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PINE MANOR, Fla.- Fifth Avenue near Oak Drive was blocked off for hours in the Pine Manor area of Lee County while authorities investigated a suspected shooting on Thursday. Neighbors say they first heard gunshots around 2:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon. A newer, silver Nissan Maxima drove down Fifth Street and two men inside wearing hoodies began shooting at another car, […]

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) – A house fire in Florida has killed four young children, including an infant. Escambia County Fire Rescue battalion chief Curt Isakson tells the Pensacola News-Journal (http://on.pnj.com/24cC1Pk ) that the mother and an older sibling escaped without injury. The fire started about 5:30 a.m. Thursday in a small wooden house in Pensacola. […]

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla.- More than fifty gaming machines were confiscated after a six-week illegal gaming investigation into the Luxxor Gaming Arcade in Lehigh Acres. Detectives with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office conducted several undercover operations which confirmed the illegal activity before they served two search warrants at the business. Authorities collected more than $5,034 in cash and approximately […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Investigators in the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office in north Florida say they are searching for clumsy burglary suspect who was caught on surveillance video falling through the ceiling of a Popeyes fried chicken restaurant. First Coast News (http://bit.ly/1Ts6FAc ) reports the video shows the man crashing to the floor in a heap […]

Before the freighter El Faro sank, the captain was warned by a text message from his vacationing second mate that a storm looming offshore was forecast to become a hurricane, according to testimony Thursday. Second Mate Charles Baird testified before a U.S. Coast Guard panel in Jacksonville investigating the ship’s sinking last October. All 33 […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Faced with a federal judge’s order to help investigators break into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters, Apple may well argue that the request places an unreasonable burden on the company. In fact, experts say that complying with the government’s request wouldn’t be particularly challenging for […]

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) – Pope Francis said Thursday that Donald Trump is “not Christian” if he wants to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border. Trump immediately fired back, saying it is disgraceful for a religious leader to question a person’s faith. The rare back-and-forth between pontiff and presidential candidate was the latest […]

What You’ll Need: 2 pounds ground Italian sausage 1/2 cup minced onion 2 (16-ounce) cans kidney beans, rinsed and drained 1 (15-ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained 1 (28-ounce) can tomato sauce 1 1/3 cups salsa 1 1/3 cups water 2 teaspoons chili powder 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 […]

MILESBURG, Pa. (AP) – Police say they were able to rescue a Pennsylvania woman kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend thanks to her mother’s iPhone tracking app. Police say the 18-year-old man met the woman Tuesday in East Stroudsburg to discuss custody of a young child. They say he bound her hands, feet and mouth with duct […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal judge rejected a plea deal Thursday in the rape case against former NFL star Darren Sharper, saying the nine-year sentence doesn’t reflect the seriousness of the alleged assaults against as many as 16 women. “This court cannot accept this plea agreement,” U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo told Sharper […]