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Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Tuesday morning at The Villages with Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran. Senate President Wilton Simpson and House Speaker Chris Sprowls will also be present for the event, which is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. The news conference comes as...

Explosions targeting educational institutions killed at least six people, including students, and injured 17 Tuesday in a mostly Shiite neighborhood of Afghanistan's capital city, police said. The blasts, which occurred in rapid succession, were being investigated and more casualties were...

When Mahlet Berhanemeskel gets back to her New York City home from her 90-minute commute, she doesn’t feel like cooking. So instead she orders food like BLTs, Cheez-Its and cookies from an app called Gorillas. It's affordable and takes 10 minutes. “It's instant gratification,” she said...

Meta Platforms Inc., the social media giant formerly known as Facebook, plans to celebrate Earth Day by expanding its offering of fundraising tools and making them more easily available to 1.5 million nonprofits on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, including those involved in fighting...

Officials say a Florida deputy shot and wounded an armed woman who had been chasing her ex-boyfriend. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says the 39-year-old woman was shot Monday outside a Brandon day care center. The victim told deputies that he was getting out of the shower at his...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced he’ll call a special session of the legislature to address rising property insurance rates in the state. The Republican governor on Monday said the special legislative session will occur in May and focus mainly on the “reform of the property insurance...

Firefighters responded to a technical college in Davie Tuesday morning to extinguish a fire. The fire was reported at William T. McFatter Technical College and High School, which is located at 6500 Nova Dr. A Local 10 News crew was at the scene as several Davie Fire Rescue units were parked...

Hollywood's response to climate change includes donations, protests and other activism. but it's apparently missing out on an approach close to home. Only a sliver of screen fiction, 2.8%, refers to climate change-related words, according to a new study of 37,453 film and TV scripts from...

The number of migrants trying to enter the European Union without authorization in the first three months of this year has risen to its highest level since 2016, even excluding refugees arriving from Ukraine, the EU’s border and coast guard agency said Tuesday. Frontex estimated that more than...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing British lawmakers on Tuesday for the first time since he was fined by police for attending a birthday party in his office that broke coronavirus lockdown rules. As the House of Commons returns from an 11-day Easter break, Johnson is expected to apologize...

A federal judge's decision to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers on some airplanes but also concern about whether it's really time to end one of the most visible vestiges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The major airlines and many of the busiest airports rushed to drop their...

Sri Lanka’s prime minister said Tuesday the constitution will be changed to clip presidential powers and empower Parliament as protesters continued to call on the president and his powerful family to quit over the country's economic crisis. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told Parliament that...

A federal judge on Monday ruled that a group of Georgia voters can proceed with legal efforts seeking to disqualify U.S Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for reelection to Congress, citing her role in the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. The challenge filed last month with the Georgia...

World stocks were mixed Tuesday, with European benchmarks losing ground after most Asian shares advanced. London, Paris, Frankfurt and Hong Kong declined while Tokyo and Sydney rose. U.S. futures were higher and oil prices retreated. Rising prices for energy and food are adding to concerns...

The U.S. is sending two top officials to the Solomon Islands following a visit last week by an Australian senator over concerns that China could establish a military presence in the South Pacific island nation. The White House said Monday that later this week, Kurt Campbell, the National...

Voters in East Timor are choosing a president in a runoff Tuesday between former independence fighters who’ve blamed each other for years of political paralysis. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta had a commanding lead in the election's first round but failed to exceed 50% of the votes...

KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military’s General Staff said Tuesday that Russian forces are focusing their efforts on taking full control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the east. It noted that a “new phase of war” began Monday when “the occupiers made an attempt to break through our...

Japan’s health ministry on Tuesday formally approved Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine, a fourth foreign-developed tool to combat the infections as the country sees signs of a resurgence led by a subvariant of fast-spreading omicron. The ministry approval comes the day after its experts panel endorsed...

A decision by a federal judge in Florida to throw out a national mask mandate for public transportation across the U.S. created a confusing patchwork of rules for passengers as they navigate airports and transit systems. The ruling gives airports, mass transit systems, airlines and...

Global finance leaders are putting the growing crisis over food insecurity and skyrocketing food prices at center stage as members of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meet in Washington and grapple with the brutal effects of Russia's war against Ukraine. Treasury Secretary Janet...