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The Hillsborough County School Board will hold a special meeting Tuesday at 9:30 am. to discuss the path forward.

She said in a victim impact video played in court that when she is someday reunited with her father, she wants to "play with him, have fun. Go on a plane ride. And that's it."

Prosecutors were asking for the former police officer to be sentenced to a 30-year prison term. The defense attorney called for probation and time already served.

Vice President Harris has been working on the root causes pushing so many Central Americans to seek asylum at the U.S. border. On Friday, she visited El Paso to talk to migrants and community members.

The former Minneapolis police officer gave his condolences to George Floyd's family. He also said, without explanation, there would be "some other information in the future that would be of interest."

In Surfside, Fla., rescue crews are still combing through the wreckage of the 12-story condominium that collapsed Thursday morning. Dozens of people are unaccounted for as the investigation begins.

Before designating Miami's Pulse nightclub a national memorial Friday, the president gave his condolences to individuals wrestling with uncertainty as rescue workers search for 159 people.

Johnson County, Iowa, voted to change its eponym from Richard Mentor Johnson, a lifelong slaveholder, to Lulu Merle Johnson, the first Black woman to earn a PhD in Iowa.

Facing drought and population growth, some Western U.S. towns are running out of water for new connections. That's stopping development, a challenge that's expected to grow as the climate warms.

The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state's restrictive new voting law. The suit alleges its purpose, restricting ballot access for Black voters, is in violation of the Voting Rights Act.

On Friday, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years for the murder of George Floyd.

NPR's Ailsa Chang interviews Andrea Jenkins, vice president of the Minneapolis City Council, about Derek Chauvin's sentence in the death of George Floyd. She lives close to where he was killed.

AMC Theaters is the latest stock to have gotten caught in a meme wave. But this time, the company seems to be taking advantage of the ride.

An investigation from CapRadio and the California Newsroom collaboration has found that Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., misrepresented his wildfire preparedness and even disinvested in prevention.

President Biden met with Afghanistan's leaders, President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation.

Altuna stealthily shaped the consumer landscape for decades, designing stores for The Gap, Pottery Barn, Patagonia, Restoration Hardware, Williams Sonoma and many more.

"For an entire year, I had to relive George being tortured to death every hour of the day," Philonise Floyd said during his victim impact statement in court.

On Friday, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years for the murder of George Floyd. A jury found Chauvin guilty on three counts in April.

The urban search and rescue team combing through the condominium that collapsed in Surfside, Fla. is often called to major disasters worldwide. Now its searching for survivors in their backyard.

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Friday that 159 people are missing, based on data collected at the reunification site at the Surfside Community Center and missing person reports.

The U.S. government report is the most substantial public effort to date to address decades of speculation about UFOs and whether the government had a role in concealing information.

Despite his longevity, O'Brien has always seemed like a host who never fit in easily on television – perhaps, at least in part, by design. He plans to debut a weekly variety show on HBO Max.

Despite the agreement, the lawmakers said "there is still more work to be done on the final bill."

Third-graders across the greater Tampa Bay region only saw small changes in how they performed on statewide reading tests.

Scientists caution that as the planet warms, more Americans could be exposed to disfiguring varieties of the Leishmania parasite. Overtreatment can be a problem, too, experts warn.