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After receiving more than 20 inches of rain in just three days, efforts to pump floodwaters out of a low-lying Cutler Bay neighborhood progressed Wednesday as the likelihood of more rainfall looms. Miami-Dade County and the South Florida Water Management District have joined the town in...

The circle of life was on vivid display Wednesday at the Jersey Shore in a way that even the youngest children could understand. Seventeen young turtles that had been raised from eggs retrieved from the smashed bodies of mothers that had been killed on roads were released back into the wild by...

An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, recounted in video testimony to Congress on Wednesday how she covered herself with a dead classmate’s blood to avoid being shot and “just stayed quiet.” Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grader at Robb Elementary...

The Justice Department has named a team of nine people, including an FBI official and former police chiefs, to aid in a review of the law enforcement response to the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced...

The Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol played out for the world to see, but the House committee investigating the attack believes a more chilling story has yet to be told -- about t he president and the people whose actions put American democracy at risk. With personal accounts and...

Philanthropists could help ease the damage from climate change by donating more money to address global warming and the communities most at risk from it, according to a report that the research organization Candid released Wednesday. “There can be huge climate value-for-money in supporting...

The leader of a Mexican megachurch faces more than 16 years in a California prison when sentenced Wednesday for sexually abusing three girls who were followers. Naasón Joaquín García, 53, who is considered the “apostle” of Jesus Christ by his 5 million worldwide followers, had vigorously fought...

A court in North Macedonia on Wednesday imposed a new prison sentence on the country's fugitive former prime minister Nikola Gruevski, this time a six-year term for abuse of power over the financing of his party's headquarters in the capital, Skopje. It was the fifth conviction for Gruevski...

The future of car transport in Europe may become clearer — and cleaner —on Wednesday when the European Parliament decides whether to ban vehicles with a combustion engine starting in the middle of the next decade. The European Union assembly’s scheduled vote later in Strasbourg, France, is part...

Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego, who created bold, visceral works inspired by fairy tales, her homeland and her own life, has died at age 87. The Victoria Miro Gallery, which represents Rego, said Wednesday that she died “peacefully this morning, after a short illness, at home in north...

Witnesses called police to report there were more than 20 migrants in a small fishing boat named “Venus.” They arrived at Smathers Beach, the largest public beach in Key West, on Wednesday morning, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar, of the...

Several buildings on Nova Southeastern University’s campus in Davie were evacuated Wednesday morning due to a hazmat incident, according to Davie Fire Rescue. According to fire officials, construction crews broke an underground gas line while working in the area near the campus and first...

The Supreme Court says an armed man who made threats against Justice Brett Kavanaugh was arrested near the justice's house in Maryland. The man was arrested around 1:50 a.m. Wednesday, court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe said in an email. The Washington Post initially reported the arrest...

The German government wants to temporarily keep additional coal-fired power plants on stand-by for almost two years to stave off a possible electricity shortage in case natural gas supplies from Russia are suddenly reduced, officials said Wednesday. Germany is trying to wean itself off Russian...

British prosecutors said Wednesday they have authorized police to charge ex-film producer Harvey Weinstein with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in 1996. The Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement that “charges have been authorized” against Weinstein, 70...

A woman was killed in a crash Wednesday morning on Interstate 595 in Broward County, and a 4-year-old boy inside her car was injured, authorities confirmed. Florida Highway Patrol officials did not immediately confirm the relationship between the woman and the boy. According to FHP Lt. Indiana...

The Biden administration said Wednesday that a funding crunch is forcing it to divert more than $10 billion in coronavirus relief from test procurement and other efforts as it tries to come up with money to secure the next generation of vaccines and treatments for some high-risk Americans. The...

There’s new hope for people suffering from an inflammatory condition that makes it difficult to swallow food. Dr. Asad Ur Rahman, a gastroenterologist with Cleveland Clinic Weston said the Food and Drug Administration recently approved Dupixent to treat Eosinophilic Esophagitis, or EOE, in...

Approximately one in eight couples in the U.S. are affected by infertility but many never consider an option that been around for decades, embryo adoption. Marty and Elizabeth Wilson are living their dream come true with daughters Emily and Marly but it took a while to build their family of...

Most every Republican lawmaker expressed outrage in the days after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Some even blamed then-President Donald Trump. But the larger GOP narrative shifted in the weeks and months that followed. Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy, who had said...