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Almost 10% of Florida's youngest children were missed during the 2020 census 04/11/2024 05:55pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Children age 4 and under in Florida were undercounted by almost 10% during the 2020 census, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The bureau said the estimated error was the largest undercount of young children by any U.S. state. More than 112,000 Vatican's top diplomat begins a 6-day visit to Vietnam aimed at normalizing relations 04/10/2024 01:26pm • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Vatican's top diplomat began a six-day visit to Vietnam on Tuesday as a part of efforts to normalize relations with the communist nation. Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Holy See’s foreign minister, met his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son and expressed the Vatican' Two tribal nations sue social media companies over Native youth suicides 04/09/2024 05:43pm • Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to the disproportionately high rates of suicide among Native American youth. Their lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles county court names Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms; Snapchat's Snap Inc.; TikTok par More than half of foreign-born people in US live in just 4 states and half are naturalized citizens 04/09/2024 03:42pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — More than half of the foreign-born population in the United States lives in just four states — California, Texas, Florida and New York — and their numbers grew older and more educated over the past dozen years, according to a new report released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Content creation holds appeal for laid-off workers seeking flexibility 04/09/2024 02:27pm • With a compact mirror in one hand and an eyelash curler in the other, Grace Xu told her roughly 300,000 TikTok followers she was likely about to be laid off. She was right, she tells them in a subsequent clip. But she was planning to pursue a different career anyway: as a content creator. “I gues As a Mississippi town reels from a devastating tornado, a displaced family finds its way home 04/08/2024 09:00am • ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — As a deadly tornado barreled toward their home in the Mississippi Delta, Ida Cartlidge only had time to scoop up her 1-year-old son, Nolan, and hold him close. Cartlidge huddled with her husband and three sons on the living room floor of their Rolling Fork mobile home, i Today in History: April 7, genocide erupts in Rwanda 04/07/2024 08:59am • Today in History Today is Sunday, April 7, the 98th day of 2024. There are 268 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 7, 1994, the 100-day genocide erupted in Rwanda, a day after a mysterious plane crash claimed the lives of the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi; in the mont Today in History: April 7, civil war erupts in Rwanda 04/07/2024 12:01am • Today in History Today is Sunday, April 7, the 98th day of 2024. There are 268 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 7, 1994, civil war erupted in Rwanda, a day after a mysterious plane crash claimed the lives of the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi; in the months State Republicans killed an Indiana city's lawsuit to stop illegal gun sales. Why? 04/06/2024 03:29pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Almost 25 years after suing the firearms industry for failing to prevent illegal gun sales, the northwestern Indiana city of Gary won a critical victory last fall when a judge ordered gun manufacturers to hand over years of production and sales records. But in March, Gov. Eric Kosovo will conduct a nationwide census that includes surveying the ethnic Serb minority 04/05/2024 08:48am • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo's government began Friday its first nationwide census since 2011, which will include surveying the ethnic Serb minority in the north, at a time when tensions with neighboring Serbia are high. The Agency of Statistics is conducting the 12-million euro ($13 million) c Idaho lawmakers pass bills targeting LGBTQ+ citizens. Protesters toss paper hearts in protest 04/03/2024 07:45pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers have passed a series of bills targeting LGBTQ+ residents this year, including two this week that prevent public employees from being required to use someone's preferred pronouns and redefine gender as being synonymous with sex. On Wednesday, the Senate approved 2 Mississippi catfish farms settle suit alleging immigrants were paid more than local Black workers 04/02/2024 07:12pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Mississippi catfish farms have settled a lawsuit alleging that they brought workers from Mexico to the U.S. and paid them significantly more than they previously paid local Black farmworkers for the same type of labor, plaintiffs' attorneys said Tuesday. Southern Migrant How to Navigate the 2024 Spring Homebuying Season 04/01/2024 08:00pm • Housing demand is reaching its seasonal peak amid some promising signs for the spring homebuying market. According to the National Association of Realtors, existing home sales were up 9.5% month over month in February and prices were up 5.7% year over year, marking a strong start to the 2024 housing What You Should Know About Moving to Florida in 2024 03/31/2024 08:00pm • At the southeastern tip of the continental U.S., Florida draws people with its warm weather, sandy beaches and world-renowned tourist attractions. But visiting Florida on vacation and becoming a local are two different experiences. Here's what you need to know about moving to Florida and what to exp US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It's the first revision in 27 years 03/28/2024 03:35pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage. The revi