Short 120 deputies, jailers and dispatchers, sheriff’s office to host recruiting drive Tuesday

Giorgia Meloni is riding a wave of popularity that next month could see her become Italy’s first female prime minister and its first far-right leader since World War II. Meloni's message blends Christianity, motherhood and patriotism. Her Brothers of Italy party has neo-fascist roots. But Meloni has sought to dispel concerns about its legacy. She says voters have grown tired of such discussions. But there are still nagging signs that such a legacy can't be shaken off so easily, Her party’s symbol includes an image of a tri-colored flame. It's borrowed from a neo-fascist party formed shortly after the end of the war.

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Authorities say a Miami-Dade police officer was critically wounded and an armed robbery suspect was killed in an exchange of gunfire during a car chase. Officials say the suspect smashed his vehicle into a police cruiser and another car while trying to flee Monday night following a reported armed robbery near the Liberty City neighborhood. Police say “an altercation ensued and shots were fired.” The suspect died at the scene. The officer is hospitalized in critical condition. TV news footage showed a line of police cars outside the hospital where the officer was being treated.

Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani doctor who championed women’s health and rights and spearheaded the breakthrough action plan adopted by 179 countries at the 1994 U.N. population conference in Cairo, has died four days before her 93rd birthday. Her son, Omar Sadik, said late Monday that his mother died of natural causes at her home in New York on Sunday night. Nafis Sadik joined the U.N. Population Fund in 1971 and was appointed executive director in 1987 by then Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar. She was the first woman to head a major United Nations program that is voluntarily funded.