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The U.S. wants Kenyan troops' mandate in Haiti to be a formal peacekeeping mission
by Michele Kelemen
The UN Security Council has renewed a mandate of a Kenyan-led force in Haiti. But, the mission has had a slow start the U.S. hoped to make it a formal peacekeeping operation so the UN would fund it.
In light of the Jacksonville shooting, here's how hate groups have grown in Florida
by Odette Yousef
During the last year, some organizations have staged increasingly brazen displays of hate in Jacksonville and across Florida.
Idalia strengthens as it closes in on Florida
by Greg Allen
Idalia is expected to strengthen into a "major" category hurricane as it approaches Florida's Gulf coast. Local officials have warned residents they have little time left to prepare.
People who participated in the March on Washington remember it on its 60th anniversary
Monday marks 60 years since the 1963 March on Washington. Some 250,000 people gathered around the Lincoln Memorial, including A. Peter Bailey, Courtland Cox and Edith Lee-Payne.
Anonymous protesters immobilize driverless cars using traffic cones
by Dara Kerr
Self-driving cars are everywhere in San Francisco. An anonymous group is surreptitiously placing orange traffic cones on the driverless cars, confusing their sensors and rendering them inoperable.
Idalia is a hurricane ahead of hitting Florida's Gulf Coast
by Debbie Elliott
The tropical system is expected to strengthen into a "major" category 3 hurricane before coming ashore on Florida's Gulf Coast. Residents in some areas are being told to evacuate.
How the Dust Bowl depiction from 'The Wizard of Oz' left a lasting impact on Kansas
by David Condos
The Wizard of Oz and Kansas have been inseparable since farm girl Dorothy Gale first skipped down the yellow brick road. But a Dust Bowl 1930s image may also hold Kansas back from what it wants to be.
Lahaina teachers memorialize students lost to the fires
by Kira Wakeam
In the aftermath of the wildfires in Lahaina, a group of local teachers have come together to create a memorial for students who have been confirmed deceased.
Tallahassee's NAACP president reacts to the mass shooting in Jacksonville
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Mutaqee Akbar, president of the Tallahassee branch of the NAACP, about the Jacksonville shooting in which a white gunman killed three Black people and then himself.
A psychoactive hemp product is available where marijuana is banned due to a loophole
by Steve Harrison
Marijuana is still outlawed in most red states, but stores there have found a way to sell intoxicating hemp-based products. It's all because of a loophole in a federal law.
National Science Foundation workers are fighting orders to return to the office
by Andrea Hsu
The union representing employees of the National Science Foundation are fighting orders reducing the number of days they can telework, warning people will quit if greater flexibility isn't preserved.
What comes next for the Wagner Group following the death of its leader
by Charles Maynes
Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Priogozhin may be dead, but his private army remains. With some Russians publicly mourning Prigozhin, the future of his fighters is unclear.