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BROOKSVILLE — A Florida school district has fired or transferred the entire teaching staff at a troubled elementary school.The Tampa Bay Times reports that Hernando County School District officials informed Moton Elementary School teachers during a faculty meeting last week.District spokeswoman Karen Jordan says tenured teachers will receive new assignments at other county schools for next school year, while newer teachers will have to reapply for other jobs if they want [...]

The pilot's voice was calm yet focused as her plane descended with 149 people on board."Southwest 1380, we're single engine," Capt. Tammie Jo Shults, a former fighter pilot with the U.S. Navy, said. "We have part of the aircraft missing so we're going to need to slow down a bit." She asked for medical personnel to meet her aircraft on the runway. "We've got injured passengers.""Injured passengers, okay and is your airplane physically on fire?" asked a male voice on the other [...]

Patrick Stein, Gavin Wright and Curtis Allen were convicted of one count of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and one count of conspiracy against civil rights. Wright was convicted of a charge of lying to the FBI. Sentencing is set for June 27.

FORT WALTON BEACH — Whoops of delight, the flashing of scores of cameras and rooftop bands accompanied much of the early stages of the about seven-hour trek of the two-story, 112-year-old Gulfview Hotel, which began Tuesday night and ended early Wednesday.That parade-like atmosphere stood in stark contrast to the final hours of the building's relocation from its original spot at 12 Miracle Strip Parkway SE. [...]

Gunmen shot at the U.N. team in Douma on Tuesday and detonated an explosive, leading it to return to Damascus, said the head of the international chemical weapons watchdog, Ahmet Uzumcu.

Slide Fire Solutions, which is based in Moran, Texas, posted a message on its website saying the company will stop taking orders on bump stocks at midnight on May 20.

DESTIN — The City Council is considering a multi-year moratorium on commercial activity at Crab Island as a way to address the lack of regulation at the popular tourist spot.Councilman Rodney Braden on Monday brought up the idea of a possible three- to five-year or two- to four-year moratorium on all commercial activity on Crab Island, citing the non-family friendly environment.Destin Mayor [...]

Marguerite Jackson, an academic adviser at Temple University, said Andrea Constand told her she could fabricate sexual assault allegations and "get that money" from a civil suit, bolstering Cosby's efforts to show Constand made up the allegations against him to extort a big civil settlement.

Jurors found that Yoselyn Ortega killed 6-year-old Lucia Krim and 2-year-old Leo Krim in October 2012 and understood the consequences of her actions when she did it.