US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +0.6%, Nasdaq +0.8%) ahead of US-Iran talks (More<\/a>).<\/p>\n Local & State News<\/p>\n Press Forward North Florida, an initiative of the\u00a0Community Foundation of North Florida, is proud to announce the launch of the\u00a0Capital Region News Collaborative\u00a0\u2014 a coalition of six local news organizations joining forces to provide deeper, community-centered reporting on issues that matter most to the region. Details.<\/a><\/p>\n Florida A&M University has announced plans for the ceremonial investiture and accompanying events for President Marva Johnson, who was selected as the 13th\u00a0president of the historically Black public university nearly a year ago.<\/a><\/p>\n Colorado State University researchers on Thursday projected a \u201csomewhat below-normal\u201d Atlantic hurricane season. Details<\/a><\/p>\n National News<\/p>\n Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday he is\u00a0seeking direct talks<\/a>\u00a0with Lebanon to disarm Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants. The announcement came a day after Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon killed more than 300 people and followed repeated requests from Beirut. Talks between the two countries are expected to begin next week in Washington, DC.\u00a0<\/p>\n The US fertility rate hit\u00a0another record low<\/a>\u00a0(w\/charts) in 2025, falling from 53.8 to 53.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released yesterday. The decline extends a nearly two-decade slide and reflects a broader shift toward later childbearing and smaller families.\u00a0See data here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tallahassee Reports Friday, April 10, 2026 Weather: Today, sunny, with a high near 83. Tonight, a low around…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-226332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-44.png\")
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