Jahliel Snyder

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North Carolina's largest city is now the latest to be targeted by a surge in federal immigration agents.

The Homeland Security Department confirmed the surge in Charlotte last night, and agents have been seen making arrests.

A crackdown has sparked protests.

Vanessa Javier was among the demonstrators.

The Homeland Security Department says the surge is aimed at ensuring public safety, but Charlotte's Democratic mayor says it's causing unnecessary fear.

Mortgage experts are skeptical about the Trump administration's plan to offer homebuyers a 50-year mortgage.

The season's first heavy rainfall is pounding Gaza this weekend.

It's flooding tents and hampering recovery after two years of war.

With winter approaching, the U.N.

says the need of refugees is immense.

NPR's Lauren Frayer has more.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine is working to resume prisoner exchanges with Russia.

Zelensky made the announcement in a social media video a day after his national security chief announced progress in negotiations for the release of 1,200 Ukrainians.

Meanwhile, Zelensky is promising an overhaul of state-owned energy companies following a corruption scandal.

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Southern California remains on alert for the potential for high water and mud and rock slides following heavy rain from an atmospheric river storm.

The drenching rain prompted flood warnings in areas of coastal Los Angeles that were scarred by those January wildfires.

Voters in Chile are going to the polls today in the first round of a presidential election in which crime and immigration are among top concerns, and in Ecuador,

Voters are deciding today whether to once again allow foreign military bases as part of the fight against drug trafficking.