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City leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, say they're still largely in the dark about a planned Border Patrol operation that could start this weekend.

Nick Daly-Canel with member station WFAE reports.

A little notice provision in the federal spending bill signed by President Trump this week could damage what's a booming industry.

The measure bans many products infused with THC, including gummies, drinks, topical pain relief, and vapes.

Jim Higdon owns Cornbread Hemp in Kentucky.

He says he's heading to Washington, D.C.

39 state attorneys general signed a letter supporting the ban on synthetic THC products.

President Trump Friday signed an executive order to remove tariffs on a number of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits.

The move comes after voters in elections earlier this month handed big wins to Democrats across the country.

The voters cited economic concerns as their top issue.

Israeli forces have shot and killed two teenage boys in the occupied West Bank, claiming they were terrorists on their way to carry out an attack.

It's a particularly dangerous time for Palestinians in the West Bank, as NPR's Kat Lonsdorf tells us.

Competing recovery plans for Gaza are now being discussed at the U.N.

The U.S.

plan would create a transitional authority that's meant to be headed by President Trump.

A rival Russian plan, meanwhile, would remove that authority.

A vote in the U.N.

Security Council is expected for both plans sometime early next week.

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A court in London has ruled that global mining giant BHP is liable for the 2015 deadly dam collapse that led to the worst environmental disaster ever in Brazil.