Florida

When Carol Gee checked her mailbox earlier this week, she found a handwritten postcard. It was not a letter from a friend or family member on a far-flung vacation - but rather an appeal from a realtor asking if she was thinking of…

A federal jury in Miami convicted a Florida nurse practitioner of heath-care conspiracy and other charges for playing a key role in a scheme that swindled hundreds of millions of dollars from Medicare.Elizabeth Hernandez, 45,…

“I’m thinking about all the families affected,” said Perry Mayor Shirlie Hampton. “It’s just a sad situation.”Georgia-Pacific announced Monday it will close its paper plant in Perry, Florida.The American pulp and paper company said their…

Home insurance is supposed to bring families peace of mind, a sense that their biggest asset is protected. But for thousands of Tampa Bay area residents, it’s become a painful topic.Historically high spikes in premiums are pushing many…

Ron DeSantis doesn’t believe in the rule of law. Period. Full stop. And he’s proven it over and over again.The Florida governor’s suspension of the duly elected district attorney in Orlando is just the latest attack on the fundamental…

A single winning ticket was sold for Tuesday night's record estimated $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials said. It was purchased at a Publix supermarket in Neptune Beach, Florida. Neptune Beach is on the Atlantic…

ATLANTA (AP) — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has entered commercial operation, becoming the first new American reactor built from scratch in decades.Georgia Power Co. announced…

News By Ronny Reyes July 30, 2023 | 4:19pm The family of a Florida mom who died after taking supplements of the herbal substance kratom was awarded $11 million in a wrongful death federal lawsuit against…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When viewed through a wide lens, renters across the U.S. finally appear to be getting some relief, thanks in part to the biggest apartment construction boom in decades.Median…

With one exception, every gold standard study of masks in community settings has failed to find that they slow the spread of contagious respiratory diseases.  The outlier is a widely cited study run in Bangladesh during the Covid-19…