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The leaders of the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division say they are taking aggressive action to combat potential investment fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The University of West Florida’s Office of Campus Culture and Center for Behavior Analysis invite you to ArGrow: Educate, Empower, Evolve on October 4, 2024, featuring award-winning American autistic and legally blind author and Broadway actor Mickey Rowe (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time). Join us for an evening with Mickey for his keynote from 5:30 pm-7:30 pm. Learn more and register for these free and open-to-the-public events at uwf.edu/occa under “Upcoming OCCA Events.”

This event is funded, in part, by Pace Symposiums.

Event organizers will provide a sensory/respite room for family members who would like to be in a separate supervised space during the keynote presentation. The presentation will not be broadcasted into the room, so this is a space for those who do not prefer to attend the presentation while another party member attends. This room will be supervised by a volunteer from Autism Pensacola and a UWF ABA graduate student during the keynote event.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations is requested to advise UWF by contacting Human Resources at 850.474.2694 or 850.857.6158 (TTY) at least two business days before the event. For more information or to submit a request, visit the Public Event Accommodations page or email ada@uwf.edu.

Illinois leads the U.S. in group psychotherapy sessions for Medicare patients. Some top billers aren't mental health specialists. The state's Medicaid program has cracked down, but the feds haven't.

Gavin Grimm was a high school student in Virginia when his local school board denied him access to the boys' bathroom. His case has stretched for years; now a federal judge has decided in his favor.

Some top researchers now say that climate change has led to stronger hurricanes. Now, there's a push to expand the wind scale to include a Category 6 for winds as powerful as those seen last year.

The Vermont senator's campaign says it raised $18.2 million from more than 500,000 donors. Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke has raised $9.4 million since entering the race three weeks ago.

The economy still takes the top spot as the most pressing concern, but preserving democracy continues to rank high in NPR's polling, an aberration in American history.

Ending an era at the Internet's biggest search company, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page end their leadership roles. Sundar Pichai will become CEO of Google and its parent, Alphabet.

A new report delivers familiar — but important — data about the nature of childhood around the world.

Glacier National Park boasts some of the darkest skies in the U.S., so it's a perfect spot for a stargazing party at the top of 6,000-foot-tall Logan Pass.