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As the school year starts in Florida, a wave of newly-enacted laws and regulations around what can and cannot be taught is creating a legal minefield for educators.

At a contentious meeting, Illinois State University's governing body approved the purchase of property from Country Financial, finalizing a plan to house the forthcoming College of Engineering on G.E. Road in Bloomington.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the young boy killed yesterday in a shooting police deemed accidental.

A Livingston County jury convicted Clifford Brewer of murder late Tuesday afternoon in the 2019 deaths of his wife, son and neighbor in the couple’s home in Cullom.

Two young men were killed early Friday in a single-vehicle crash west of El Paso, authorities said.

Broward County, Florida has decided to recount the ballots from last week's presidential election by hand, reversing an earlier position against such a recount. Robert talks to NPR's David Welna who is in Broward County.

More than 60 monuments that celebrate the Confederacy and its military men have come down in cities all across America. But more than 1,700 remain, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The Supreme Court heard two cases today dealing with voting districts and their impact on minority voter rights and the prospects for minority candidates. One case was an appeal of a congressional map in Georgia drawn up by a three-judge panel after the Supreme Court declared an earlier plan unconstitutional. The other case relates to school board districts in Louisiana. Some opponents of districts designed to give minorities a boost argue that the re-election of a number of African-American members of Congress last month, despite their white-majority districts, proves special districts are not needed. Proponents argue that they were helped more by the advantages of incumbancy, and needed minority-majority districts to get elected in the first place. NPR's Phillip Davis reports.

The blazes in four counties come just weeks after the deadliest wildfires in the state's history killed dozens in Northern California's wine country.

Many people move without realizing the danger that wildfires pose to their new home. A new risk rating system could help buyers learn more on real estate sites.