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Florida looking into crash of voter registration site

By Brendan Farrington, Bobby Caina Calvan, Terry Spencer, Associated Press

Florida is investigating why its online voter registration system crashed just before the deadline for the upcoming presidential election, saying unexpectedly heavy traffic that can’t be immediately explained poured in during the closing hours.

WATCH: In Miami, Biden says ‘If we win Florida, you’ve won’

By Associated Press

The former Vice president's first stop was in Little Haiti area of Miami, where he encouraged supporters to vote, because this is the "most important election."…

WATCH: Joe Biden glad Trump is better, notes crisis is ‘far from over’

By Associated Press

Former Vice President Joe Biden delivered remarks about economic recovery for Latino communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic while visiting Little Havana in Miami on Monday.

After Sally: Rescue, recovery and a wary eye on rivers

By Jay Reeves, Angie Wang, Jeff Martin, Associated Press

Coastal residents, meanwhile, looked to begin the recovery from a storm that turned streets into rivers, ripped roofs off buildings, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and killed at least one person.

Hurricane Sally slows, gathering a deluge for the Gulf Coast

By Jay Reeves, Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press

Hurricane Sally is crawling toward the northern Gulf Coast at just 2 mph, a pace that's enabling the storm to gather huge amounts of water to eventually dump on land.

LIVE MAP: Track Hurricane Sally’s path

Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday morning near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding.

News Wrap: Bahrain becomes 4th Arab country to normalize relations with Israel

In our news wrap Friday, Bahrain became the fourth Arab country to normalize ties with Israel. President Trump made the announcement only weeks after the United Arab Emirates took the same step. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the move…

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Judges rules Florida felons can’t vote until they pay fines, fees

By Curt Anderson, Associated Press

Florida voter passed overwhelmingly in 2018 for felons who have completed their sentences to have voting rights restored. But the legal dispute arose after lawmakers the next year moved to define what it means to complete a sentence.

Miami-Dade school district cuts ties with online platform

By Associated Press

The platform is run by the for-profit tech education company K12. Its investors have included Michael Milken and current Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, the Herald reported.