Hundreds of people who say they suffered physical or sexual abuse at two state-run reform schools in Florida are in line to receive tens of thousands of dollars in restitution from the state, after Florida lawmakers formally apologized for the horrors they endured as children more than 50 years ago. At its peak in the Jim Crow 1960s, 500 boys were housed at what is now known as the Dozier School for Boys, most of them for minor offenses such as petty theft, truancy or running away from home. In recent years, hundreds of men have come forward to recount brutal beatings, sexual assaults, deaths and disappearances at the notorious school in the panhandle town of Marianna.
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President Trump announced Friday afternoon that he's signing documents to impose a 10% tariff on most foreign imports — after that baseline rate, which Trump announced last April, was struck down by t...
“Today, I will sign an order to impose a 10% global tariff under Section 122, over and above our normal tariffs already being charged.”...
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