August 28, 2021 Missing Indiana teen found safe 4 months after disappearance, 2 women arrested in connection: report An Indiana teen reported missing since April has been found safe in Florida, and police arrested two women in relation to her disappearance.
August 28, 2021 Florida judge rejects DeSantis' ban on mask mandates in schools A Florida judge on Friday ruled against Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban on school mask mandates, claiming the Republican governor had overstepped his authority.
August 27, 2021 Rubio: US list given to Taliban is a tool for ‘revenge killings’ In a Friday letter to President Biden, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said that handing over the names of American citizens and Afghan allies to the Taliban was gifting them a "powerful tool in their ongoing ‘revenge killings'."
August 27, 2021 Miami Herald runs 'misleading' headline suggesting 901 Florida COVID deaths occurred in single day The Miami Herald ran a story that is being knocked by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' press secretary as "sensationalistic and dishonest."
August 27, 2021 Tropical Storm Ida could be a 'worst-case scenario' for Louisiana, Gulf Coast as heat continues across US Tropical Storm Ida has gotten stronger and the National Hurricane Center has said it will become a category 3, or a major hurricane, before it's expected to make landfall just west of New Orleans.
August 27, 2021 Gulf Coast tourist beaches turn into coronavirus hotspots over summer Hospitals in the lovingly dubbed "Redneck Riviera" along the northern Gulf Coast are running out of critical care beds for coronavirus patients following a summer of partying, tourism and basically just trying to get back to normal.
August 26, 2021 Florida school districts defy DeSantis with mask mandates for most students More than half of Florida's nearly 3million public school students are subject to mask mandates, which comes in the midst of efforts by Gov. Ron DeSantis to ban the requirement.
August 26, 2021 Miami shooting victim who shielded son, 2, from crazed gunman 'always put others first,' family says The grieving family of a Colorado tourist shot dead after shielding his 2-year-old son from a crazed gunman at a Miami Beach restaurant says the young father "always put others first, even from a young age."
August 26, 2021 What to know about sharks on U.S. coastlines Shark sightings and attacks have closed beaches across the coastal U.S. this summer, forcing swimmers back indoors.
August 26, 2021 Collapsed Miami condo had extensive corrosion: report Federal investigators have released video showing extensive corrosion in the Surfside, Florida, Champlain Towers South condominium that collapsed in June, killing 98 people.
