August 23, 2015

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – The prosecutor who gained national attention as a key player in the unsuccessful case against Casey Anthony says he committed no crime on the cheating website, Ashley Madison, and will not resign his post. Jeff Ashton, the State Attorney for Orange and Osceola counties in central Florida, said Sunday that he […]

  FORT MYERS, Fla. – A section of Daniels Parkway was shutdown for eight hours Sunday morning due to a crash. Florida Highway Patrol said a car crashed into a telephone pole on Daniels Parkway, causing power lines to fall over the roadway. State troopers had Daniels Parkway between Treeline Avenue and Chamberlain Parkway closed until […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Family members of a young man said he was shot in the face during a drive-by shooting Sunday afternoon. It happened in the 300 block of Lorraine Drive just after 5 p.m. The 18-year-old’s family said he was shot in the jaw and was taken to the hospital in serious condition. The […]

TWISP, Wash. (AP) – The massive cloud of smoke is expected to lift over Washington wildfires on Sunday, but as air quality improves fire behavior could become more erratic and intense, fire officials said. “It’s like a flue opening in a fireplace,” explained Suzanne Flory, spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service and the Rocky Mountain […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s double trouble for the National Zoo after its adult female panda gave birth to twins. The cubs arrived about five hours apart Saturday. Panda mom Mei Xiang gave birth to the first cub at 5:35 p.m. and a second at 10:07 p.m., the zoo said. If the cubs survive, they would […]

(DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.) Soon people can visit an indoor gun range with a restaurant. City commissioners approved the facility, meaning a mix of guns and alcohol. The owner says he will keep a list of customers who cause trouble and call the police immediately if he anticipates a potential safety issue. The restaurant can hold […]

MIAMI (AP) – The Miami-Dade school district has reached a tentative contract agreement with its teachers. Nearly 30,000 employees are covered by the contract with the United Teachers of Dade union. Under the deal announced Friday, teachers will receive an average raise of 3 percent, with variations depending on their step in the salary chart. […]

BEIJING (AP) – An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China killed one person and injured nine others, a state news agency reported Sunday, 10 days after a similar disaster at a chemical warehouse killed 121 people. The explosion happened just before 9 p.m. on Saturday in the city of Zibo in Shandong province, […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Diplomacy continues in the border village of Panmunjom where senior officials from North and South Korea have begun a second round of talks to reduce tensions that have led the countries to the brink of military confrontation. At the same time, South Korea’s military says it detected unusual troop and […]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran’s state TV says British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has reopened the British Embassy in Tehran nearly four years after it was closed following an attack by hardliners. Hammond arrived in Tehran on Sunday to attend the reopening ceremony and for talks with Iranian officials. It’s the first visit by a […]