Apr 02 Florida governor issues order banning businesses from requiring 'vaccine passports' By Associated Press Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued an executive order Friday banning businesses from requiring customers to show proof they've been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to get service. Continue reading
Apr 01 Groups rush to get Florida farmworkers vaccinated By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Farmworkers were denied priority access in Florida, unlike other states. Advocates are asking the state and counties to quickly mobilize to areas such as Homestead, south of Miami, and Immokalee, east of Naples. Continue reading
Apr 01 Supreme Court unanimously gives Georgia win in water war with Florida By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously for Georgia in its long-running dispute with Florida over water. Continue reading
Mar 09 Florida sues to stop Biden's immigration directives By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Florida's Attorney General Ashley Moody says the new guidance has resulted in immigration officials declining to take custody of people who have served sentences for burglary, drug trafficking and other crimes. Continue reading
Feb 10 Hack exposes vulnerability of cash-strapped U.S. water plants By Frank Bajak, Alan Suderman, Tamara Lush, Associated Press Suspicious incidents are usually chalked up to mechanical or procedural errors, but experts say they occur more often than the public is told and many go unreported to protect reputations, customer trust — and revenues. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 5:00 News Wrap: Senate confirms Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary In our news wrap Tuesday, President Biden’s nominee for transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg easily won Senate confirmation, the White House plans to ship a million doses of coronavirus vaccines nationwide, Russia's opposition leader is sentenced to prison, two FBI agents… Continue watching
Feb 02 Shooting leaves 2 agents killed, 3 wounded, suspect dead in Florida By Terry Spencer, Mike Balsamo, Associated Press The FBI has confirmed that two agents were killed and three were wounded while serving a federal search warrant in a case involving violent crimes against children. Continue reading
Jan 20 Deputy charged with threats after U.S. Capitol attack, sheriff says By Associated Press Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced that Deputy Peter Heneen was charged Tuesday with making written threats to kill, conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism. Judd says the the deputy has been suspended pending termination. Continue reading
Jan 05 Seniors in Florida camp overnight for vaccine By Associated Press Hundreds of senior citizens determined to get vaccinated against the coronavirus camped out overnight in frigid temperatures to secure spots in Tuesday morning’s line in Daytona Beach. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 10:11 U.S. vaccine rollout remains sluggish, as new coronavirus strain spreads The U.S. is stumbling out of the gate in getting the COVID-19 vaccine distributed in 2021, as a more contagious variant of the virus spreads around the country. Dr. Robert M. Wachter, the head of the department of medicine at… Continue watching