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August 10, 2021

USA Paintball dismisses pro over viral TikTok fat-shaming teen with COVID: 'Kid needs a f---ing treadmill'

USA Paintball is cutting ties with one of its athletes for posting a viral TikTok mocking a Florida teenager’s weight after he was hospitalized with COVID-19 for 10 days, the team announced Monday. 

August 10, 2021

Miami condo building evacuated after city deems it ‘not safe’ for residents

Residents of an eight-story, 138-unit condo building in Miami were forced to evacuate overnight after city officials deemed that the structure was “not safe” for living.

August 9, 2021

Florida’s health department says CDC’s COVID count for state is wrong, 'anticipates' correction

The Florida Department of Health took to Twitter on Monday to ask the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention to update its COVID-19 case tracker for the state because it incorrectly combined “MULTIPLE days into one," which made the Sunday daily case count explode to the state's worst ever.

August 9, 2021

Rep. Byron Donalds blasts Democrats institutionalizing vaccine 'segregation': 'That's their history'

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fl., fired back at Democrats seeking to mandate vaccines in order to engage in various sectors of commerce, comparing it to how Democrats instituted racial segregation following the Civil War on "Fox News Primetime."

August 9, 2021

CNN proposes travel bans on states like Florida, Louisiana for rising COVID cases

CNN “New Day” hosts suggested on Monday a travel ban for states like Florida where the number of COVID cases are rising.

August 9, 2021

Florida man bitten by shark in knee-deep water

A Florida surfer was bitten by a shark in knee-deep water over the weekend, officials say.

August 9, 2021

CNN's Jim Acosta ripped for renaming Delta variant the 'DeSantis variant': 'Performance art'

Viewers ripped CNN's Jim Acosta this weekend for suggesting that at least one of the new variants of the coronavirus be named the "DeSantis variant" after the Florida governor.

August 8, 2021

Florida pickup rams into Waffle House, injuring 5, including a child

Five people, including a child, were injured Sunday afternoon after a pickup truck rammed through a Waffle House in Tampa.

August 8, 2021

Cassidy disagrees with DeSantis on school mask mandate ban

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy disagrees with the move by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida to sign an executive order a week and a half ago preventing school districts in his state from mandating that students and school employees wear masks.

August 8, 2021

DeSantis' banging on Biden inflates his 2024 stature among GOP voters

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' jousting with President Biden appears to inflates his 2024 stature among GOP voters