Florida school mask debate headed for appeals court battle
FILE – In this Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 file photo, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the opening of a monoclonal antibody site in Pembroke …
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Data shows Florida’s latest COVID surge the deadliest yet
Data shows Florida’s latest COVID surge the deadliest yet By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON MIAMI (AP) — Florida is reporting its deadliest peak in daily death …
Florida governor appeals ruling on masks in schools
FILE – In this Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 file photo, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the opening of a monoclonal antibody site in Pembroke …
Ida remnants pound Northeast with rain, flooding, tornadoes
This photo provided by Bristol Virginia Professional FireFighters Association shows damage from severe weather on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021 in Hurley, Va. About 20 homes …
Ask for COVID vaccine proof, face a $5,000 fine in Florida
Ask for COVID vaccine proof, face a $5,000 fine in Florida TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will start issuing $5,000 fines to businesses, schools and …
Biden defends departure from ‘forever war,’ praises airlift
President Joe Biden speaks about the end of the war in Afghanistan from the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, …
Judge rules for DeSantis on unemployment benefits
Judge rules for DeSantis on unemployment benefits TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis didn’t violate the law when he stopped taking federal …
Key West Lou / WEAPON OUTLAWED TO END WAR FOR ALL TIME
Key West Lou / WEAPON OUTLAWED TO END WAR FOR ALL TIME It was August 30, 1146. European leaders wanted to outlaw war for all …
Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war
In this image made through a night vision scope and provided by U.S. Central Command, Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of the U.S. Army 82nd …
Officials withhold school board salaries over mask mandates
FILE – In this Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, file photo, students sit in an Algebra class at Barbara Coleman Senior High School on the first …
Biden pays respects to US troops killed in Afghanistan
President Joe Biden bows his head as first lady Jill Biden, right, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, watch during a casualty return at …
No cash or gas to run from Ida: ‘We can’t afford to leave’
A young girl blocks her face from the wind and rain produced by Hurricane Ida, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans, La. (AP Photo/Eric …
EXPLAINER: Ida, Katrina similar but tiny differences are key
FILE – In this Aug. 30, 2005 file photo, Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina fill the streets near downtown New Orleans. Hurricane Ida looks an awful …
Florida city manager charged in $3.4M corruption scheme
Florida city manager charged in $3.4M corruption scheme TAMARAC, Fla. (AP) — The manager of a South Florida city has been charged in a corruption …
US intelligence still divided on origins of coronavirus
FILE – In this Feb. 6, 2021, file a worker in protectively overalls and carrying disinfecting equipment walks outside the Wuhan Central Hospital where Li …
The Latest: Family stunned as COVID kills high schooler
Henry County Board of Education Chair Holly Cobb, left, talks to students at Tussahaw Elementary school on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in McDonough, Ga. Schools …
Tropical Storm Ida prompts hurricane watch for New Orleans
Tropical Storm Ida prompts hurricane watch for New Orleans MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Ida formed in the Caribbean on Thursday and forecasters said its …
Music industry weighs vaccine mandates, but politics collide
This combination of photos shows signage for Stubb’s BBQ and Amphitheater appears outside the establishment in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 21, 2021, left, and a …
Cruise lines require vaccinations, tests, amid virus surge
In this Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 photo, The Carnival Dream cruise ship arrives as construction work is underway for Carnival Cruise Line’s new Terminal F, …
Masks ordered for most Florida students, defying DeSantis
State Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, delivers remarks at a protest in front of the Orange County Public Schools headquarters in downtown Orlando, Fla., Monday, Aug. …