October 22, 2014

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- South Miami is hot about North Florida. So much so, that they want the two Florida’s to break up. “The real issue for separation is the absolute reality of climate change. Global warming, rising sea levels, this is no longer political,” said South Miami Vice Mayor Walter Harris. Environmental concerns led to the […]

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla.- In less than two weeks voters will decide whether or not to pass a fire assessment of $292 that would replace property taxes. “I will tell you, I am going to vote no,” said resident Mohamed Yasin. “It’s no different than paying homeowner’s insurance,” said Jennifer Combs. Two different stories, two different […]

CAPE CORAL, Fla.- Police are warning residents to be on the lookout for burglars targeting the elderly and posing as water utility workers. 86-year-old Monique Gambino says she still has trouble sleeping after what happened at her home on Del Prado Boulevard last week. Gambino was home alone when she says a man came knocking […]

NEW YORK (AP) – The executive director of the agency that operates the New York area’s three major airports says more than 400 people have been screened for Ebola, with no one found to have the virus. Patrick Foye of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Wednesday that 389 people had […]

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) – More than 3,100 students – nearly half of them athletes – enrolled in classes they didn’t have to show up for and received artificially inflated grades in what an investigator called a “shadow curriculum” that lasted nearly two decades at the University of North Carolina. The report released Wednesday by […]

NEW YORK (AP) – NBA owners have voted down proposed changes to the league’s draft lottery system, staving off efforts to curb tanking for the time being. The proposal was defeated 17-13 on Wednesday at the league’s board of governors meetings. It was a somewhat surprising turn of events after appearing earlier in the week […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings believes the Southeastern Conference can play with any of the so-called best basketball leagues in the country. Leading the way once again this season will be the SEC’s Final Four teams of Kentucky and Florida. The star-filled Wildcats and defending champion Gators were picked by the media […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – One of the four defendant facing trial next week for the hazing death of a Florida A & M drum major is contemplating a plea deal. An attorney for Benjamin McNamee told Judge Rene Roche on Wednesday that his client would consider a plea deal if it could be done before […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.N. human rights chief on Wednesday blamed rising inequality and exclusion for much of the unrest that has swept across the world in recent years, calling the recent deepening turmoil devastating for human rights. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein told the U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee that “a toxic tide […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) – A Canadian soldier standing guard at a war memorial in the country’s capital was shot to death Wednesday, and gunfire then erupted inside Parliament, authorities said. One gunman was killed, and police said they were searching for as many as two others. People fled Parliament by scrambling down scaffolding erected for […]