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A new Florida bill would close a critical loophole that allows squatters to stay in unoccupied homes and tie landlords up in court, a move that one homeowner said will return fairness to the system. House Bill 621, sponsored by Republican Florida state Rep. Kevin Steele, was put forward in …

At least once a week, Girino Ndyanabo’s family converges around a pit in which bananas have been left to ripen. The bananas are peeled and thrown into a wooden vat carved like a boat, and the patriarch steps in with bare feet. The sweet juice he presses out is filtered …

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s plans to publish a book about a 2022 attempt on his life may delay the trial of his alleged attacker, which is scheduled to begin next week, attorneys said Tuesday. Hadi Matar, the man charged with repeatedly stabbing Rushdie as the author was being …