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A federal judge on Monday blocked the use of newly drawn congressional maps in Louisiana that include only one mostly Black district, and she ordered the Legislature to come up with a remedial plan by June 20. State officials swiftly filed a notice of appeal of the order by U.S. District Judge...

The Dominican Republic’s minister of the environment and natural resources — the son of a former president — was shot to death in his office by a close friend Monday, the office of the president said in a statement. Authorities said Orlando Jorge Mera was shot by Fausto Miguel de Jesús Cruz de...

A U.S. service member has been identified as a possible suspect in an April explosion that injured several U.S. troops at a base in eastern Syria. Patrick Barnes, a spokesman for the Army Criminal Investigation Division, said in a statement that the potential suspect is back in the United...

A North Carolina sheriff's office announced a $3 million settlement on Monday in a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed in his car by sheriff’s deputies more than a year ago. The family of Andrew Brown Jr. had filed a $30 million civil rights lawsuit in...

A sex-assault civil lawsuit against actor Kevin Spacey can proceed in federal court in New York City, a federal judge ruled Monday. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said in a written ruling that the allegations that actor Anthony Rapp brought against Spacey established an issue of material fact as to...

A fight is growing to save one of southwest Miami-Dade County’s fragile bird sanctuaries from development. Miami-Dade Commissioners gave the go-ahead for development at the old Calusa golf course, but the county mayor has vowed to help protect the area’s beloved birds. On the land is a lake...

Officials in Broward and Miami-Dade counties are assessing the impacts of a weekend tropical system that brought torrential rainfall to South Florida, leading to significant flooding that put local infrastructure to the test. South Florida Water Management District spokesperson Randy Smith said...

Giant murals on the side of the old Wells Fargo building, at the centric corner of Lincoln Road and Alton Road in South Beach, depict scenes of U.S. history. An artist’s intricate work, exemplary of an ancient technique, used tiny pieces to create whole images on the building’s walls — and it...

An Arizona judge on Monday declined a request by the state Republican Party to block most mail ballots for the 2022 election, preserving the voting method used by the overwhelming majority of voters. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen ruled that nothing in the Arizona Constitution...

A California federal judge on Monday sentenced the Mexican man acquitted of murder in the 2015 shooting death of a woman on a San Francisco pier to the seven years he's already spent in jail — bringing to a legal close the case that ignited a national firestorm over immigration, crime and...

Elon Musk on Monday threatened to walk away from his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter, the latest sign that his plan to overhaul the social media platform may really be starting to fray. Lawyers for the Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the threat in a letter to Twitter accusing the company of refusing...

A three-judge panel dismissed a lawsuit Monday that sought to force all 100 members of Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates to face an unscheduled election this year. U.S. District Judge David Novak, joined by two other judges, ruled that Paul Goldman, a longtime Democratic Party...

The “Donkey Kong defense” came into play Monday at a civil trial over sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby, as his attorney pressed a key witness over previous statements that she had played the arcade game during a visit with Cosby to the Playboy Mansion in 1975, six years before its...

Residents of a Weston neighborhood are asking for help tracking down a cat killer. Neighbors are finding cats that have been cut in half, and now authorities are getting involved. Resident Gabe Martinez said at first, he just thought there had been a horrible gator attack in his yard, but...

Not having book bags during the last days before the summer break is already the norm for some schools. Officials are extending the policy to all public schools in Broward County starting on Tuesday. Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Vickie L. Cartwright announced the measure on...

Tinkering with the planet's air to cool Earth’s ever-warming climate is inching closer to reality enough so that two different high-powered groups — one of scientists and one of former world leaders — are trying to come up with ethics and governing guidelines. On Thursday, the newly formed...

Another dismal distinction for the Sunshine State is that eight of the most expensive rental markets in the country are right here in Florida. According to a joint study by Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast University and the University of Alabama, renters in Fort Myers have been...

Data shows that men all over the world are experiencing issues with fertility but in many cases, the solution may be simple. Dr. Ranjith Ramasamy, the director of Reproductive Urology with the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, said a recent study found that men can double their...

The former top leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group and other members have been charged with seditious conspiracy for what federal prosecutors say was a coordinated attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory, authorities...

The Israeli government on Monday failed to pass a bill extending legal protections for settlers in the occupied West Bank. The vote marks a major setback for the fragile coalition government that could hasten its demise and send the country to new elections. The failure to renew the bill also...