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After a wildfire decimated a California high school’s newsroom, destroying its cameras, computers and archived newspapers spanning six decades, one of the first offers of help that its journalism adviser received came from the other side of the country. Claire Smith, founding executive director of Temple University’s sports media center, had known Lisa Nehus Saxon…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The board of Florida’s only public historically Black university has chosen a lobbyist with ties to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to be the school’s next president, alarming students, faculty and alumni who are outraged by the governor’s efforts to restrict the teaching of African American history and ban public colleges from using…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Florida airport was closed Friday after a vehicle caught fire in a parking garage, officials said. Arrivals and departures were halted at Jacksonville International Airport as firefighters contained the blaze in an hourly garage near the terminal, airport spokesman Greg Willis said. Officials were hoping to reopen later Friday. No injuries…

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s appeal to quickly resume deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th century wartime law. Over two dissenting votes, the justices acted on an emergency appeal from lawyers for Venezuelan men who have been accused of being gang members, a designation that the administration says makes…

NEWARK, Ohio — A truck driver who triggered a chain-reaction crash with a bus that killed three Ohio high school band students and three adults was convicted of vehicular homicide Friday but cleared on more serious charges. The three students killed in the 2023 crash were on a charter bus, and a teacher and two…

WASHINGTON — The Army will place large metal plates at key points on the streets of Washington to better protect the pavement from the movements of 25 M1 Abrams main battle tanks set to roll through the capital on June 14, a U.S. official told the Associated Press. The tanks are a key part of…

WASHINGTON — A humanities federation and a state council have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to reverse local funding cuts made by Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, Oregon, by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and…

Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. May 13, 2025 Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement action with Perry County Bancorp Inc. and Du Quoin State Bank For release at 11:00 a.m. EDT The…

NEW YORK — Wall Street is heading toward the finish of a strong, potentially perfect week as U.S. stocks on Friday drift close to the all-time high they set just a few months earlier, though it may feel like an economic era ago. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in early trading and potentially on…