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Gabrielle Young, 17, is a white female, 5-foot-7 and weighs about 190 pounds.

 TALLAHASSEE — Enrollment in Florida's 28 state colleges is expected to remain relatively flat this year, although several schools are reporting effects from Hurricane Irma.State analysts on Tuesday projected an enrollment of the equivalent of 320,691 full-time students in the 2017-18 academic year, a decline of 209 students from last year. Since 65 percent of the students attend state colleges on a part-time basis, each of the “full-time equivalents,” [...]

Bill now returns to House for second vote on sweeping rewrite of nation’s tax laws.

The price Mosul's residents paid in blood to see their city freed was between 9,000 and 11,000 dead, a civilian casualty rate nearly 10 times higher than what has been previously reported.

Cardinal's failure to stop child molesters in the priesthood triggered the worst crisis in American Catholicism

Republicans who control Congress are struggling to come up with a must-pass measure to avoid a government shutdown this weekend.

FORT WALTON BEACH — Local Fort Walton Beach author Nick Smith donated half of his book sales over the weekend to the SOCKS Animal Shelter.Last Saturday, Smith spent the day at the Pet Supermarket in Fort Walton Beach, advertising his newest book "Milk Treading." Smith, though, wasn't alone.The SOCKS (Save our Cats and Kittens) Animal Shelter brought along two adoptable kittens for guests to play with while they got their books signed by Smith.Smith said he chose [...]

The vote was 224-201 and came hours after the Senate's early morning passage along party-lines.

Following is information from the City of Fort Walton Beach concerning trash collection during the holidays:The City of Fort Walton Beach’s Sanitation offices will be closed on the following days this holiday season:• Monday, Dec. 25• Tuesday, Dec. 26 (offices are closed, but some route service will be provided, as listed below)• Monday, Jan. 1Garbage Pickup Routes: On these dates, residential garbage service [...]