’t believe what was happening; there was so […]

A 27-year-old Winter Haven woman died Wednesday night when her car was hit head-on by a semi truck that crossed the center line. The driver of the semi faces DUI-related charges. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said Chelsea Darwin, 27, was driving north on Spirit Lake Road when a semi, driven south by Moyses Ramirez, […]

More and more GOP lawmakers are backing Trump ahead of the Iowa Caucuses next week. That’s dismaying to at least one GOP holdout: Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. “Republicans are giving up,” she said. “Why shouldn’t we demand the best this country can offer?” In recent weeks, more and more Republican members of Congress are […]

GENEVA – The head of Human Rights Watch praised South Africa for bringing Israel’s military campaign against Gaza to the top U.N. court and said the international community would be responsible for ensuring that Israel complies with any judicial decision. South Africa demanded an emergency suspension of Israel’s aerial and ground offensive in the Palestinian […]

A suspect in a fatal Thursday morning shooting in Gainesville was arrested following a pursuit involving three area law enforcement agencies that ended in Columbia County. According to a Gainesville Police Department social media post, officers were dispatched to a home at 4700 NW 16th Place in the Suburban Heights neighborhood in reference to a […]

Hunter Biden is expected to be arraigned on Thursday on federal tax charges in a Los Angeles courthouse. Biden, who has a home in Malibu, is expected to plead not guilty to nine tax-related charges that were filed in December. Three of the charges faced by Joe Biden’s son are felony counts, and he could […]

Somalia’s military said Thursday it was searching for a number of people “taken hostage” by the militant group Al-Shabaab after a UN helicopter made an emergency landing in hostile territory.  Issued on: 11/01/2024 – 16:04Modified: 11/01/2024 – 16:10 2 min Advertising Read more The United Nations has confirmed one of its choppers was involved in […]

BRASILIA – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday tapped Ricardo Lewandowski, a former justice of the country’s Supreme Court, to be his new justice minister. Lewandowski, 75, was apppointed by Lula to the Supreme Court in 2006 and served until reaching the mandatory retirement age last year. Lula then appointed his lawyer […]

OLYMPIC VALLEY – One person has died and another person was injured in an avalanche at the Palisades Tahoe resort on Wednesday, according to authorities. The sheriff’s office identified the man killed as 66-year-old Kenneth Kidd, who is from Point Reyes and Truckee-Tahoe. Four people were caught in the avalanche, including two people who were […]

Closing arguments are set to begin Thursday morning in the civil fraud case against Donald Trump and his company, which could cost the former president up to $370 million and bar him from the New York real estate industry in which he made his name. Trump is expected to be in attendance in state Judge […]

That has raised the risk of possible retaliatory strikes by US-led forces now patrolling the vital waterway, especially after a United Nations Security Council vote on Wednesday condemning the Houthis and as American and British officials warned of potential consequences over the attacks. The violating oil tanker Suez Rajan … stole Iranian oil by leading […]