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Clinicians care for COVID-19 patients last week in a makeshift intensive care unit at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif. California is lifting regional stay-at-home orders, but county and local authorities can keep other restrictions in place.

California Lifts Stay-At-Home Orders: 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel'

State health officials are breathing a sigh of relief. But they are also cautious: More than 40 million Californians live in counties where COVID-19 risk is deemed "widespread."

Steve Newborn

Steve Newborn is WUSF's assistant news director as well as a reporter and producer at WUSF covering environmental issues and politics in the Tampa Bay area.

Dickson Public Works personnel check the flooding on Old Pond Lane following heavy rainfall on Saturday in Dickson, Tenn.

At Least 8 Killed And Dozens Missing In Tennessee Flooding

Heavy rainfall in several Middle Tennessee counties on Saturday prompted water rescues, road closures and communications disruptions. More than 30 people have been reported missing.

<em></em>Ben Crump speaks at a news conference in April in New York City. On Monday, the civil rights attorney called on the Justice Department to launch an investigation into inmate deaths at the Harris County Jail in Houston.

Dozens of inmates have died in a Houston jail since 2021. Now the FBI is investigating

Dozens of inmates have died while in custody at the Harris County Jail, according to attorneys representing victims' families. The FBI has opened civil rights investigations into two of the deaths.

ISU Hikes Tuition 3 Percent

Illinois State University's Board of Trustees formally approved a 3 percent increase in tuition, fees, and room and board at a Trustee's meeting…

El Ayuntamiento de Bloomington se espera un aumento de 3 millones de dólares en el gravamen del impuesto sobre la propiedad

La City of Bloomington tiene la intención de fijar su recaudación de impuestos prediales de 2025 en $25.3 millones, un aumento de $3 millones con respecto al año anterior.

Who will call it the Gulf of America? A look at this and other naming disputes

Google Maps now labels the Gulf of America for U.S. users, and the Gulf of Mexico for those in Mexico. This isn't the first body of water to have different names according to different countries.

Shay Tolise, Kate Brunk, and Candice Byrd of YWCA Labyrinth Made Goods and YW Strive joined WGLT in studio for a special edition of Sound Ideas.

YWCA builds people back up after incarceration

A lack of institutional support, statutorily imposed legal barriers, stigmas, low wages — they all mean prison sentences can effectively be for life, especially for residents of black and brown communities.

Students Gina Mathew (from left), Kali Poenitske, Maddie Baden, Trina Paul, Connor Balthazor and Patrick Sullivan at Pittsburg High School in Pittsburg, Kan. When reporters for the student newspaper there dug into the credentials offered by their new principal, they found issues that led to her resignation.

Kansas Student Newspaper's Fact Check Results In New Principal's Resignation

The principal, Amy Robertson, resigned after Pittsburg High School's student paper investigated her claim of having degrees from Corllins University, an entity whose legitimacy has been questioned.

Unit 5 Expands Collaboration With Chestnut, Adds Mental Health Counselor at Normal West

The Unit 5 school board Wednesday voted to expand a collaborative agreement with Chestnut Health Systems to bring a full-time mental health counselor to…

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