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Democratic U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick said her political opponent during this election season, former Broward Commissioner Dale Holness, has gone too far. Cherfilus-McCormick is the incumbent for Congressional District 20. She said she decided to file a lawsuit against Holness because...

A former opioid manufacturer has agreed in principle to pay up to $2.4 billion in a deal with a dozen states over its marketing and product safety practices, state attorneys general announced Friday. The company, Allergan, is now part of AbbVie but sold its generics division Actavis, including...

An Alabama grand jury has indicted a 70-year-old man on capital murder charges in the fatal shootings of three people at a church potluck dinner in June, according to court records made public Friday. The Jefferson County grand jury indicted Robert Findlay Smith this week in connection with the...

Kentucky's governor said it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 16 people when heavy rains turned streams into torrents that swamped towns across Appalachia. More rainstorms were forecast to roll through in coming days, keeping the region on edge as...

A White House economist said gas prices in Florida have gone down by almost $1.99, and Florida has a relatively low unemployment rate of just 2.8%. Heather Boushey, the president of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, said these are some of the indicators that keep her optimistic...

The House on Friday approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the West cope with increasingly severe wildfires and drought — fueled by climate change — that have caused billions of dollars of damage to homes and businesses in recent years. The measure combines 49...

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' media company Free Speech Systems filed for bankruptcy on Friday, but his attorney said it should not disrupt the defamation damages trial underway in Texas that seeks to force Jones to pay $150 million or more to the family of one of the children killed in the...

There’s more data on a possible benefit from low-dose aspirin and its potential to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer. Overall, a meta-analysis found that frequent low-dose aspirin use was associated with a ten percent reduction in ovarian cancer risk in studies that followed people over time...

A Delaware bankruptcy judge has approved parts of the Boy Scouts of America’s reorganization plan but has rejected other provisions, saying in a ruling Friday that the organization has “decisions to make” regarding the plan. Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein issued her 281-page ruling, months...

Bronze statues of mythical methamphetamine cookers Walter White and Jesse Pinkman were installed at a convention center in Albuquerque on Friday to celebrate the “Breaking Bad” TV series and its entertainment legacy, winning applause in a city that played its own gritty supporting role. Local...

A pilot program aimed at building a community on Virginia Key for the city of Miami’s homeless population is causing a stir. One city commissioner who first voted against the City of Miami Human Services Department Transformation and Transition Zone report flipped his vote at the last minute...

California officials are pressing for more vaccine and acting with “utmost urgency” to slow the spread of the monkeypox virus, but they have not decided whether to declare a statewide emergency as the city of San Francisco announced on Thursday, the state's public health officer said Friday...

Miami-Dade detectives are investigating a shooting that wounded four juveniles on Friday in southwest Miami-Dade. Fire Rescue personnel and police officers responded to an apartment complex at 10875 SW 216 St. Witnesses told police officers it was a drive-by shooting. Fire Rescue airlifted two...

A busy stretch of road that leads to Interstate 95 is closed while Miami-Dade police investigate a shooting in Northeast Miami-Dade. Police have been on the scene for nearly two hours after they responded to a shooting at Ives Dairy Road near 15th Avenue. The shooting happened in the area of...

In a decision that critics have labeled as dangerous, Brazil’s government granted a preliminary environmental permit for paving a dirt highway that cuts through one of the Amazon rainforest’s most preserved areas. The road known as BR-319, runs about 900 kilometers (560 miles) and is the only...

As the U.S. Senate primary campaign nears its end in Missouri, all three leading Republican candidates are making it clear that if elected, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell won't have their support. Twenty-one Republicans are on the ballot Tuesday, with former Gov. Eric Greitens, Attorney...

The Respect for Marriage Act, now pending in the Senate, would ensure that same-sex marriages are still legally recognized nationwide if the Supreme Court were to overturn its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision that declared a constitutional right for gay couples to wed. The House-passed...

Spain's prime minister on Friday kicked off a tour of the Western Balkans with a visit to Serbia, offering his country's support for the integration of the volatile region into the European Union. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez held talks with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade ahead...

Carlos Hunter believes there’s a reason that he survived a tragic accident. “Two people died, my son and the other guy, but I’m still here. Hunter was driving home with his 11-year-old son Carlos Jr. early in the morning on Sunday, June 12. Police said Hunter noticed a car on Hallandale Beach...

Justice Samuel Alito mocked foreign leaders’ criticism of the Supreme Court decision he authored overturning a constitutional right to abortion, in his first public comments since last month's ruling. The justice's remarks drew more criticism as well as some support. Speaking in Rome at a...