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After seeing its sock industry decimated by competition from lower-wage countries, Fort Payne, Ala., aims to prepare its youngest residents for a high-tech future. It's investing in technologically advanced education tools in hopes that its high school graduates will be able to take advantage of a wave of new high-tech jobs coming to the region.

A Stark County man was arrested Thursday on child pornography charges. Rodney A. King, 50, of Wyoming, was arrested for possession and dissemination of...

A Peoria County sheriff's deputy faces felony charges following a retail theft incident.

Lawyers for George W. Bush were shuttling back and forth between two trials this morning in Tallahassee, Florida. Lawsuits filed from Seminole and Martin counties were attempting to disallow thousands of absentee ballots cast in those counties, most of them for Bush. The suits allege that Republicans seeking absentee ballots got special help in qualifying for them. NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Tallahassee.

The financially struggling school district that threatened foster care over unpaid lunch debt is now apologizing for dozens of letters officials sent this month to parents.

The Bloomington City Council on Monday gave staff the OK to pursue the possibility of observing Indigenous Peoples Day each October, but not before a…

At least 82 people have died in the state since the Camp and Woolsey fires broke out earlier this month. The official missing persons list from the Camp Fire has 600 fewer names than on Saturday.

In the Senate race, GOP Gov. Rick Scott holds on to a lead of fewer than 13,000 votes over Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson. Scott is suing two counties and Nelson has responded with his own suits.

Residents of rural Pennsylvania turned to Donald Trump after feeling a growing level of economic anxiety. But they're going to be watching to see if he follows through on his promises in Washington.

Experts say it's a nationwide problem, as older lawyers retire and younger ones opt for higher paying jobs.