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Florida became the eighth state and the first in the South to adopt a $15 minimum wage. Replicating this in other states and on the federal level remains a challenge.

"This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school, on the other side of the ocean," activist Greta Thunberg tells leaders at a U.N. climate conference.

Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, Feb. 18: Last day to register for Ohio primary; LaRose asks Kent State to cancel Fonda's speech; Ex...

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Here are your morning headlines for Friday, March 27: State shows progress in slowing COVID-19 spread; Surge in cases expected in May; Daycares need...

The University System of Georgia is holding in-person classes this fall, with no masks required. It's an anomaly among top public universities — and it will put people at risk, professors say.

Despite fierce international criticism and opposition in Hong Kong, Beijing's rubber-stamp legislature passed a law allowing the mainland to impose security measures in the former British colony.

In 1959, Kent Garrett was one of 18 black students accepted into a freshman class of more than 1,000. It was an early form of affirmative action, and he chronicles his time on campus in a new book.

The scarcity of rural vets, who are the first line of defense against diseases that can spread from animals to humans, means sick and infected animals could increasingly go untested.

The gap between black and white homeownership rates has widened in recent decades. Baltimore is a majority black city, but research shows it has a gap of 31 percent, mirroring the national average.