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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari meets President Obama on Monday. The problems facing Nigeria include extremists who have abducted hundreds of schoolgirls.

You may think of surfers as slackers. But in Santa Cruz, Calif., they're city council members and business owners. And they're also conservationists — who just got their piece of the central California coast named a World Surfing Reserve.

Key West's top building official held off on condemning the 110-unit condo, but said he wants to see life-safety repairs made immediately and a plan for longer term fix within 45 days.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Paul Farber, co-director of the National Monument Audit, about the report's findings on monuments in the United States.

For the Oct. 15 edition of The South Florida Roundup, Nancy Klingener wrote about what she's learned from absurd Google Alert results and how people view where they are in South Florida.

Meetings this weekend in Beijing will give party leader Xi Jinping a chance to persuade officials that he deserves a third term.

The Iraqi government announces an investigation into the abuse and torture of more than 170 prisoners held at a Ministry of Interior detention center in Baghdad. Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said one of his top deputies has been appointed to conduct the probe.

In Pakistan, authorities are looking for a missing reporter. Hayatullah Khan was kidnapped on Monday by militants after reporting the death of a top al Qaeda commander.

The Blueprint 3 is the latest release by rapper Jay-Z; it's the second sequel to one of his best-known releases, 2001's The Blueprint. It's also Jay-Z's 11th solo album in 13 years, making him one of hip-hop's most prolific artists. Reviewer Oliver Wang suggests that, even this far into his career, the rapper is still finding ways to stay on top.

Attorneys who worked to secure settlements topping $1 billion in the collapse of a beachfront Florida condominium building in which 98 people died are requesting about $100 million in fees and costs, according to a new court filing.

In an effort to reduce the deficit, President Obama has proposed a limit on charitable deductions for the top income bracket. Arts nonprofits are concerned that they will be disproportionately affected — at time when they're already hurting from the economic downturn.

Opposition candidates participated in state and local elections in Venezuela for the first time in years, having concluded that boycotts only strengthened the government of President Nicolás Maduro.

The pricey Amazon documentary did well in areas like Dallas, Tampa, Phoenix, Houston, Atlanta and West Palm Beach. Amazon says a docuseries is also on the way.

The pool of semifinalists include an internal candidate, an administrator in neighboring Palm Beach County, and other career educators who have worked in Detroit, D.C. and Houston public schools.

Authorities in Venezuela have charged with corruption a businessman who is a fugitive in a separate U.S. money laundering case targeting a top ally of President Nicolás Maduro.

Lead vocalists have gotten quieter over the decades, compared with the rest of the band. That's the conclusion of a new study that analyzes chart-topping pop tunes from 1946 to 2020.

With more details emerging about the Justice Department probe of how top secret documents came to be stored at Trump's Florida resort, his legal representatives are once again under scrutiny.

The president of Ecuador dismissed the legislature in a move that promised more turmoil around a conservative leader unable to enact his agenda aimed at widening business opportunities and attracting more investment.

A top aide to Senator John McCain is taking on extra duties in the presidential campaign. Steve Schmidt will oversee day-to-day political, strategy, coalitions, scheduling and communications operations. He will report to Campaign Manager Rick Davis.

South Africa's top prosecutor says he has enough evidence for corruption charges against new African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma, which could derail his election as the country's next president. Zuma beat President Thabo Mbeki in a bitter ANC leadership contest Tuesday.