The former state education commissioner has been UWF's interim president since July 2025. He then emerged as the sole finalist for president.
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The University of West Florida Board of Trustees voted 11–1 to advance interim President Manny Diaz Jr. as president-elect, approving a compensation package approaching $1 million annually and drawing faculty criticism over the search process.
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Hundreds of somber demonstrators took to Minneapolis' frozen streets to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Elliot Williams, a former U.S. deputy assistant attorney general, about the Trump administration's narrative around the fatal shooting of a woman in Minnesota by an ICE agent.
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Here's how to send your questions and curiosities to the NPR team covering the Winter Olympics in Milan.
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Commissioned by NPR in December in partnership with Ipsos, the share of people who believe the U.S. is a moral leader dropped to 39% from 60% in a similar poll conducted in 2017.