Facebook bans anti-vaccination ads, vows to help boost immunization rates
Changes have come to Facebook which launched a new policy this week that bans ads discouraging people from getting vaccines.
View ArticleTractor-trailer fire shuts down I-4 eastbound lanes
A tractor-trailer fire shut down all eastbound traffic on Interstate 4 Wednesday near the exit to State Road 408, authorities say. Orlando police said emergency units are working to rescue one person...
View ArticleFlorida adds 2,883 coronavirus infections, 64 new resident deaths
Florida added 2,883 coronavirus cases Wednesday to bring the statewide total to 741,632 infected. With 64 new virus fatalities reported statewide, 15,595 Florida residents are now dead.
View Article‘Lucky to be alive’ man survives crash with chunk of metal on I-95
A driver walked away from a crash on Interstate 95 on Tuesday, from which first responders say he was “lucky to be alive.”
View Article1 dead in crash on State Road 417 in Seminole County
Part of State Road 417 in Seminole County is closed as the Florida Highway Patrol investigates a crash that killed a man and injured another person Wednesday afternoon, FHP spokeswoman Lt. Kim Montes...
View ArticleFun Spot America cited 3 times by Orange County for visitors who aren’t...
Fun Spot America has been cited three times by Orange County’s coronavirus strike team for not enforcing the requirement that visitors wear masks.
View ArticleHurricane center monitoring three tropical systems
The National Hurricane Center is keeping track of three tropical disturbances, according to Wednesday’s 8 p.m. update.
View ArticlePoinciana High School teacher under investigation by district over racially...
An Osceola County School District teacher was removed from her position and reassigned after video of her making racially charged statements about Black people and criticizing the Black Lives Matter...
View ArticleTriple shooting leaves 1 dead, 2 injured at Melbourne restaurant
Authorities are investigating the scene of a triple shooting that left two injured and one person dead.
View ArticleMore people laid off; Florida’s unemployment claims rise for second straight...
Without federal COVID relief for the unemployed, layoffs are mounting and the economy could stagnate in coming months, economists say.
View ArticleFlorida coronavirus: 3,356 new infections, 141 more residents dead
Florida added 3,356 coronavirus cases Thursday to bring the statewide total to 744,988 infected. With 141 new virus fatalities reported statewide, 15,736 Florida residents are now dead.
View ArticleVideo: in one corner, it’s a boy! Two inflatable babies box in Florida gender...
In a strange but very Florida kind of story, a couple revealed the gender of their baby via an inflatable baby boxing match.
View ArticleMan arrested in undercover sting for online predators, Osceola deputies say
The 26-year-old man faces charges of was charged Tuesday with lewd conduct and the use of a computer to solicit a minor, both second-degree felonies, as part of a weeklong operation by the Osceola...
View ArticleTrump targets Ocala and other Florida exurbs, hoping to repeat his 2016...
“The last thing he wants is a sort of fatalistic attitude from his supporters who think that maybe the election is doomed and they don’t show up,” Isbell said. “So going into these areas does have a...
View ArticleDriver arrested in Mall at Millenia shooting that targeted Orlando rapper,...
New details about the shooting that authorities say targeted 20-year-old Jacquavius Smith, whose stage name is pronounced “Glock Nine,” were included in a warrant affidavit for 19-year-old Joshua Caleb...
View ArticleFlorida GOP closes gap on Democrats in voter registration, but Dems take...
Florida numbers released Thursday show 5,169,012 registered Republicans, 5,303,254 Democrats and 3,753,286 non-party affiliated voters.
View ArticleHurricane center predicts 2 systems emerge in western Atlantic; both with low...
The National Hurricane Center’s Thursday afternoon forecasts predicts two systems, with odds of becoming the next tropical storm, to emerge in the Atlantic sometime after this weekend.
View ArticleShooting at Orange County motorcycle club leaves 3 dead, 1 injured
Detectives are investigating a shooting scene that left two men dead early Friday in Orlando not far from Baldwin Park.
View ArticleCDC report warns of indoor sports after COVID-19 outbreak from Florida hockey...
A COVID-19 outbreak was identified among 13 people after a hockey game over the summer in Tampa, and the CDC says the nature of indoor sports was key to the easy spread from the event.
View ArticleFlorida resident coronavirus deaths up 94 with 3,449 new reported cases
The Florida resident death toll from coronavirus increased to 15,830 with the additional 94 fatalities reported Friday by the state Department of Health. Positive cases of COVID-19 increased by 3,449...
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