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Florida stopped doing gun permit checks for more than a year

By Gary Fineout, Associated Press

For more than a year, Florida failed to do national background checks that could have disqualified people from gaining a permit to carry a concealed weapon.

The 2018 hurricane season has begun. Here's what to expect

By Michael Rios

What we know about the upcoming hurricane season, and how states -- some of which are still recovering from last year's record storms -- are preparing.

Storm Alberto maintains strength as it approaches Gulf Coast

By Jennifer Kay, Associated Press

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 2 p.m. EDT Monday that Alberto was centered about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south-southwest of Panama City, Florida. The storm was expected to make landfall later Monday.

U.S. files plea deal in deadly 2017 Florida airport shooting

By Curt Anderson, Associated Press

The agreement says that Esteban Santiago, 28, will plead guilty to 11 of the 22 counts against him in the attack that also left six wounded at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

How Zora Neale Hurston captured the poetry of African-American folklife

By Jennifer Hijazi

A long-lost manuscript by the famed author is finally being published.

Ahead of midterms, politicians try to woo Puerto Ricans who fled storm

By Gisela Salomon, Claudia Torrens, Associated Press

The intensity of political attention is new for Puerto Ricans, who are accustomed to not having much political clout. While they are U.S. citizens, they cannot vote in the presidential election while on the island, which is a territory not…

1 student injured in Florida high school shooting amid national walkouts over gun violence

By Joshua Barajas

Planned walkouts for the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting were canceled for the school district shortly after news of the incident spread.

In a Florida prison, a poet grapples with power and oppression

By Corinne Segal

In poet Eduardo Martinez's work, power is a trap; being ruled by it is a trap, and wielding it is, too, a dynamic that he said he confronts every day in prison.

WATCH: Trump praises tax law, low Latino unemployment rate at event in Florida

President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak from Florida at 12:40 p.m. ET today. Watch the president's remarks here.

FEMA faulted for failed contracts to deliver hurricane aid

By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press

The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded contracts for hurricane supplies without adequately researching whether winning bidders could deliver what they promised, according to a new investigation by Democrats on a Senate oversight committee.