MIAMI — Haitians with temporary protected status who hold Florida driver’s licenses will be eligible to keep driving until at least July 1, 2026, Miami-Dade County Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez announced Thursday.

The revised expiration date means eligible individuals will need to visit a local driver’s office to renew and pay the $54.25...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s public universities will no longer allow a standalone introductory sociology course to count toward general-education requirements after state leaders on Thursday approved a sweeping, systemwide ban that reflects years of Republican criticism of the discipline.

The move — which was not originally on the ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Nine people will take the ride to the top of the launch tower for the Artemis II moon mission, but only five will ride back down.

That’s if NASA’s plans to launch four astronauts on board the Orion spacecraft atop the Space Launch System rocket go as planned. Targeting liftoff as early as next Wednesday, the quartet...Read more

NEW YORK — Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrived in a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, where a judge was set to consider his request to use Venezuelan funds to pay his lawyer or have his narco-terrorism case thrown out.

The hearing will be the first for Maduro and his wife and codefendant, Cilia Flores, since their initial ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A portion of Interstate 77 in Richland County could be named for former President Barack Obama under a resolution passed in the South Carolina Senate on Wednesday afternoon.

“President Obama’s leadership inspired a generation and broke barriers that once seemed impossible,” said state Sen. Darrell Jackson, D-Richland, ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Federal prosecutors have obtained indictments against two people in an investigation of an explosive device that was found earlier this month near the entrance to MacDill Air Force Base.

An indictment unsealed Thursday accuses Alen Zheng, 20, of attempting to damage government property and making and possessing an improvised ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Josh Stein called on the General Assembly to spend $792 million more in Western North Carolina for recovery needs from Helene, which struck the state in September 2024, leading to over a hundred deaths and tremendous damage to homes, businesses and infrastructure.

Stein, a Democrat, made his third request for Helene ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California man who was convicted of Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach-related charges and later pardoned by President Donald Trump is running for Madera County’s Board of Supervisors in the June primary election.

Benjamin Martin told The Sacramento Bee he is proud to have stood up for Trump. He said he is focused on his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran with intensified military action and said he’s unsure whether a diplomatic agreement can be reached, with the two sides at loggerheads on how to end the near monthlong war.

Iran had “better get serious soon, before it is too late, because once that happens, there is NO TURNING BACK...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday continued projecting confidence in the U.S. war effort in Iran, suggesting online and during a high-level Cabinet meeting that Iran has been “obliterated,” that its leaders were “begging” for a deal, and that the U.S. is “roaming free” over Iran and “NEEDS NOTHING” from its ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued SeaWorld Orlando’s parent company, alleging that the theme parks' ban on “rollator walkers” discriminates against guests with disabilities, including children and veterans.

The department’s civil rights division filed the lawsuit in Orlando federal court against United ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder are unconstitutional — a significant decision that is likely to re-shape a portion of state law that many criminal justice advocates and some public officials have long targeted for reform.

In an opinion released Thursday ...Read more

President Donald Trump trashed Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, on Thursday and predicted Democrats would soon cave and make a deal to end the partial government shutdown that has caused chaos at airports, even though the two parties remain far apart in talks.

With airport security lines stretching for hours and Congress set to leave town for a ...Read more

DETROIT — Minnesota officials are seeking funds to stop a Duluth cemetery from continuing to erode into Lake Superior.

St. Louis County is asking the state of Minnesota for a grant to build a $2.5 million retaining wall at the Scandia Cemetery to halt a clay bank from crumbling, officials said. The erosion has already caused human remains to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers gathered on the Upper West Terrace of the Capitol, overlooking the National Mall, to honor officers who defended Congress during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack with a commemorative plaque.

But two things were missing — Republicans and the plaque itself.

The plaque is instead installed on a stone wall in a cellar...Read more

BALTIMORE – Salisbury University students are getting lunch delivered by robot — and the service is catching on faster than campus officials expected.

Since the fall semester, students living on campus have been able to use Grubhub to order deliveries from four campus restaurants for a flat $3.50 fee. Options include Chick-fil-A; coffee and...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran with intensified military action after Tehran rejected Washington’s push for a peace deal, with the two sides far apart in efforts to end the near month-long war.

Iran had “better get serious soon, before it is too late, because once that happens, there is NO TURNING BACK, and it won’t be ...Read more

BOSTON — Another major public benefits fraud ring has been uncovered in Massachusetts, as U.S. Attorney Leah Foley announces a $9 million scheme busted by the Feds involving nine Dominican nationals who used stolen identities to enroll in public assistance programs.

“Nine individuals have been charged in a coordinated federal crackdown on ...Read more

CHICAGO — Food delivery robots have shattered two city bus shelters within the last week, fueling heated discussion amongst Chicago humans who say they shouldn’t have to share the public way with the apparently freewheeling automatons.

The first crash happened when a Serve Robotics device collided with a bus shelter in the West Town ...Read more

NEW YORK — Crews have removed the mangled wreckage of the Air Canada jet that crashed into a Port Authority fire rescue truck as the probe into what sparked the fatal collision continued Thursday.

Port Authority officials confirm the debris from the plane and the fire truck have been removed from runway four, which is expected to reopen on ...Read more