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After some storms cleared, Wednesday became a busy day for boaters and divers taking advantage of Florida’s 2-day spiny lobster season. Early bird Clay Cowheard was ready at Haulover Marina when the two-day mini season kicked off at midnight. He ran into some nasty weather at first. “We had to...

One of the closest associates of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has resigned after the leader said in a recent speech that Hungary was fighting against Europe becoming a “mixed race” society. Orban also said that countries with largescale migration from outside of Europe “are no longer nations.”...

Western European powers are pressing Iran to agree to a revival of its 2015 nuclear deal after a months-long standstill in negotiations, warning that what's on the table now is “the best possible deal.” The foreign policy chief of the European Union, which has chaired long-running talks in...

Riot police used water cannons to repel demonstrators pulling down cement blast walls Wednesday at Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, home to government buildings and foreign embassies. The standoff marks the biggest protest since federal elections were held in October. The demonstrators...

The U.S. Border Patrol has detained 16 Cuban migrants who came ashore Wednesday morning near Key West, officials confirmed. The migrants arrived via a makeshift wooden boat. First responders evaluated the migrants at the scene. They are expected to be repatriated to Cuba. The incident comes...

Morad Tahbaz, a U.K.-born environmentalist who has been jailed in Iran for more than four years, has been released on furlough, the British government said Wednesday. The Foreign Office said Tahbaz has been allowed to leave Evin Prison and is at his family’s home in Tehran. The 66-year-old...

A Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware, the Department of Justice said Wednesday, in what they are calling the second-largest...

Lebanon plans to build two new grain silos to fight its its worsening food security crisis, the country’s caretaker economy minister told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Amin Salam said that several countries and international organizations have expressed an interest in funding and bidding...

Nobody won Tuesday night’s $830 million Mega Millions jackpot, but a lucky lotto player in South Florida was able to score $1 million (before taxes, of course). According to the Florida Lottery, a lucky player won the second-tier prize after buying their ticket at Stirling Petroleum Inc. at...

Gun manufacturers have made more than $1 billion from selling AR-15-style guns over the past decade, and for two companies those revenues have tripled over the past three years, according to a House investigation unveiled Wednesday. Those profits have come as the weapons have been used in mass...

It’s another lackluster day in the tropics. Tropical waves currently traversing the Atlantic Basin are not on the verge of developing -- that includes one in the eastern Atlantic that has, at times, looked somewhat interesting in its satellite presentation. The road ahead of that wave is dry...

Spirit Airlines shareholders could pick a preferred buyer for their airline Wednesday, when they are scheduled to vote on one of the offers for the budget carrier. Shareholders appear to be leaning against the bid preferred by Spirit’s board, a merger offer from Frontier Airlines that is...

As U.S. opioid deaths mounted in 2016, the incoming head of the Food and Drug Administration promised a “sweeping review” of prescription painkillers in hopes of reversing the worst overdose epidemic in American history. Dr. Robert Califf even personally commissioned a report from the nation’s...

Bulgaria is heading to a new parliamentary election this fall after the three largest parties in parliament failed to find common ground for a coalition government. Socialist Party floor leader, Georgi Svilenski, told reporters on Wednesday that efforts to form a viable coalition failed as a...

President Joe Biden is ending his COVID-19 isolation after testing negative for the virus on Tuesday night and again on Wednesday. That’s according to a letter the White House released Wednesday from Biden’s physician. Dr. Kevin O’Connor writes that Biden has completed his course of treatment...

Railroads will be required to maintain two-person crews under a new rule announced Wednesday that will thwart industry efforts to cut crews down to one person. The Federal Railroad Administration said in a rule published in the Federal Register that railroads will be required to continue using...

Colombian pop singer Shakira has opted to go to trial instead of accepting a deal offered by Spanish prosecutors to settle allegations she defrauded Spain's government of 14.5 million euros ($15 million) in taxes, her public relations team said Wednesday. Shakira, 45, “trusts her innocence and...

A 79-year-old Florida man has died in a fall in Glacier National Park while trying to scramble up an off-trail slope with a group of friends. Park officials say Monday morning’s incident happened on Rising Wolf Mountain, several hundred feet above a campground. Members of the group descended to...

Spirit Airlines shareholders could pick a preferred buyer for their airline Wednesday, when they are scheduled to vote on one of the offers for the budget carrier. Shareholders appear to be leaning against the bid preferred by Spirit’s board, a merger offer from Frontier Airlines that is...

The Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan says if you’re trying to smuggle its prized native dog breed out of the country, you’re barking up the wrong tree. The government is now requiring that its celebrated Alabay dogs receive a passport before they can leave the country. A law that took...