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Amy Bennett Williams with her father Patrick Bennett

As Sunday marks Father’s Day, and just before the official start of summer, this week’s encore essay from News-Press storyteller Amy Bennett Williams...

Rita Coolidge Will Call Tallahassee Home. Again.

A true popular music legend is settling down in the place she says she feels most at home. Rita Coolidge is back in Tallahassee to stay. Coolidge says...

Policymakers in Illinois and other states want to make it easier to get medical marijuana for pain relief.

Lawmakers In Illinois Embrace Medical Marijuana As An Opioid Alternative

Seeking solutions for the opioid crisis, policymakers in Illinois and many other states are looking to expand access to marijuana for chronic pain sufferers.

Jean Marie Rukundo and his wife, Theodosie Uwambajimana, with their 2-year-old daughter. They've nicknamed her "Rwamrec," the acronym for a resource center in Rwanda that taught Rukundo how to step up his game as a spouse and father. When he came with his wife to the delivery room for the child, she says that "touched my heart."

Men Teaching Men To Be Better Husbands And Dads

An experimental program in Rwanda tried to teach men to do more chores, listen to their wife instead of bossing her around and get involved in raising the kids. Did it work?

Newly installed panels of bulletproof glass surround two sides of the Eiffel Tower site in Paris. Construction is scheduled to be complete in July.

Eiffel Tower Now Has Bulletproof Glass Walls To Protect Against Terror Attacks

The panels are nearly 10 feet high and more than 2 inches thick. Tourists will still be able to enter the gardens underneath the tower after passing through security fences.

Judge Orders Paul Manafort To Jail

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort will be jailed until his trial. Rachel Martin talks to NPR's Justice Department reporter Ryan Lucas about the case.

Saturday Implosion Of Iconic Twin Cooling Towers A Sign Of JEA's Changing Power Supply

The iconic twin cooling towers next to the Dames Point Bridge at the St. Johns River Power Park’s (SJRPP) are scheduled to be imploded Saturday morning…

Jacksonville Cultural Council Director Stepping Down

Tony Allegretti, who’s helmed the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville for the last four years, is stepping down to pursue a “significant opportunity”…

Superintendent Alberto Carvalho and school board members promote the Miami-Dade school district's improving state test scores during a press conference at the school board building in downtown Miami on Friday, June 15.

Miami-Dade School Leaders: 'Resilient' Students Improved On State Exams Despite Challenging Year

More students locally and across Florida are passing state exams. Statewide, students’ pass rates on the annual English and Math tests increased...

Party's over for a federal study about the health effects of moderate alcohol consumption.

Credibility Concerns Lead NIH To End Study Of Alcohol's Health Effects

Scientists and National Institutes of Health officials met with alcohol company executives and appeared to solicit money from them in violation of government policy. The NIH canceled the study.

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