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Orlando’s leaders and gun violence survivors met Wednesday with Congressman Maxwell Frost to discuss the city’s Community Violence Intervention program — and the promise it’s shown to reduce shootings and gun homicides in its first year. The program, known also as CVI, aims to stop violent incidents before they escalate through mediation and resources to […]

A United States development aid agency whose return to the Solomon Islands has been delayed for years without explanation found “overwhelming support and enthusiasm” for its work, with the Pacific island nation’s leader telling officials “We need you”, a previously unreleased report shows. The Peace Corps’ findings bring into focus the agency’s unexplained failure to […]

A Wake County parent is trying to get a video about the Native American perspective of Thanksgiving banned from schools because she claims it’s filled with lies and is racist to white people. The YouTube video from Cut.com shows Native Americans using words like “horror beyond measure,” “massacre, “slaughtered,” “romanticism” and “lies” to describe what […]

WEST RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday confirmed that a body found at the home of a former Washington state police officer who killed his ex-wife before fleeing to Oregon, where he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was that of a 17-year-old girl with whom he had a baby. Elias Huizar, 39, a […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — Joe and Deborah Fabrizio always wanted to live on the water. Their dream came true six years ago when they bought a waterfront home in St. Petersburg. But their beautiful view comes at a cost, because as any true Floridian knows, a hurricane can change your life in a matter […]

Former President Donald Trump has been called a lot of names in the first six days of his New York hush-money trial. “We will call him ‘President Trump’ out of respect for the office that he held from 2017 to 2021,” Trump lawyer Todd Blanche told the jury during his opening statement Monday. “And as […]

A 33-year-old Texas man was indicted Tuesday on a murder charge in the February 2022 killing of 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez – nearly two years after another grand jury had declined to indict him in connection with the child’s fatal shooting. Tony Earls Jr. was released after a Harris County grand jury declined to indict him […]

Jeremy Hunt has defended plans to slash civil service jobs to increase defence spending and Ukraine aid, during a surprise trip to Kyiv. The chancellor said cutting public services will cost “a great deal less” compared to allowing Russia to succeed. The government has pledged to increase UK military spending to 2.5% of national income […]

Welcome to Start TODAY. Sign up for our Start TODAY newsletter to receive daily inspiration sent to your inbox — and join us on Instagram! Fish is a high-quality lean protein, and chances are, you’re not eating enough of it. The American Heart Association and our Dietary Guidelines recommend eating two servings of seafood a […]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANN COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month Wednesday marks National Denim Day, a campaign started by a controversial court ruling in Italy over two decades ago. In Lackawanna County, the day has received official recognition. National Denim Day is more than just a fashion statement, it is a stand against sexual […]

New report warns that 282 million people faced acute hunger last year. Hunger around the world has reached alarming levels, according to a new multi-agency report on global food insecurity. For the fifth year, acute food insecurity has increased, impacting hundreds of millions of people. The issue is posing a major challenge to the United […]

In the summer of 2019, only hours after an Iranian rocket accidentally exploded at one of Iran’s own launch sites, senior U.S. officials met with then-president Donald Trump and shared a sharply detailed, highly classified image of the blast’s catastrophic aftermath. The image was captured by a U.S. satellite whose true capabilities were a tightly […]