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Lice is low down on threats to public health — they don't carry disease, and they don't jump or fly. But school systems and parents are still grappling with whether to keep kids with lice in class.

Stocks just had their worst week since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 after President Trump unveiled new tariffs. And the pain will likely get worse this week.

Curtis Windom is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday evening at Florida State Prison after his final appeals were rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Trump administration on Monday froze more than $2.2 billion in contracts and multiyear grants for Harvard after the university said it would defy government demands to change certain policies.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with legendary HBO boxing commentator Jim Lampley about Friday's unconventional bout between former champ Mike Tyson and social media star Jake Paul.

For four decades, an English professor at San Jose State University has run a fiction contest for a single opening sentence to "the worst of all possible novels." He has decided to retire the contest.

Officials from Russia and Ukraine met for a second round of peace negotiations in Istanbul. The discussions come after a surprise Ukrainian drone attack on remote Russian air bases Sunday.

Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

Almost 25 percent of homeless people are military veterans. Transitioning from the battlefield to a civilian job or school can be challenging --…

JACKSONVILLE - (AP) - Former Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll said Thursday she had no idea law enforcement was investigating a veterans charity accused…

After winning the 1992 America's Cup race, Bill Koch — the brother of billionaire industrialists David and Charles — treated all 260-plus people on the team, plus their families, to a trip to Hawaii. Now, the lesser known Koch brother has entered the presidential derby big leagues with a $2 million donation to the superPAC supporting Mitt Romney.

The longest-running public service campaign is tied to a reduction in wildfires, but in some ways Smokey's message may have worked too well. Here's how he's changed.

A serial killer who terrorized Florida with a 1984 spree that claimed the lives of 10 women was put to death Thursday, his execution witnessed by the…

Florida ranks last in the country in per-person funding from the Affordable Care Act, a new study shows, and that doesn’t even include the billions of...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to add new regulations to additional tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, pipe tobacco and...

How are inmates supposed to transition to the world outside of prison? For one pre-release program at the Homestead Correctional Institution, the answer...

Demonstrations in support of female empowerment took place in cities across the country this weekend, including marches in Sarasota and St. Petersburg,…

Exceptionally high "king tides," combined with rising seas, have left some Key Largo residents surrounded by water. Getting out of the house for work and daily chores can be a challenge.

The Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 crashed shortly after takeoff on Wednesday. Iranian officials said the likely cause was mechanical problems.

Guidelines around the procedures have changed, but physicians' habits haven't, according to a new study.

The American Flood Coalition is hosting its first Florida Mayors Summit in Washington, D.C., Monday and Tuesday, where 19 current mayors, representing...

Among scientists, conveying uncertainty in predictions over sea rise, increasing temperatures and other impacts linked to climate change — without...

Castigating the tactic as a “publicity stunt,” Attorney General Ashley Moody is asking a judge to reject an effort by the nation’s two largest pharmacy...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis and Democrat Andrew Gillum's meeting in Tampa Sunday night turned into more of a brawl than a debate.The…

Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York announced two counts against Epstein: one count of sex trafficking conspiracy and one count of sex trafficking. He has pleaded not guilty.