BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI
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AFP
President Trump signed a bill to fund the government through the end of January, ending the shutdown that has dragged on for six weeks.
Breathless and expansive, Kris Davis' layered music is a mosaic of emotional expression.
Yuki Sugiura
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Booker Prize Foundation
City of Pensacola
Pensacola City Council will consider an ordinance that could boost the next mayor’s pay from $134,000 to $168,185 by tying the salary to a state formula. The change wouldn’t take effect until after the 2026 election.
Education leaders watching how immigration policies affect schools expect classrooms to get emptier every year, but this year, they were caught off guard by falling enrollment rates in some of Florida’s largest districts.
C.M. Guerrero
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Miami Herald
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Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes. -
Israel deported more than 150 freed Palestinian prisoners last month. Some experts in Israel warn it could have long-term consequences for Israeli security. -
The House could vote next week on the release of the Epstein files, the longest government shutdown in history has ended, with ACA subsidies unaddressed, health insurance shoppers are left in limbo.
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Federal workers will return to work Thursday for the first time in 43 days. President Trump signed a bill late Wednesday to fund the government, bringing a close to the longest shutdown in history.
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Iran is suffering its worst drought in decades, brought on by lack of rain, government mismanagement and crumbling infrastructure. The government warns it may have to evacuate its capital, Tehran.
