Coast Guard searchers: All safe on fishing boat off Florida
Coast Guard searchers: All safe on fishing boat off Florida Eds: MAJOR UPDATE: This story has been updated with charter fishing vessel’s occupants all safe …
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Governor encourages tourists to come to Florida on planes
James Gardner, 77, goes home after battling COVID-19 for a month at Jackson South Medical Center, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 in Miami. Greeting him outside …
The Latest: Reported tornado in Arkansas spins off Laura
An auto parts store employee surveys the damage to the facilty on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane …
Task force wants to open Florida nursing homes to visitors
Task force wants to open Florida nursing homes to visitors By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press Eds: CORRECTS: This story CORRECTS the last name of Mary …
New COVID-19 mandates on health care facilities get pushback
New COVID-19 mandates on health care facilities get pushback By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press Eds: EDITS: Minor edits. WASHINGTON (AP) — Threatening fines and funding …
Florida judge: Reopening public schools ‘disregards safety’
Florida judge: Reopening public schools ‘disregards safety’ By TAMARA LUSH and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press Eds: UPDATES: This versions adds reaction to ruling, including …
Florida Keys lift evacuation as Laura moves west
Florida Keys lift evacuation as Laura moves west KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Keys ended its partial evacuation Sunday after Tropical Storm Laura’s …
TS Marcos in Gulf aiming at Louisiana, TS Laura also on way
Remnants of a city sign lay on the beach damaged by Tropical Storm Laura in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. Laura began flinging …
Storm prep for Tropical Storm Laura begins in Florida Keys
Storm prep for Tropical Storm Laura begins in Florida Keys Associated Press Eds: UPDATES: with Florida governor requesting a pre-landfall emergency for more than 30 …
Florida Keys to release modified mosquitoes to fight illness
In this Jan. 27, 2016, file photo, an Aedes aegypti mosquito known to carry the Zika virus, is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz …
Florida modeled a smooth mail election. Yes, Florida
Pinellas County poll worker Jeanne Coffey wears a protective shield as she worked the front door at the Coliseum Ball Room during the state’s primary …
More than 200 Florida students quarantined due to COVID-19
More than 200 Florida students quarantined due to COVID-19 By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A Florida school district has quarantined …
Florida: Lowest number of reported virus cases since June
Florida: Lowest number of reported virus cases since June FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases since mid-June …
Virus, fees hinder drive to register Florida felons to vote
William Freeman, 51, poses for a photograph outside of his polling station, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, in Riviera Beach, Fla. Freeman recently registered to vote …
Health officials: 7 new cases of West Nile virus in Miami
Health officials: 7 new cases of West Nile virus in Miami Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Thirty three Miami-Dade County residents have now been infected …
Florida records another 200 deaths from the coronavirus
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers a question during a roundtable meeting with transportation industry leaders at the Hilton Orlando-Bonnet Creek Resort in Orlando, Fla., Friday, …
US retail sales rise for 3rd month but slowdown expected
In this June 25, 2020 file photo, a price sign is displayed at a retail store as a store employee wears a mask while working …
US prosecutor in Miami targeting Venezuela graft is leaving
A man wearing a face mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic passes a mural of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. …
Florida sheriff bans masks for deputies with some exceptions
A sign urging people to wear masks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus is posted, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, near Art Deco hotels …
Interest in homeschooling has ‘exploded’ amid pandemic
In this May 5, 2020, photo provided by Christina Rothermel Branham, is her son James, doing school work at their Tahlequah, Oklahoma home. Branham, a …