WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When student activists assembled in Florida last year for Turning Point Action's annual summit, many were torn, wrestling with whether former President Donald Trump or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was the Republican Party's best hope for 2024.

Offsite front desk

Librarians Jeni Corbridge, left, Cary Bolinger, Laura Lopez and, back, Theresa Simmons work the front desk at the Western Plains Library System’s Summer Reading Pool party.

CHICAGO (AP) — For Chicagoans planning a lengthy outdoor run Monday, 'today is not necessarily the day for that,' according to Kim Biggs of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials on Monday approved the first long-acting drug to protect babies and toddlers against a respiratory virus that sends tens of thousands of American children to the hospital each year.

All done

Sherry Ernst recovers from donating blood at Oklahoma Blood Institute’s drive at the First Christian Church.

Green Mystic Quartet

The Green Mystic Quartet plays jazz standards and originals at McLain Rogers Park on Friday during the Levitt Amp. Series.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An American soldier facing military disciplinary actions fled across the heavily armed border from South Korea into North Korea, U.S. officials said Tuesday, becoming the first American detained in the North in nearly five years.

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