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Associated PressJuly 24, 2017

Clay Henderson has lived on the same block along the Indian River in New Smyrna Beach for 34 years. Living in a storm-prone state like Florida, you expect to see a river top its bank on occasion, but only in the past two years has Henderson seen it happen on sunny days. He hears similar […]

Associated PressJuly 23, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott’s mantra is jobs, jobs, jobs. The small-government, tea party-backed Republican isn’t necessarily known as an environmental governor.

Associated PressJuly 23, 2017

A man who secretly recorded a meeting with a Florida police chief is celebrating victory in a federal case with free-speech and privacy implications. Homestead’s police chief had invited James McDonough to a meeting in 2014 after the man complained about an officer who arrested him on minor charges that were later dismissed. A friend […]

Associated PressJuly 23, 2017

President Donald Trump‘s performance in the White House will make it harder for Republicans — and billionaires — in the coming elections, two of his most prominent critics said Saturday. Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush lashed out at the Republican president during separate remarks at a summer festival in New […]

Associated PressJuly 22, 2017

It may be reprehensible and morally outrageous, but legal experts say a group of Florida teens had no obligation to rescue a drowning disabled man they instead mocked, laughed at and recorded on a video that was later posted online. Still, authorities are pursuing possible misdemeanor charges against them for failing to report a death. […]

Associated PressJuly 21, 2017

The Latest on changes to the White House communications staff (all times local): 2:45 p.m. New York financier Anthony Scaramucci has been formally named White House communications director and Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been promoted to press secretary in the Trump White House’s latest shakeup. Trump says in a statement read by Sanders that he’s […]

Associated PressJuly 21, 2017

President Donald Trump’s legal team is evaluating potential conflicts of interest among members of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team, three people with knowledge of the matter said Thursday. The revelations come as Mueller’s investigation appears likely to probe some of the Trump family’s business ties. Attorney Jay Sekulow, a member of the president’s external […]

Associated PressJuly 21, 2017

Authorities in Florida say a group of teens watched and laughed as a man drowned in a retention pond last week. Jamel Dunn drowned in a retention pond in the city of Cocoa on July 9. Cocoa police say they later discovered a group of teens recorded the 31-year-old’s drowning on video. The video was […]

Associated PressJuly 20, 2017

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a lifelong fan of the Miami Dolphins, has grown weary of watching the New England Patriots rack up Super Bowl wins while his team watches from afar. Operating on the theory that misery loves company, he tried Thursday to sell a fellow Patriot antagonist on a plan he’s cooked up […]

Associated PressJuly 20, 2017

A Florida lawmaker says basic necessities such as toilet paper and soap are being withheld from inmates in some prisons in the state. On a weekend visit to Tomoka Correctional Institution near Daytona Beach, Miami Beach Rep. David Richardson found inmates without toilet paper, soap and pillows. One cell block had roaches and rats. He […]

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Sea level rise is accelerating in Florida, scientists warn

Is Gov. Rick Scott a friend or foe of the environment?

Appeals court limits Florida law against secret recordings

Jeb Bush, Mark Cuban: Donald Trump dragging down GOP, billionaires

Experts: No duty for laughing teens to rescue drowning man

Sarah Sanders replaces Sean Spicer as press secretary

Donald Trump legal team looking to investigate Robert Mueller aides

Police: Video shows teens watching, laughing as man drowns

Dolphins fan Marco Rubio ponders a Tom Brady-free NFL

Florida prisons deny inmates soap, toilet paper