Associated PressApril 28, 2023
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The 1-in-1,000-year deluge left some neighborhoods with up to 3 feet of water.
Tag: disaster declarationA doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman on Aug. 7, 2018, at a hospital in Chicago. Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The cases are detailed in federal documents obtained by The Associated Press and raise serious questions about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the U.S. Image via AP/Teresa Crawford.
Associated PressApril 28, 2023
Anne GeggisOctober 2, 2022
4min0
Now residents in 17 counties can apply for federal aid to cover Hurricane Ian losses.
Anne GeggisSeptember 30, 2022
6min0
Central Florida has experienced flooding of historic proportions in the storm's wake.
Jason DelgadoSeptember 23, 2020
3min641
Approval would make more federal resources available.
Scott PowersJanuary 17, 2020
5min313
Mike Pence finds enthusiastic support at Kissimmee church
Staff ReportsOctober 10, 2016
2min154
More than 169,000 Florida utility customers remained without power Monday as power companies struggled to repair damage caused by Hurricane Matthew. Twenty percent — nearly 92,000 — of those customers live in Duval County. Ranking next was Volusia County, with 44,268; Flagler County, with 16,256; and Brevard County, with 5,460. Other counties affected include Indian […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 9, 2016
3min235
On Sunday morning, President Barack Obama announced he signed a disaster declaration for Florida in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. However, Gov. Rick Scott asserts it doesn’t go far enough. “The president yesterday declared a major disaster exists in the State of Florida and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the area […]