TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) _ Toledo City Council has approved the $1.5 million purchase of 17 residential properties near the Jeep Wrangler plant as it continues …

ORANGE, N.J. (AP) _ A New Jersey school district has fired a teacher whose third-grade class wrote get-well letters to a sick prison inmate convicted …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ The first notice of appeal has been filed in an attempt to halt the planned $1 billion settlement of NFL concussion lawsuits. …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ A legislative panel on Tuesday rejected a California soda tax, the latest loss for public health advocates seeking to cut down …

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) _ The University of Vermont Board of Trustees plans to discuss a proposed 3.4 percent tuition increase for the 2016 academic year …

WEST PALM BEACH — Palm Beach County’s largest child welfare organization is working to recruit and train new foster families so children don’t have to …

From Ferguson and Staten Island to North Charleston and Baltimore, our nation has been moved — to conversation and debate, protest and action — by …

MIAMI LAKES — In a National Rebuilding Day event sponsored by BankUnited, Rebuilding Together Broward brought together approximately 400 volunteers and dozens of local businesses …

WESTON —Two elementary schools in South Florida and one in Jacksonville will each receive a $50,000 grant from the Leonore Annenberg School Fund for Children, …

Dozens of high school students from Congresswoman Frederica Wilson’s district competed in the Annual District 24 Congressional Art Competition, Art Show and Awards Ceremony on …