Coronavirus Adds To Hurricane Response Costs
Restoring electricity after hurricanes this year would have added costs because of coronavirus physical-distancing requirements, utility officials told the Florida Public Service Commission on Tuesday.
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Restoring electricity after hurricanes this year would have added costs because of coronavirus physical-distancing requirements, utility officials told the Florida Public Service Commission on Tuesday.
A man from Winter Springs tells CNN that he has been stuck on a cruise ship and then a hospital ship in an Italian port for 62 days after testing positive for COVID-19 in early April.
Nursing homes have no claim to their residents' stimulus checks. That hasn't stopped some facilities from trying to take them anyway.
After filing for bankruptcy protection last Friday, J.C. Penny has announced that it will close nearly 30 percent of its stores as part of a restructuring of the company.
High school students who took Advanced Placement exams online may have to do it again next month because of a technical glitch. In addition, The College Board, which owns the AP program, said it is now allowing some test-takers to email their responses if they have problems submitting test answers. However, that does not apply to students who already had trouble with the exams.
A West Palm Beach woman allowed a toddler in her care to overdose on cocaine and possibly fentanyl, authorities said.
Leaders from Central Florida's smaller attractions like Fun Spot America, Gatorland, and Icon Park are hoping to reopen by the end of the week.
State university system Chancellor Marshall Criser next week will present guidelines for reopening university campuses in the fall, after students were sent home in March to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Panhandling outside Miami Beach businesses is now considered "temporarily unlawful" under guidelines for the Phase 1 Reopening Order.
A rare blue bee scientists thought might have become extinct has been rediscovered in Florida.
Walt Disney World has posted a warning ahead of several third party shops and restaurants opening in Disney Springs this week.
Gov. Ron DeSantis says incomplete applications are to blame for unsettled unemployment claims.
There's been an increase in coronavirus cases at a Northwest Florida facility for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
Florida's surgeon general wants to see more pediatric testing for the coronavirus.
The sounds of sports came back to life over the weekend with NASCAR's Real Heroes 400, a horse race at Churchill Downs and a charity golf game in Florida.
Police have arrested Altavious Powell in connection with the death of Denisha Heller, whose body was found near NW 15th Ave. and NW 2nd Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The relationship between Powell and Heller remains unclear as the investigation continues.
Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports face hundreds of delays and cancellations as a Northeast snowstorm and TSA PreCheck confusion disrupt travel. Passengers encounter long lines, expensive rebooking fees, and uncertainty over government shutdown impacts.
A 21-year-old North Carolina man was shot and killed by Secret Service agents after allegedly entering Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun and a gas can. Authorities are investigating how he obtained the weapon and his motives, as questions mount following the incident.
After being left behind at the Las Vegas airport, two-year-old JetBlue is adopted by the police officer who came to his rescue. Their instant bond touched the community—and JetBlue Airlines pitched in $6,000 to support animal rescue efforts.
The U.S. men’s hockey team clinches gold in a thrilling OT victory, with Panthers players Matthew and Brady Tkachuk celebrating alongside teammates. Emotional moments, tributes, and South Florida pride as the Panthers get ready to return to the ice with their Olympic medalists.
Temperatures will soar to around 90 degrees Thursday afternoon, but it will feel hotter when you factor in the humidity.
James Ernest Hitchcock was convicted of raping, beating and killing his step-niece in 1976.
A ceremony will be held at Miami International Airport ahead of the first flight on Thursday morning.
The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.
An 18-year-old content creator is suing popular online creator Braden Peters, known to his followers as "Clavicular," and the allegations in the complaint are disturbing.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.
The budget blueprint is the first step in Republicans' two-pronged plan to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
Former Florida governor and U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is running for mayor of his hometown of St. Petersburg.
Spirit Airlines only has enough available cash to continue operations for a matter of days, not weeks, and talks for a government-backed rescue of the no-frills carrier have stalled, sources say.
President Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Wednesday about Ukraine and Iran.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Michael Tilson Thomas, the 12-time Grammy Award winning composer and famed conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony for a quarter century, has died.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West being denied entry into the U.K. has raised questions over the star's upcoming performance in Italy.
