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2 years ago
Following trip to Florida, First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19. President Biden’s results negative so far

First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Monday but is experiencing only mild symptoms.

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2 years ago
Way to make an entrance! NASA crew returns to Earth in stunning show | VIDEO

Four astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule wrapping up a six-month mission to the International Space Station. This video of their re-entry was captured in Alachua County.

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2 years ago
AP Top 25 Takeaways: Believe the hype! Coach Prime delivers a thrilling upset in his Colorado debut

Deion Sanders’ debut as University of Colorado-Boulder’s head coach was billed as a big deal. Colorado upset No. 17 TCU 45-42 on Saturday in a performance that exceeded even the loftiest expectations.

Community
2 years ago
For at least a day, all the world is ‘Margaritaville’ in homage to Jimmy Buffett

Key West plans a remembrance Sunday along Duval Street which fittingly will begin at 5 o’clock.

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2 years ago
Biden tells Idalia’s Florida victims ‘your nation has your back.’ DeSantis skips meeting with him | PHOTOS

Gov. Ron DeSantis was noticeably absent from the President’s tour of hurricane-ravaged areas of Florida. On Friday, DeSantis said he told the President his security detail would be “very disruptive” to the recovery efforts.

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2 years ago
Two people charged with looting in Horseshoe Beach, Residents worry about burglaries following Hurricane Idalia

A man and a woman from Palmetto, Florida, almost 200 miles south of where Idalia made landfall, were arrested Wednesday after an officer from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission heard noises coming from outside a home in Horseshoe Beach.

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2 years ago
Biden is surveying hurricane’s toll from the sky and ground in Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis won’t be meeting with the President during his tour of hurricane-ravaged areas. On Friday, DeSantis suggested that a presidential trip would hinder response to the disaster.

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2 years ago
Residents return to find homes gone, towns devastated in path of Idalia | PHOTOS

President Joe Biden promised whatever federal aid is available. Biden also announced that he will come to Florida on Saturday to see the damage himself.

National
2 years ago
What makes Idalia so potent? It’s feeding on intensely warm water that acts like rocket fuel

Hurricanes get their energy from warm water. The water “is absurdly warm and to see those values over the entire northeast Gulf is surreal,” said University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy.

National
2 years ago
Florida prays Idalia won’t join long list of destructive storms with names starting with ‘I’ | PHOTOS

Hurricanes beginning with the letter “I” have been among the most destructive to strike the United States, moreso than any other letter of the alphabet.