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LARGO, Fla. (AP) – A man accused of throwing his 5-year-old daughter over a Tampa bridge is being sent to a prison mental facility until he’s capable of understanding the first-degree murder charges he’s facing. Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Chris Helinger ruled Thursday that John Jonchuck is incompetent to stand trial. He was arrested Jan. 8 […]

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) – Frustrated protesters went to Miami Gardens City Hall to express their anger over the fatal police shooting of a mentally ill man. They asked city council members on Wednesday night to release the dash-cam video from the night 25-year-old Lavall Hall was shot in mid-February. The Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/1zh7LQn ) […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Another Orlando theme park is raisings its ticket prices. Less than a week after The Walt Disney Co. announced that prices were going up at its parks in California and Florida, the Orlando Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1FxJoCL ) reports that Universal Orlando is also raising its cost of admission. Spending a day at […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – A Walk For Wishes 5K Walk/Run Kick-off Party will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 9 a.m. at SkyZone located at 14181 South Tamiami Trail. The Kick-off Party, sponsored by SkyZone, will allow participants to: register for the Walk/Run; meet other team captains; and collect great team fundraising tips and […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. Saturday, February 28, is Rare Disease Day.  Here to discuss this and more is Dr. Annette St. Pierre-MacKoul. Rare Disease Day Facts: Rare Disease affects < 200,000 Americans Affects 30 million Americans 2/3 of those affected are children. 1/10 people are affected. 7000 Rare Diseases 80% caused by a genetic abnormality. Only […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – More Americans sought unemployment aid last week, though the number of applications was still consistent with steady hiring. The Labor Department says weekly applications rose 31,000 to a seasonally adjusted 313,000, the most in six weeks. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, increased 11,500 to 294,500. Applications are a proxy for […]

LONDON (AP) – A British-accented militant who has appeared in beheading videos released by the Islamic State group in Syria bears “striking similarities” to a man who grew up in London, a Muslim lobbying group said Thursday. Mohammed Emwazi has been identified by news organizations as the masked militant more commonly known as “Jihadi John.” […]

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- A large law enforcement presence surrounded a home near Emily Drive and Vassar Drive in the Iona area. Neighbors say they heard a gunshot and then called the cops. According to authorities, the incident was resolved peacefully around 7 p.m. No injuries were reported to anyone in the home or in the […]

NEW YORK (AP) – The outer shell of a midtown Manhattan building that was being demolished partially collapsed Wednesday, injuring at least one person. Construction workers say the collapse sounded like an explosion. Rubble from the building damaged a yellow school bus parked on the street. Firefighters were using drilling equipment to examine the wreckage. […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Not yet officially a candidate for president, Hillary Rodham Clinton is already trying to seize the mantle of problem-solver in a nation fed up with dysfunctional government. Republicans are ready to remind Clinton – and voters – of her past warnings of a “vast right-wing conspiracy.” In her first speech in […]