Judge sides with DeSantis in cutting off $300 a week jobless benefits early
A Leon County circuit judge Monday upheld a decision by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to cut off federal unemployment money for tens of thousands of Floridians in June, rejecting arguments that the...
View ArticleTropical Depression Ida remains a flood threat; over 1 million without power...
Ida, which slammed the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds, weakened to a tropical depression Monday as it dumped heavy rainfall over Mississippi and continued to pose a threat of...
View ArticleProsecutors: Attorney for father-and-son ex-cops charged in Capitol riot...
Federal prosecutors are concerned that a former Windermere police officer and his son charged in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot are “effectively without counsel” because their attorney cannot be reached.
View ArticleTropical Depression Ida dumps rain over southeast U.S.; Louisiana residents...
Tropical Depression Ida is dumping heavy rain Tuesday morning over the Southeast U.S. as over 1 million people in Louisiana remain in the dark after the storm’s torrential march Sunday and Monday.
View ArticleHeat index at 105, Orlando has got another hot day ahead
Hot day up ahead for Orlando with the heat index possibly feeling like 105.
View Article19-year-old lifeguard is 9th person killed by lightning in U.S. this year
A 19-year-old lifeguard was killed Monday in New Jersey by a lightning strike, marking the ninth fatality of the year.
View ArticleFatal alligator attack investigated after Hurricane Ida floodwaters rise
Hurricane Ida is blamed for at least four deaths including an alligator attack that is suspected of killing a 71-year-old man.
View ArticleRep. Smith sues Florida health agency demanding daily COVID-19 numbers
Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith and the Florida Center for Government Accountability sued, alleging the health department isn’t providing COVID-19 data and reports that should be publicly available through...
View ArticleCentral Florida police chiefs, community leaders stand behind reforms to...
Central Florida police chiefs and community leaders showed support Tuesday for a report on policing practices that encourages law enforcement agencies statewide to adopt reforms aimed at increasing...
View ArticleMan accused of Gaetz extortion plot charged with wire fraud
One of the men who U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz accused of being behind a plot to extort $25 million from his family in exchange for having a federal sex investigation into the congressman go away was indicted...
View ArticleTropical Depression 12 forms off the coast of Africa; Kate downgraded
The National Hurricane Center has had little respite in the Atlantic as it monitors two systems, one with 90% odds of forming into the next tropical depression or storm.
View Article2 years since Hurricane Dorian, the Bahamas struggles to recover thanks to...
Walking through Great Abaco today is like looking at a photo of the small island taken two years ago just after one of the most powerful hurricanes in recorded Atlantic history stomped through it. The...
View Article‘Bring rain gear’ Orlando cools off in exchange for higher shower odds
Orlando's weather is trading in less heat for more rain Wednesday morning.
View ArticleDog surrendered after puppy is mauled in Apopka: report
A pack of loose dogs mauled the puppy of an Apopka woman Tuesday.
View ArticleAfter strange behavior, hearing canceled for Aiden Fucci accused of killing...
A Wednesday morning pre-trial hearing for a 14-year-old boy was canceled after the defendant was exhibiting strange behavior, according to a Jacksonville reporter.
View ArticleAfter Orlando crash, US asks Tesla how Autopilot responds to emergency vehicles
It comes after a Tesla on Autopilot crashed into the back of a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle that had stopped to help a disabled vehicle on Interstate 4 near downtown Orlando early Saturday morning....
View ArticleOrlando man gets 12 years in prison for toddler’s ‘torture’ death
A judge sentenced Johnathan Pursglove to 12 years in prison Wednesday in the 2018 death of 2-year-old Jayce Martin.
View ArticleMan accused of killing Daytona police officer indicted on first-degree murder...
The man accused of fatally shooting Daytona Beach police officer Jason Raynor was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder.
View ArticleMan arrested on DUI manslaughter charge in May fatal crash
A 28-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after officials say he crashed into another woman’s car in May while intoxicated, killing her.
View ArticleTropical Storm Larry grows with projections to become major hurricane
Tropical Storm Larry formed Wednesday morning, gaining strength all day in the eastern Atlantic on a path to become a major hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said.
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