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This year's winner of the International Booker Prize, Geetanjali Shree's novel “Tomb of Sand,” will be released in the U.S. this winter by an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. “Tomb of Sand,” the story of an elderly widow thinking back on the 1947 partition of British India into India and...

After an explosive six-week libel trial followed by millions on social media and live TV, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard each face an uphill battle: trying to rebuild their images and careers. Depp already has a head start, with a jury verdict Wednesday largely favoring his narrative, that his...

Reparations experts and advocates largely welcomed a move by California to publicly document its role in perpetuating discrimination against African Americans but wondered if the slew of recommendations in its report released this week will result in measurable change. “The danger here is that...

Puerto Rico’s water and sewer company was hit by a federal lawsuit on Thursday demanding that it provide services to thousands of residents who lack potable water on a daily basis. The class-action lawsuit was filed by Carmen Maldonado, mayor of the northern town of Morovis, who requested that...

The European Commission chief said Thursday that Poland's right-wing government is responsible for fully implementing the steps on judiciary independence that will make the disbursement of billions of euros in EU pandemic recovery grants and loans for the country possible. Commission President...

A new report has been released on the health of Lolita, the orca who lives at Miami Seaquarium and has been at the center of controversy. The much-awaited independent assessment of her health by marine experts states that the beloved 57-year-old orca is doing much better. Earlier this year...

The commander at the scene of a school shooting in Texas was not informed of panicked 911 calls coming from inside the school building, a Texas state senator said Thursday. Sen. Roland Gutierrez said the pleas for help from people inside Robb Elementary as the shooting was taking place May 24...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has slammed Russia's attack on Ukraine and suggested a possible return to the limelight in her first semi-public comments since leaving office, the country's dpa news agency reported Thursday. Speaking at a trade union event late Wednesday, Merkel...

Queen Elizabeth II and members of the British royal family lined up on the balcony of Buckingham Palace as events to mark the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee kicked off in London Thursday. Local 10′s Nicole Perez had a front row seat to it all as the 96-year-old Queen celebrated her historic 70-year...

John Callion works as a fishing guide and was out on his boat when he witnessed a parasail with three people attached blowing into the Old Seven Mile Bridge in Marathon. “‘I just watched a parasail rope snap and I’m on my way to go try to save the people,’” he told Kasey Platt as he called her...

Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank during what the army described as violent confrontations on Thursday. They are among four Palestinians who have been killed in the last two days at a time of heightened Mideast tensions. The Israeli military said forces...

Thanks to the insistence of Hungary, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church has been removed from the latest round of European Union sanctions to punish Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, four EU diplomats told The Associated Press. The sixth package of sanctions, which includes an embargo on most...

Bullet fragments lodged in the children's arms and legs. Traumatic flashbacks flooding their nightmares. For the 17 people injured during a mass shooting last week in Uvalde, Texas, healing will be slow in a community mourning the deaths of 21 others. As the tight-knit town of 16,000 holds...

The Biden administration on Thursday proposed undoing a Trump-era rule that limited the power of states and Native American tribes to block energy projects like natural gas pipelines based on their potential to pollute rivers and streams. The Clean Water Act allows states and tribes to review...

Florida deputies are looking for two women they say carried out a violent attack at a fast food restaurant. According to Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies, two women entered a Steak and Shake near Tampa in April to complain about their order, when one of the women started punching a...

Pennsylvania's Republican nominee for governor, Doug Mastriano, has offered to sit for an interview with the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and was interviewed by FBI agents last year about it, his lawyer said Thursday. Mastriano, a state senator and...

President Joe Biden will speak Thursday night on the recent spate of mass shootings and his plans to press Congress “to pass commonsense laws to combat the epidemic of gun violence that is taking lives every day," the White House announced. The 7:30 p.m. speech follows a mass shooting at an...

Authorities in Coral Springs responded to reports of gunfire overnight, leading to a large police response. Coral Springs police officers and Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies were observed surrounding a neighborhood near Coral Square Mall. A resident of the MAA Coral Springs apartment...

Deputies with the Broward Sheriff’s Office are attempting to identify a group of teenagers accused of stealing a Pembroke Park city-owned golf cart Saturday. According to a BSO news release, deputies responded to a report of a theft near the Raymond P. Oglesby Preserve city building located at...

The South Florida Water Management District is actively trying to drop water levels in canals across Broward and Miami-Dade counties in preparation for a tropical system expected to bring heavy rainfall to the area. Some stations use pumps to physically move water at all times of the day, but...