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A Florida man who opened fire with an AK-47 rifle on officers inside Everglades National Park is facing federal charges, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Acting U.S. Attorney Juan Antonio Gonzalez said in a news release that 37-year-old Drew Curtis Sikes of Palmetto Bay is charged with attempting to kill a U.S. officer and with a weapons […]

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a prominent conservative in Congress and a close ally of former President Donald Trump, said Tuesday he is being investigated by the Justice Department over a former relationship but denied any criminal wrongdoing. Gaetz, who represents parts of western Florida, told Axios that his lawyers were informed that he was the […]

As onlookers pleaded with Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin to take his knee off George Floyd’s neck, Chauvin just gave them a “cold” and “heartless” stare, the teenager who shot the harrowing video of the arrest testified Tuesday at Chauvin’s murder trial. In tearful testimony, Darnella Frazier, 18, said that Chauvin continued to kneel on […]

A Florida driver who fatally hit a motorcyclist returned to the scene and fatally struck a woman who was rendering aid to the victim, officials said. Michael John Kraft, 37, was arrested late Monday in Sanford, which is north of Orlando, Sanford police spokeswoman Bianca Gillett told news outlets. According to police, Kraft’s blue Jaguar […]

As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, there have been 2,052,441 positive cases of the coronavirus recorded in the state. The case count includes 2,014,354 Florida residents and 38,087 non-Florida residents. There are 33,338 Florida resident deaths reported, 645 non-resident deaths, and 84,973 hospitalizations at some point during illness, according to the Florida Department of Health. For […]

Sex trafficking charges and another alleged victim were added to a superseding indictment returned Monday in the criminal case against financier Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend as prosecutors alleged that a conspiracy to sexually abuse girls stretched over a decade. The charges contained in a rewritten indictment returned by a grand jury in Manhattan federal court alleged […]

Hand sanitizers have become trusted tools to keep people safe and healthy in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic — but now, an independent study suggests some products may be having the opposite effect. Valisure, an independent pharmacy and lab that tests drug products for quality, says it tested 260 products and found elevated levels of benzene in more […]

New Yorkers can now use a digital certification to prove they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19. The state has launched the Excelsior Pass. The pass can be printed out or pulled up on a smartphone. It uses a secure QR code to provide businesses and venues with the user’s proof of vaccination or negative test status. […]

It’s especially a Sunday Funday for Tampa Bay’s newest multi-millionaire. Only one person won Saturday night’s $238 million Powerball jackpot — and the winning ticket was sold at a Publix store in Lutz, Florida, according to the Florida Lottery. The winning numbers are 6-14-38-39-65 and Powerball 06. The Power Play is x3. According to the Florida […]

Parler, a social network popular among conservatives, is claiming that it repeatedly warned the FBI that there could be violence on January 6. The app sent a letter to the House Oversight Committee on Thursday saying it developed “formal lines of communication” with the FBI to refer violent threats made on its platform. Days and […]