'Do Not Fall For It!' Scammers Send Out Fake Stimulus Checks, Ask For Small Fees
As Americans wait to get their hands on their stimulus checks, scammers are trying just about everything to get a piece of the action.
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As Americans wait to get their hands on their stimulus checks, scammers are trying just about everything to get a piece of the action.
Nearly 170,000 first-time unemployment claims were filed last week in Florida, as the coronavirus-caused surge continues.
The Florida Public Service Commission has scheduled a special meeting April 28 to consider requests by four major utilities to cut customer bills in May or during the summer.
Florida election supervisors have asked Gov. Ron DeSantis for emergency measures they say will help them cope with an anticipated "significant statewide shortage" of poll workers later this year because of the novel coronavirus.
A Florida man is facing aggravated assault charges after allegedly coughing on a cashier and claiming that social distancing precautions for the coronavirus pandemic are "getting out of hand," according to a police report.
Gary Marion, best known as drag queen "Sushi" who "drops" each New Year's Eve in a giant red high-heel shoe on Key West's Duval Street, is sewing colorful cloth masks for facial protection against the coronavirus.
Democrats, who successfully used health care as a key issue in winning back control of the U.S. House two years ago, are reigniting the issue in Florida amid the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic that has sent the state's economy into free fall.
The spread of the virus to inmates and prison workers has fueled panic among detainees and their loved ones. Even before COVID-19 showed up in the state's prisons, corrections officials canceled face-to-face visitations, cutting off one of the ways families and friends can communicate with inmates.
The number of reported COVID-19 infections at nursing homes and assisted living facilities has quintupled during the past week.
Publix Supermarkets confirmed more cases of COVID-19 at additional South Florida stores on Wednesday morning.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is feeling the pressure to make the state's unemployment benefits retroactive due to the glitches on the claims site during the coronavirus crisis.
Monroe Sheriff's Office deputies say a woman and her 61-year-old father were hit in the head with a baseball bat Saturday after warning a group of about 20 college-aged people gathered on a Florida Keys beach about social distancing due to coronavirus.
The Florida Keys are still closed to visitors but that hasn't stopped people from trying to sneak in.
Facing employee furloughs and pay cuts because of declining revenues, some major Florida hospitals are asking Gov. Ron DeSantis for help.
Four inmates at a Northwest Florida prison have tested positive for COVID-19, doubling the tally of confirmed cases within the facility's inmate population in 24 hours, state corrections officials said Monday.
