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A free-spirited mom, fresh from prison, kidnaps her 6-year-old from foster care, determined that her family will not be separated again in the drama A Thousand and One.

On Jan. 17, 1994, a 6.7 magnitude quake rocked the suburbs north of Los Angeles, leaving 57 dead and causing more than $43 billion in damage. Officials worry LA isn't ready for the next big quake.

The Nkamira Transit Camp is home to more than 6,000 refugees fleeing violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The decades-long conflict is a legacy of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

The area has lost nearly 6 feet of soil in the past century through a process called subsidence. One way to slow down this subsidence and preserve the nutrient-rich soil is to flood the area during Florida’s rainy season and use the fields to grow rice.

There are more realtors in Florida than any other state. And more in South Florida than any other region. They now have some significant new rules thanks to a massive national legal settlement. Here is what you should know as a buyer or seller.

Vice President Biden says it appears that the Malaysia Airlines jet with nearly 300 people aboard was "blown out of the sky" over eastern Ukraine.

A lot of opposition remains for emergency plans to renourish parts of Pinellas County's storm-flattened beaches. County commissioners are running into roadblocks from some beachfront property owners.

State port officials say they can attract more cargo companies if they can add drydock storage space, and rail and road improvements to haul items to markets.

Rogers, 62, received a lethal injection at Florida State Prison. He was convicted in the fatal stabbing of Tina Marie Cribbs, a 34-year-old mother of two. Rogers is the fifth inmate put to death in Florida this year.

Public Works Administrator Claude Tankersley said officials now expect to receive disaster recovery funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) “sooner than we had anticipated.”

Most fourth graders in this country are not proficient in math. That was true for one rural Wisconsin elementary school until it changed the way it taught the subject.

"The Rays and St. Pete can negotiate that land, and they’ll stay out of it."

Council member Brandi Gabbard believes the Urban Land Institute (ULI) can provide that “guiding document” for city officials.

The first time Donald Trump was elected president, Democrats in California asserted themselves as the frontline of the resistance. Now, they say they're making an intentional decision to stay calm.

“We will build thousands more units than any other bidder.”

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to the Americana-songwriter-turned-pop-star about her new concept album, which fictionalizes her own experiences with fame.

A Washington D.C. improv group is offering laid-off federal workers a way to cope with uncertainty through play and building skills.

Idris Elba returns as the world's most unlucky traveler in Season 2 of the Apple TV series Hijack. And Tom Hiddleston is back as a hotel worker/intelligence agent in The Night Manager on Prime Video.

The suspect in the attempted pipe bombing of political headquarters in 2021 appeared in court today for a pre-trial detention hearing.

Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain tumor, his family announced Tuesday.

Parents of young kids pick up their phones an average of almost 70 times a day — often to escape a stressful parenting moment. Here's how to stop using your phone as a pacifier, for you or your kids.

More than a dozen states offer what are known as free college programs. But a new review finds states vary wildly in how they define both "free" and "college."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Julia Ebell, former creative director of The Gibson cocktail bar in Washington, D.C., about which cocktail is best to bid farewell to 2020.

Musician Peter Frampton discusses his new memoir, "Do You Feel Like I Do?"

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