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A South African court has convicted a pastor of plotting to overthrow the government and to kill thousands of Black people in the country. Harry Johannes Knoesen, 61, a leader of the National Christian Resistance Movement, was on Monday found guilty of high treason, incitement to carry out...

Dozens of residents forced to evacuate two Coral Springs apartment buildings over the weekend confronted management Monday, demanding to know when they will be let back in their homes. City inspectors deemed the buildings, located at 1225 Riverside Drive and on Northwest 39th Court, unsafe...

Budget airline Ryanair says it's forcing South African travelers to the U.K. to do a test in the Afrikaans language to prove their nationality in an apparent effort to weed out those with phony passports. Dublin-based Ryanair, Europe's biggest airline, mainly operates routes around Europe and...

Early gains for stocks were mostly gone by early afternoon on Wall Street Monday as trading remained choppy. Markets have had a bumpy ride in recent weeks as investors worry about rising interest rates and persistently high inflation. The S&P; 500 rose 0.3% as of 12:25 p.m. Eastern. The Dow...

Miramar police are investigating a homicide at a home in the city, officials said Monday. Sky 10 was over a home on Southwest 144th Terrace just before 12:30 p.m. and saw numerous police cars and investigators at the scene as well as crime scene tape surrounding the house. Police have not...

A 56-year-old man stands accused of fatally stabbing his 53-year-old sister 21 times in her upper torso. Authorities are still investigating if he had a role in his 84-year-old mother’s death. Nelson Jesús Sosa called 911 on Friday night. Detectives later found years of domestic violence calls...

In a move that aims to separate politics from culture, Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala on Monday announced the celebration of next season's gala premiere with the Russian opera “Boris Godunov." La Scala's 2022-23 calendar, set long before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, also marks the Milan opera...

At a lunch for Tony Award nominees last month, veteran theater producer Ron Simons looked around and smiled. It seemed appropriate that the gathering was held at The Rainbow Room. “I can guarantee you I have not seen this many people of color represented across all categories of the Tony...

Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday that the United States and allied countries will keep providing “significant” support to Ukraine, out of respect for the legacy of D-Day soldiers. In an interview with The Associated Press in Normandy, Milley said...

President Joe Biden plans to invoke the Defense Production Act to increase U.S. manufacturing of solar panels while declaring a two-year tariff exemption on panels from Southeast Asia. He's attempting to jumpstart an industry key to his climate change-fighting goals that advocates say has been...

Penélope Cruz has won one of Spain’s top film awards for her contribution to Spanish cinema, the country’s ministry of culture said Monday. The jury of the 2022 National Cinema award was unanimous in its decision to honor the Madrid-born star, describing the 48-year-old Oscar winner in a...

“The Wizard of Oz” will be showing in some movie theaters in South Florida at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., on Sunday and Monday. Fathom Events released a statement saying the showing of the 1939 MGM movie musical will be a celebration of “what would have been Judy Garland’s 100th birthday.” Garland, who...

The judge overseeing the remaining case of two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing ordered Monday that the trial be delayed until January to improve prospects for a fair trial. Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng had been due to go on trial next Monday on charges of...

Axon, the company best known for developing the Taser, said Monday it was halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped drone after a majority of its ethics board resigned over the controversial project. Axon’s founder and CEO Rick Smith said the company’s announcement last week — which drew a...

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog urged Iran on Monday to cooperate with his inspectors amid a standoff over its atomic program and a threat by Western nations to censure Tehran over its noncooperation. “We have to recognize that we have not been able to get the results we were...

Better climate-related research and early warning systems are needed as extreme weather — from cyclones to drought — continues to inflict the African continent, said Sudanese billionaire and philanthropist Mo Ibrahim, who heads up his own foundation. “We don’t have a voice on global climate...

Jury selection is scheduled to resume Monday in the Nikolas Cruz penalty phase trial. They may also discuss a defense motion filed on Friday asking “to continue this trial for a reasonable period of time to allow the wave of emotion surrounding the recent mass shootings to subside so that Mr...

Elon Musk is threatening to walk away from his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter, accusing the company of refusing to give him information about its spam bot accounts. Lawyers for the Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the threat in a letter to Twitter dated Monday. That letter was included in a filing...

British health officials reported 73 more monkeypox cases on Monday, raising the total to more than 300 across the country. To date, the U.K. has the biggest identified outbreak of the disease beyond Africa, with the vast majority of infections in gay and bisexual men. Health officials warn...

Tropical Storm Alex, absent of any thunderstorms near its center of circulation, is quickly shedding its tropical characteristics Monday morning as it passes only about 100 miles north of Bermuda. Although much of the hilly archipelago sits more than 100 feet above sea level, wind observations...