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February 9, 2021

Twitter lights up with UFO talk after light seen in Florida sky, turns out to be Navy missile

A strange light over the South Florida sky Tuesday evening had many residents bracing for extraterrestrial contact, but it turned out to be the Navy testing a missile. 

February 9, 2021

Florida’s DeSantis reacts to maskless Super Bowl photo

Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Republican from Florida, responded on Monday to a photo that emerged from the Super Bowl that appeared to show him inside a box without a face mask despite the COVID-19 outbreak.

February 9, 2021

Trump's Mar-a-Lago residency deliberated by Palm Beach Town Council

Town officials in Palm Beach, Fla., heard oral arguments Tuesday morning on whether or not former President Donald Trump should be permitted to continue living at his Mar-a-Lago luxury club and golf resort.

February 8, 2021

Judge rules Broward School District had no responsibility to warn students about Parkland school shooter

"The District had no control over Cruz," Henning wrote, according to the Sun Sentinel. "They did not have custody over him. He was not a student in the system and had not been for over a year. In fact, he was refused access to the campus once he left school. Nor did the district have pre-knowledge of a definitive threat by Cruz."

February 8, 2021

Rapper Kodak Black offers to pay college tuition for kids of FBI agents killed in Florida

Kodak Black, who recently received a sentence commutation from former President Donald Trump, has reportedly offered to pay for the college tuition of the three children whose FBI agent parents were recently killed on duty in Florida.

February 8, 2021

Hacker tried to poison Florida water supply near Super Bowl, police say

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said during a news conference on Monday that an unknown suspect was able to breach the Oldsmar water treatment plant's computer system on Friday and briefly increased the amount of sodium hydroxide from 100 parts per million to 11,100 parts per million.

February 8, 2021

GOP congressman: 'We still don't have answers' to why National Guard remaining around Capitol

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are still waiting for an explanation of why National Guardsman are still on duty around the Capitol Hill complex more than one month after the deadly riot there on Jan. 6, Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., told "The Story" Monday.

February 7, 2021

Super Bowl protesters demand Kansas City Chiefs ditch name, tell fan there’s ‘no such thing’ as America

A small group of protesters rallied in Tampa, Florida, Sunday ahead of the Super Bowl to demand the Kansas City Chiefs change their name and urge fans to stop performing “chop” gestures in the stands.

February 7, 2021

Gov. DeSantis: Florida lifts people up by keeping businesses, schools open amid coronavirus pandemic

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Sunday that keeping businesses and schools open amid the coronavirus pandemic has helped “lift people up.”

February 7, 2021

Tampa streets packed with maskless revelers ahead of Super Bowl LV

Tampa residents were seen partying mask-free and packed together on the city’s historic Seventh Avenue on Saturday night, ahead of their hometown team’s appearance in Super Bowl LV.