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State Hurricane Ian debris removal contractor to return in area briefly

The state contractor for removal of debris from Hurricane Ian will be back in the area briefly and once again utilizing Ponce Park for offloading.

Free seasonal LeeTran Downtown Trolley is slated to resume runs.

River District trolley to return; Commissioners agree to CREW land purchase

Ex-Pakistani Leader Says She'll Return Without Deal

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says she believes she will be able to stay when she returns to the country from exile next month. She plans to go back despite the lack of a power-sharing agreement with President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.

Hamas returns bodies of four hostages and Israel releases hundreds of Palestinians

Both sides agreed there would be no Hamas ceremonies for the hostage bodies and in exchange Israel would release the Palestinian detainees and prisoners whose freedom had been held up since Saturday.

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities have the unique opportunity to train as referees during junior varsity games on Thursday nights at local high schools throughout Naples through the STARability Foundation ball assistant program.

Empowering through football: STARability Foundation's ball assistant program returns

Every sports fan has a love-hate relationship with referees, but this football season in Collier County, a call is being made that both sidelines can be happy with. STARability Foundation, working in partnership with the Greater Naples Officials Association (GNOA), is returning with their ball assistant program for teens and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The IRS has taken steps to deal with the backlog and prepare for the current tax filing season, which began late last month. The last day to file is April 18.

The IRS is assigning more workers to deal with a huge backlog of tax returns

Smaller budgets, fewer employees and increased duties have added up to taxpayer frustration this filing season. The IRS is establishing a "surge team" to put resources on the processing challenges.

Lee, Collier, Charlotte County return majority of challenged books to libraries

Last school year’s reports from the Florida Board of Education showed that a majority of the hundreds of books removed from public school libraries for review were returned with restrictions for age and parental consent.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters from a window at the Liberal Party headquarters in Brasília on Thursday after arriving back in Brazil on a commercial flight from Orlando, Fla.

Former President Bolsonaro returns to Brazil after three months in Florida

The far-right leader went to Florida after losing his bid for reelection, days before his rival was inaugurated. While in Florida, Bolsonaro frequently met with supporters and conservative groups.

Nigerians who left their country, planning to return in old age, are reconsidering

Rising insecurity and economic uncertainty in Nigeria are increasingly having an impact on retirees' decisions not to return home to live out their twilight years in the country of their birth.

A Pompeiian style fresco from Herculaneum titled "Young Hercules and the snake", dated to the I second A.C., is seen on display among other archaeological artifacts stolen from Italy and sold in the U.S. by international art traffickers, during a press conference in Rome, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.

An ancient fresco is among 60 treasures the U.S. is returning to Italy

U.S. authorities announced that the fresco depicting Hercules and dozens of other trafficked objects, which ended up in private collections in the United States, would go back to Italy.

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