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Associated PressDecember 3, 2016

The surface of Orange Lake is often as smooth as a mirror, disrupted only by the occasional boater’s wake or a duck skidding to a watery landing. But the calm is deceptive. The lake is polluted and, despite attempts to fix it, there isn’t much to show for the effort. The popular fishing and recreational […]

Associated PressDecember 3, 2016

China’s foreign minister said Saturday he hopes Beijing’s relations with the U.S. would not be “interfered with or damaged” after President-elect Donald Trump broke with decadeslong diplomatic tradition and spoke directly with Taiwan’s leader. It is highly unusual, probably unprecedented, for a U.S. president or president-elect to speak directly with a leader of Taiwan, a […]

Associated PressDecember 3, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott says the state’s Department of Health has cleared Miami’s Little River area of local Zika transmission. Scott said in a statement Friday that the timing is great news as visitors are pouring into Miami for the annual Art Basel festival, which features poolside parties, blocks of art fairs and outdoor red carpet […]

Associated PressDecember 2, 2016

A monthlong trial aimed at settling a high-stakes water dispute between Georgia and Florida ended Thursday with a special master imploring both sides to negotiate a settlement. Special master Ralph Lancaster reminded both parties that there’s much to be lost by booming metropolitan Atlanta or by residents of tiny Apalachicola, Florida. “Please settle this blasted […]

Associated PressDecember 2, 2016

A Florida man sentenced to death three times for killing a deputy and two others during a drug-addled rampage is off of death row again – at least for now. The state Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a new sentencing hearing for Paul Beasley Johnson. It’s the third time the court has removed Johnson from […]

Associated PressDecember 2, 2016

The largest U.S. solar panel installer is moving into Florida’s residential market after the state’s voters last month rejected a utility-backed ballot measure that critics said would make going solar more expensive. SolarCity, a San Mateo, Calif.-based subsidiary of electric car maker Tesla Motors, on Thursday said it is opening an operations center in the […]

Associated PressDecember 1, 2016

Only about one in four Americans wants President-elect Donald Trump to entirely repeal his predecessor’s health care law that extended coverage to millions, a new poll has found. The postelection survey released Thursday by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation also found hints of a pragmatic shift among some Republican foes of “Obamacare.” While 52 percent […]

Associated PressNovember 30, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s aides and supporters are urging dispirited Democrats to channel their frustrations about the election results into political causes — just not into efforts to recount ballots in three battleground states. The former Democratic presidential candidate and her close aides see the recount drive largely as a waste of resources, according to people close […]

Associated PressNovember 30, 2016

The son of Opa-locka’s mayor is the latest person to face charges in a federal corruption investigation involving the South Florida city. The Miami Herald reports that Mayor Myra Taylor‘s son, 41-year-old Demetrius Corleon Taylor, surrendered to the FBI Tuesday morning. He pleaded not guilty to a corruption charge at a Tuesday afternoon hearing. Taylor […]

Associated PressNovember 30, 2016

Donald Trump, that most unconventional of presidential candidates, last spring pledged that he would act perfectly presidential when the time was right. “I will be so presidential that you’ll call me and you’ll say, ‘Donald, you have to stop that, it’s too much,'” he promised during a March television interview. Less than two months from […]

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Slow progress despite efforts to fix Orange Lake pollution

China hopes Donald Trump call with Taiwan leader won’t damage ties

Another Zika zone cleared as Art Basel opens in Miami

Georgia-Florida water fight now in hands of special master

Florida cop killer’s death sentence overturned for 3rd time

Nation’s largest solar installer to open Florida facility

Poll: Only about 1 in 4 wants Donald Trump to repeal health law

Clinton team sees recount effort as waste of resources

Mayor’s son charged in South Florida city’s corruption investigation

Donald Trump’s idea of ‘presidential’ diverges from past presidents