Audubon Florida asked poets to write haikus in a contest celebrating turkey and black vultures ahead of International Vulture Awareness Day, which is celebrated on the first Saturday in September
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A Lee County public school teacher’s suspension for a comment about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk should be ended and she should receive back pay, an administrative court judge has recommended.
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The feds warned Donalds that the contributions were illegal and should be returned
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Lee County commissioners approved changes to how growth can take place in the southeast portion of the county despite pleas from speakers worried about what it will mean for wildlife, water quality and other environmental concerns.
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The ruling comes after months of back-and-forth between the Trump administration and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Joyce Beatty, a Democratic representative from Ohio, asked a federal judge to stop the Kennedy Center trustees from putting President Trump's name up in three places at the arts complex.
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Switzerland is home to more than 370,000 nuclear bomb shelters. The historically neutral nation guarantees each of its 9 million citizens a spot in case of an emergency.
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The Iranian regime has dismissed President Trump's threats to crush Iran economically, saying that years of U.S. sanctions have failed.
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President Trump has declared economic warfare on Iran in an effort to pressure the country back into negotiations. And, the Supreme Court is set to decide on the future of Trump's ballroom.