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As the 2018 hurricane season begins, experts and emergency managers have been studying last year's evacuations before Hurricane Irma. Nearly 7 million people left their homes to escape the hurricane.

Multiple people are dead after a high school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Officials say the suspect was found off campus and is not a current student.

WLRN reporter Caitie Switalski speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about the latest surrounding a deadly shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla.

Before Tuesday, North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row, among the top 5 largest death rows in the U.S. Gov. Roy Cooper's office said it had received clemency petitions from 89 of them.

With school districts across the state expressing support, Florida senators Monday started moving forward with a bill that would repeal requirements aimed at later daily start times in many high schools.Lawmakers in 2023 approved the requirements, citing a need for older students to get more sleep. The requirements are slated to take effect in 2026, but as the deadline has neared, districts have said they are struggling to comply.

Hackman epitomized a 1970s, edgy, tightly wound masculinity. He appeared in more than 100 movies and TV shows, and won Oscars for his performances in The French Connection and Unforgiven.

Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a full week after his wife died from hantavirus in their New Mexico hillside home, authorities revealed Friday.

Officials Wednesday broke ground on a new concourse at Southwest Florida International Airport, more commonly known by its airport code as RSW. The work is happening as phase one of RSW expansion remains stalled for the past year.

There are very low humidity levels, and the incoming cold front will bring another round of strong winds and a push of extra dry air, worsening the fire danger.

A mass shooting at a club in Thousand Oaks, California, last night has left the community reeling.