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Associated PressSeptember 6, 2017

Heavy rain and 185-mph winds lashed the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico’s northeast coast Wednesday as Hurricane Irma roared through Caribbean islands on its way to a possible hit on South Florida. The strongest Atlantic Ocean hurricane ever measured destroyed homes and flooded streets across a chain of small islands in the northern Caribbean, passing […]

Associated PressSeptember 6, 2017

Residents of the Florida Keys are known for riding out hurricanes, but with Irma’s potentially catastrophic wind and rain set to crash through the low-lying island chain this weekend, not many seem willing to risk it this time. Throughout Florida, officials and residents are making preparations, but forecasts indicate the Keys could take the country’s […]

Associated PressSeptember 6, 2017

Hurricane Irma, with its record strong winds, is lashing the Caribbean but where will it go from there? Forecasters turn to computer simulations to try to predict a storm’s path and how strong it will be. Different computer models — often run by different governments and various agencies — use different recipes or formulas to […]

Associated PressSeptember 4, 2017

President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will end protections for young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, but with a six-month delay, people familiar with the plans said. The delay in the formal dismantling of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, would be intended to […]

Associated PressSeptember 4, 2017

The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested a 31-year-old man on DUI manslaughter charges stemming from a crash that killed a former congressional candidate and his family seven months ago. In a news release, the highway patrol said Travis Lee Johnson of Ocala was arrested Sunday. Troopers say 61-year-old William McCullough, his 56-year-old wife Renne and […]

Associated PressSeptember 1, 2017

University of Florida says it is not permanently barring a group headed by white nationalist Richard Spencer from speaking at its campus. The top attorney for UF made the statement in a letter she sent Friday to a Gainesville attorney representing the National Policy Institute and Spencer. Amy Haas said the university will try to […]

Associated PressSeptember 1, 2017

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Gov. Rick Scott says that the state’s two economic development organizations should stop paying bonuses to its employees. Scott on Thursday put that idea in a letter he sent to the boards that oversee Enterprise Florida and Visit Florida. Visit Florida promotes the state to tourists, while Enterprise Florida is responsible for trying to lure […]

Associated PressAugust 31, 2017

A grand jury used by Special Counsel Robert Mueller has heard secret testimony from a Russian-American lobbyist who attended a June 2016 meeting with President Donald Trump’s eldest son, The Associated Press has learned. A person familiar with the matter confirmed to the AP that Rinat Akhmetshin had appeared before Mueller’s grand jury in recent […]

Associated PressAugust 31, 2017

For the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011, NASA says it may soon have the capability to send astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil. Critical milestones are on the horizon for Boeing and SpaceX, the space agency’s commercial crew partners: Flight tests of their spacecraft, including crewed […]

Associated PressAugust 31, 2017

The Florida Highway Patrol is suspending a top official for three days as part of its review into whether troopers were ordered to meet traffic ticket quotas. Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles spokeswoman Beth Frady said Wednesday that the department has now completed its investigation and that no more moves are expected. Chief […]

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Rains from monster Hurricane Irma begin hitting Puerto Rico

Even intrepid Keys residents ready to evacuate ahead of Irma

Science says: Sorting the ‘spaghetti’ of hurricane scenarios

Trump expected to end program for young immigrants

Arrest in crash that killed congressional candidate, family

University of Florida: White nationalists are not permanently barred

Rick Scott: No more bonuses for employees at econ. development agencies

Grand jury hears from lobbyist in Trump Tower chat

Private companies drive ‘new space race’ at NASA center

3rd Florida Highway Patrol official suspended as probe ends