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Tropical Storm Frances makes its second landfall in Florida, churning into the state's panhandle with an expected 10 inches of rain and 65 miles-an-hour wind. Over the weekend, the storm plowed into Florida's Atlantic coast as a category two hurricane. More than 6 million people lost electricity as powerful winds and rain knocked down trees and damaged homes and boats. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

The seditious conspiracy charges against five Proud Boys leaders this week mark another ramping up of the government's prosecution efforts following the violent attack at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

A ruling on affirmative action came down this morning, 6-3 in favor of gutting the policy.

By a 6-3 vote along ideological lines, the Supreme Court has struck down President Biden's plan to forgive some or all federal student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans.

In his weekly radio address Saturday morning, President Obama said his $3.6 trillion budget proposal reflects the priorities of the voters he met on the campaign trail, but he acknowledged not everyone shares those priorities.

About 6 million years ago, a new mineral analysis suggests, a mighty river zigzagging across the Colorado plateau may have found its way into older gorges, greatly enlarging them to create the West's most spectacular canyon. Still, some geologists aren't sold.

Serena Williams lost to the unseeded Roberta Vinci of Italy in three sets, ending her history-making run for the first calendar Grand Slam since 1988.

"We have not been exposed to this kind of emergency in 102 years," Gov. Wanda Vázquez says. The 6.4 magnitude quake left at least one person dead and knocked out most of the island's power.

Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right group were convicted Thursday on seditious conspiracy charges stemming from the U.S. Capitol siege on Jan. 6, 2021.

After months of hearing evidence in the seditious conspiracy trial against members of the Proud Boys, jurors have begun their deliberations in the landmark case.