DeSantis feuds with Biden as COVID cases rise in Florida
By Will Weissert and Brendan Farrington | Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It didn’t take much for the White House to set Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis off. As coronavirus cases rise across the Sun...
View ArticleUS COVID infections hit a six-month high
By Maria Caspani and Roshan Abraham | Reuters Daily new COVID-19 cases have climbed to a six-month high in the United States, with more than 100,000 infections reported nationwide as the Delta variant...
View ArticleCOVID: Florida eyes withholding pay if schools mandate masks
By Rebekah Riess | CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s office said Monday that the state board of education could move to withhold the salaries of superintendents and school board members who disregard the...
View ArticleSchools in Florida, Texas will defy mask mandate bans
By Sharon Bernstein | Reuters School districts in Florida and Texas are bucking their Republican governors’ bans on requiring masks for children and teachers as coronavirus cases soar in conservative...
View ArticleCOVID hot zones are clamoring for antibody drugs
By Kelli Kennedy and Matthew Perrone | Associated Press People infected with COVID-19 were captured in a photo this week lying on the floor in pain while waiting for antibody infusions at a treatment...
View ArticleTourist protecting his baby fatally shot in Florida restaurant
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A gunman fatally shot a Colorado tourist eating dinner with his family at a Miami Beach restaurant as the man protected his 1-year-old son, police and a family member said. Tamarius...
View ArticleJudge blocks Florida from banning mask mandates
By Terry Spencer and Curt Anderson | Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — School districts in Florida may impose mask mandates, a judge said Friday, ruling that Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his...
View ArticleFlorida man charged with trying to extort Rep. Gaetz’s family
By Jan Wolfe | Reuters WASHINGTON – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday accused a Florida man of trying to defraud U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz’s father Don Gaetz out of $25 million, in a scheme allegedly...
View ArticleFlorida governor says he’ll appeal latest mask ruling
By Curt Anderson | Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appealed a judge’s ruling that the governor exceeded his authority by ordering school boards not to impose...
View ArticleCOVID claims 13 Miami-Dade school employees since mid-August
By Elizabeth Stuart | CNN Thirteen school employees from Miami-Dade County Public Schools have died from Covid-19 since August 16, the school district and local teacher union told CNN on Tuesday. Among...
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‘Completely nude’ Boston woman charged after allegedly driving golf cart...
A West Roxbury woman was apparently naked as she drove a golf cart through an armed police standoff in Florida earlier this week, putting “multiple deputies at risk for potentially getting shot at,”...
View ArticleFlorida court reinstates Gov. Desantis’ ban on mask mandates
By Melissa Alonso | CNN Florida’s 1st District Court on Friday reinstated a stay on mask mandates in schools, blocking local school requirements for now, court documents show. Lawyers for Gov. Ron...
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Shark attack survivor: 15-year-old says after his brush with death, ‘I’ll go...
A 15-year-old boy who got chomped by a bull shark, losing about 70% of his blood as he saw red everywhere in the water, says he will still return to the sea someday. Lucas Cruz was recently lobster...
View ArticleManatee deaths rise as pollutants kill Florida seagrass
By Brendan Farrington | Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Manatees have starved to death by the hundreds along Florida’s east coast because algae blooms and contaminants are killing the seagrass the...
View ArticleNo, Nancy Pelosi didn’t buy a mansion in Florida
By Brett Clarkson | South Florida Sun Sentinel FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The conservative blogosphere was buzzing on a report this week claiming that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was purchasing a...
View ArticleTrump touts effectiveness of COVID vaccines
By Veronica Stracqualursi and David Wright | CNN Former President Donald Trump pushed back on a questioner’s skepticism about the effectiveness and safety of the Covid-19 vaccine in a new interview,...
View ArticleUp to 1 million rapid test kits expire unused in Florida warehouse
Up to 1 million COVID-19 test kits were left to expire inside a Florida warehouse amid a nationwide shortage triggered by high demand for the tests due to a winter surge of coronavirus cases. At a news...
View ArticleFlorida could shield whites from ‘discomfort’ of racist past
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON | The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A bill pushed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people...
View Article4 found dead at US-Canada border; Florida man charged
Associated Press WINNIPEG, Manitoba — A Florida man has been charged with human smuggling after the bodies of four people, including a baby and a teen, were found in Canada near the U.S. border in what...
View ArticleShark bites jump in 2021, great white sharks were the primary culprit for...
Shark bites were again on the rise in 2021 as 73 unprovoked incidents were recorded around the world, with Cape Cod’s seasonal visitor leading the pack for most fatalities. Great white sharks were...
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