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Drivers may see another week of similar declines this week

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida praised the decision, saying the law “appears designed to target those who protest police violence.”

Trump and his son, Donald Jr., will handle broadcast duties on an alternate feed

Prosecutor Jeff Marcus argued Nikolas Cruz’s attorneys should not be allowed to say failures by others alleviate his responsibility for the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper lifted an automatic stay of his decision last week that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and state education officials exceeded their authority by imposing the blanket ban through executive order and tagging defiant pro-mask local school boards with financial penalties.

The project is likely to take five years and cost up to $9 million

The suspect managed to shoot himself in the thigh during the incident, officials said.

DeSantis said he is confident the state will win on appeal.

The ordinance passed in June made it illegal to 'approach or remain within 20 feet' of a police officer, with the “intent to impede, provoke or harass” an officer engaged in lawful duties, after receiving a warning.

One of the men who U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz accused of being behind a plot to extort $25 million from his family in exchange for having a federal sex investigation into the congressman go away was indicted Tuesday on charges of wire fraud and attempting to stop authorities from viewing his IPhone.

On Monday, Sarasota Memorial Hospital reported 277 COVID-positive patients, a drop from 291 last week. Of those, 83% were unvaccinated.

Gov. Ron DeSantis had been threatening to impose financial penalties on school boards for weeks.

There are now 21 monoclonal antibody treatment sites in the state, two of those are on the Suncoast.

Fried blamed the imbalance on unfair foreign trade practices

A 10- to 20-cent jump at the pump is not out of the question

5-year old Zaynah Obidi, and 6-year-old Zayne Obidi were last seen in the area of the 4400 block of Crystal Lake Drive in Deerfield Beach, Friday.

Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper agreed with a group of parents who claimed in a lawsuit that DeSantis’ order is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced.

The penalty is among more than $530,000 in fines levied against 34 passengers that the FAA announced last week.

A judge ruled Mark Bartlett did not act reasonably in getting out of his SUV and pulling a pistol on teenage protesters on MLK Day.

A federal judge sentenced a former Florida sheriff’s deputy to 35 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to producing and possessing child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

The nonprofit was accused of misusing funds and not filing accurate records.

The kite surfer hadn’t even gotten into the water yet when a strong wind lifted him into the air

The other districts that have imposed strict mask mandates are Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Hillsborough, Alachua and Sarasota.

Autumn is a 17-year-old female, 5′07″, 130lbs., with blonde hair and blue eyes.

Florida remained below the national unemployment rate 5.4%.

The parents of a 1-year-old boy who was thrown into the Florida Everglades and drowned when his family’s pickup truck blew a tire last year have been charged in his death.

The limit is six lobsters a day.

The judge has scheduled a hearing Thursday on the motion.

The groups say the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated federal law by not updating critical-habitat areas to better protect manatees.

The total was a 16.3 percent improvement from the first three months of the year.