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The AP reports Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Anja Niedringhaus was killed. Reporter Kathy Gannon was wounded. The two were in Khost province in eastern Afghanistan ahead of Saturday's election.

Mayor Jay Hortin of Wallsburg, population 275, will stay in office for two more years because the town's new recorder forgot to hold an election. It's the second time in a row this has happened.

A Florida congressman says the Veterans Administration cut off the benefits of more 4,200 people nationwide after they were wrongly declared dead.

In the course of a relatively brief negotiating session at the White House, Trump largely sided with Democratic leaders as they pushed for the three-month deal.

The spokesman for Haiti's electoral council says that a much-criticized presidential runoff election will be postponed for a second time.

A judge ordered a 14-day injunction stopping additional construction at the migrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" until witnesses could testify at a hearing.

Residents in Cuba are facing blackouts, fuel shortages and a worsening economy as the U.S. continues to ramp up its campaign against the Cuban government, imposing sanctions and an oil blockade on the nation.

Long form journalism and deep dive investigative reporting on local issues have historically been the domain of local newspapers. But as newsrooms have shrunk, gaps have been created — and a new model for local journalism has emerged in response: nonprofit newsrooms, mostly comprised of reporters who once worked for newspapers and other forms of commercial media. We meet the Executive Editor-in Chief of Suncoast Searchlight which focuses on Sarasota, Manatee, and DeSoto Counties to get a sense of their origin story and mission — and reflect on the state of local news that’s led to the rise of these online, nonprofit news organizations.

Florida Gulf Coast University is hosting a virtual debate today on Affirmative Action in University Admissions and the Cost of Higher Education. The debate participants are Dr. Cornel West, he is a progressive professor and author, and currently an Independent candidate for president; and Robert George is a conservative legal scholar and political philosopher, and Founding Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. The debate is moderated by Dr. Christopher Phillips. Dr. Phillips has devoted his life to facilitating thoughtful and inclusive conversations among people of all walks of life, from all around the world, about deep and meaningful issues.

The nonprofit Guardian ad Litem Foundation for the 20th Judicial Circuit has been supporting court appointed volunteers, and the children they’re working with, since 1983. And now, it’s expanding its focus to serve a broader group of children and teens in Southwest Florida and has changed its name to A.N.A.’s Friends. The acronym represents the Abused, Neglected, and Abandoned youth they help support. They support children who need help in a wide variety of ways that goes far beyond just helping them in the courtroom.