Florida News

Aggregated Florida News Articles

• Ron DeSantis tears into Joe Biden after he raps Florida for banning mask mandates
  
  Defiant DeSantis asks Biden 'why don't you do your job' at the border, says he won't impose a 'biomedical security state' as Florida leads nation in COVID infections.
  Daily Mail.  Thu, 05 Aug 2021 02:27:36 GMT.
• WATCH: Video released of officers responding to Florida condo collapse
  
  Officials released body camera footage from the first police officers who responded to the collapse of a condo building that left 98 people dead in Florida.
  KETV - Omaha, Nebraska.  Wed, 04 Aug 2021 23:01:00 GMT.
• PGA Tour announces 2021-22 schedule; Players Championship will be March 10-13
  
  The Players Championship will serve as the anchor of the PGA Tour's Florida Swing.
  Will Brown.  American City Business Journals.  Wed, 04 Aug 2021 22:01:00 +0000.
• Community Impact: Orlando public transportation by the numbers
  
  SunRail and Lynx are working hard to regain stronger ridership.
  Denise Hicks.  American City Business Journals.  Wed, 04 Aug 2021 21:13:00 +0000.
• Florida governor insists state won't shut down
  
  Governor Ron DeSantis attributed the current spike in infections to the season.
  CBS News.  Wed, 04 Aug 2021 15:49:00 -0400.
• 'Nasty, Nasty People': 3 Disney World Employees Arrested on Child Sex Charges
  
  Over a dozen people, including three Walt Disney World employees, were arrested in Florida following a six-day undercover investigation into child predators. ...
  Erin Coates.  Western Journal.  Wed, 04 Aug 2021 19:37:37 +0000.
• Video released of officers responding to Florida condo collapse
  
  Officers in Surfside arrived just minutes after the east side of Champlain Tower South pancaked in the early morning hours of June 24.
  Ap.  ABC News.  Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:20:03 +0000.
• Help or 'get out of the way,' Biden says to Republican governors on combatting COVID pandemic
  
  Biden called out Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, states that Biden said account for one-third of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
  Abcnews.  ABC News.  Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:19:54 +0000.
• Facebook rejects Florida police charity's ad for children fundraiser over 'sensitive social issues'
  
  A pro-police non-profit organization in South Florida is accusing Facebook of refusing to promote its advertisements for an upcoming fundraising event intended to benefit the families of officers who died in the line of duty.
  Danielle Wallace.  Fox News.  Wed, 04 Aug 2021 12:25:01 GMT.
• Surfside condo collapse: Body camera video from initial response released
  
  Body camera footage that showed the moments after the Surfside, Florida, condo collapse, which was released by the town, captured some of the confusion that seemed to border on disbelief when police first arrived at the scene.
  Edmund Demarche.  Fox News.  Wed, 04 Aug 2021 08:33:36 GMT.
• Surfside collapse bodycam video shows initial response by officers
  
  This is a first look at dramatic bodycam footage from officers who responded to the scene of the deadly condo collapse in Surfside, Florida.
  CBS News.  Tue, 03 Aug 2021 20:23:36 -0400.
• Florida, Texas had one-third of all US COVID-19 cases in past week, official says
  
  The increase comes as the delta variant spreads and the percentage of fully vaccinated Americans hovers around 49.7%.
  KETV - Omaha, Nebraska.  Tue, 03 Aug 2021 23:05:00 GMT.
• Passenger Arrives Taped to His Seat After Assault of 3 Flight Attendants
  
  Maxwell Berry, 22, of Norwalk, Ohio, punched a Frontier Airlines flight attendant and groped two others on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami, the authorities said.
  Neil Vigdor.  New York Times.  Tue, 03 Aug 2021 23:02:28 +0000.
• Covid third wave: Florida surpasses all-time record for hospital admissions
  
  The number of patients in the Sunshine State is higher now than at any point of the pandemic.
  BBC News.  Tue, 03 Aug 2021 20:44:20 GMT.
• Florida Faces its Worst Coronavirus Wave Yet
  
  The state is about a month away from its peak, according to an epidemiologist who tracks the virus there.
  Adeel Hassan.  New York Times.  Tue, 03 Aug 2021 18:50:54 +0000.
• Texas And Florida Cities Mandate Masks, Despite Statewide Bans
  
  Both states have restricted local governments from imposing mask mandates, despite leading the U.S. in its current Covid-19 surge.
  By Jemima Mcevoy, Forbes Staff.  Forbes.  Tue, 03 Aug 2021 12:33:57 -0400.

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