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A Greyhound bus is pictured after it crashed into three commercial vehicles parked on a highway exit ramp in Highland, Ill., early Wednesday morning. The collision killed three people and injured at least 14 others.

3 people dead and at least 14 are injured after a Greyhound bus crashes in Illinois

The bus was traveling west on Interstate 70 when it crashed into commercial vehicles parked on an exit ramp, the Illinois State Police said.

Facebook Complaints Are A New Kind Of 911 Call In The Platform's Hometown

From hacking to questionable ads to tech support, Menlo Park police dispatchers get calls about Facebook from all around the world.

Former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel, who read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and confronted Barack Obama about nuclear weapons during a later presidential run, has died. He was 91.

Mike Gravel, Former Alaska Senator And Anti-War Advocate, Dies At Age 91

Gravel gained national attention in 1971 when he read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record as part of a one-man filibuster to protest the Vietnam-era draft.

Giant data centers are taking over the U.S. — and angering local residents

There's controversy over a possible new data center in rural Davis, West Virginia. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with journalist Dan Parks.

WUSF News and Health News Florida are compiling a list of COVID-19 cases and quarantines reported by local school districts, universities, and colleges.

Tampa Bay Schools Are Reporting COVID-19 Cases. Here's A List

Public Health experts have warned that coronavirus cases are likely to show up in schools as they reopen. And while some Florida school districts are...

Aziz Ansari plays Dev, an Indian-American actor in search of fulfilling roles, in<em> </em>Netflix's<em> Master of None.</em>

Fresh Air Weekend: Comic Aziz Ansari and Writer Alan Yang; Actress Illeana Douglas

Parks and Recreation colleagues Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang explore the first-generation experience in Master of None.Actress Illeana Douglas recounts a life Lived In And Out Of The Movies.

Danielle Rosario (left) picks up a pack of water to bring back to her family from a Florida National Guard member at the Point of Distribution site on Leonard Street in Cape Coral, FL, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022.

Lee County consolidates Points of Distribution for those needing food and water

Six of the Points of Distribution remain open in Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, Estero, North Fort Myers, Lehigh Acres and Fort Myers, with a Cape Coral site closed on Saturday.

The excessive heat risk for southern Southwest Florida was listed as significant Sunday and Sunday night and extreme in the Miami-Dade area.

Heat advisory continues in Collier, why not in Lee and further north?

The heat index, also known as the apparent temperature, is what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity is combined with the air temperature. There is direct relationship between the air temperature and relative humidity and the heat index, meaning as the air temperature and relative humidity increase (decrease), the heat index increases (decreases).

Spider keeper Jake Meney holds the "megaspider" turned into the Australian Reptile Park.

An Australian zoo acquires a venomous, fanged 'megaspider' and is searching for more

The Australian Reptile Park wants to find the anonymous donor of the megaspider, which may lead them to an area with more unusually large arachnids that could boost the zoo's antivenom program.

A rendering provided by Universal Parks & Resorts shows its planned development in Orange County, Fla., that includes affordable housing.

Disney and Universal will build affordable housing in Florida, where need is acute

The average rent in Orlando jumped by 21% from 2020 to 2021. Two theme parks are now devoting around 100 acres in hopes of easing the housing crisis.

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