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Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow, who guided the Ivy League school through the coronavirus pandemic and put together a panel to examine the university's deep ties to slavery, announced Wednesday that he plans to step down next year. “There is never a good time to leave a job like...

A Miami-Dade police officer is accused of hiding Apple AirTag devices in his ex-girlfriend’s car in order to stalk her, according to arrest records. Police formally arrested their colleague, Javier Magarin, 27, at MDPD’s Special Victims Bureau in Doral Thursday, but the investigation dates back...

The Broward Sheriff’s Office Burglary Apprehension Team (B.A.T.) has arrested two people who they say have been stealing mail from residents in at least three Broward communities. According to authorities, investigators began surveillance on a vehicle June 3 that was suspected of being used in...

Ballot printing errors have delayed election results for Montana’s new congressional seat, forcing a small northwestern county to count votes by hand in the Republican primary race between former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and former state Sen. Al “Doc” Olszewski. Zinke led Olszewski by...

A former governor of Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, has been nominated to be the ruling party's presidential candidate in next year's presidential election. Bola Tinubu, widely referred to as the “godfather” of Lagos because of his influence in the southwestern state which he governed from 1999...

A former Maryland man held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center has languished in custody months after his scheduled release despite cooperating with authorities as part of a plea deal, according to a federal suit that seeks his immediate release. Majid Khan was due to be released March 1...

SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch window opens at 5:04 p.m. and runs through 7:33 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 40, according to SpaceX. The rocket will launch NILESAT-301, a geostationary communications satellite, that...

Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke out about school safety and warned potential school shooters on Wednesday, one day after signing the new school safety bill into law in Florida. While speaking in Fort Myers, DeSantis said, “If you are one of these nut jobs, just know that if you try that, you are going...

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally fell everywhere last week except the Middle East and Southeast Asia, according to the World Health Organization. In its latest weekly update on the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said Wednesday that confirmed cases dropped 12%...

There was heavy police activity Wednesday at the Broward College campus in Davie, leading to a lockdown at nearby Nova Southeastern University. “There is police activity at Central Campus near building 9. Please avoid the area until further notice,” Broward College tweeted. However, officials...

Pembroke Pines police arrested a man on Wednesday after a 16-year-old girl said he began masturbating in full view in front of her. Detectives identified the suspect as 25-year-old Luis Enrique Rodriguez. According to the arrest report, Rodriguez stopped his vehicle close to the bus stop near...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was welcomed in the Turkish capital on Wednesday just as the foreign minister of Russia, a key ally of the ostracized Latin American regime, was also visiting the city. Maduro is on a Eurasian tour after being rebuffed by Washington, which decided not to...

Out of public view for four months, Phil Mickelson returns to golf under severe scrutiny because of where he’s playing and who is paying him. Mickelson is a six-time major champion, the most popular golfer this side of Tiger Woods. And now he is being referred to as a “stooge” by a human rights...

The Taliban have arrested a well-known Afghan fashion model and three of his colleagues, accusing them of disrespecting Islam and the Quran, the Muslim holy book, according to videos released by Afghanistan's new rulers. Ajmal Haqiqi — known for his fashion shows, YouTube clips and modeling...

Authorities in Germany should prepare for several possible pandemic scenarios this fall that would likely strain the country's health system and critical infrastructure, an expert panel said Wednesday. The government-appointed panel said the country continues to have immunity gaps in the...

A boy allegedly threatened to kill the 17 students in his sixth-grade class because he was a victim of bullying at a religious private school in Miami. The 12-year-old boy, who is also active with the Boy Scouts, is a student at the Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic School, an Archdiocese of Miami...

The owner of a commercial nursery has won a $1.2 million judgment against the Florida Department of Agriculture in the latest verdict against the state agency for destroying citrus trees in the 2000s during an attempt to stop the spread of costly tree diseases. A jury in Orlando last week...

Have you thought about Malm, Kivik or Trotten? Swedish retailer Ikea is known for the distinctive names of its flat-pack home products. The company's Norway branch wants to use the brand's experience to help parents browsing the baby-naming department. Ikea Norway has built “a name bank” with...

The Interior Department said Wednesday it will phase out sales of plastic water bottles and other single-use products at national parks and on other public lands over the next decade, targeting a major source of U.S. pollution. An order issued by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland calls for the...

An Arizona prisoner convicted in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl is scheduled to be executed Wednesday in what would be the state’s second execution since officials started carrying out the death penalty in May after a nearly eight-year hiatus. Frank Atwood, 66, is scheduled to die by...