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Golf: Ernst rolls to five-shot victory in LPGA Drive On Championship

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 08 07:59 AM

MIAMI - Austin Ernst started strong and held on through two late bogeys Sunday, firing a final-round 70 to beat Jennifer Kupcho by five strokes in the LPGA Drive On Championship in Ocala, Florida. Read more »

Spring break during outbreak

Maria Alejandra Cardona, Reuters
Posted at Mar 06 01:02 PM

A college athlete is thrown in the air by a group of men on the beach to celebrate spring break, amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. on Friday. Read more »

In Florida yard, a ribbon flutters for every COVID-19 death

Leila Macor, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 05 11:10 AM

When Cathy Tobias began tying a ribbon to a rope for each Covid-19 death in Florida, she had no idea her entire patio would end up being draped in color. Read more »

Toronto Raptors will finish NBA campaign in Tampa

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 07:41 AM

NEW YORK - The NBA's Toronto Raptors, forced into a United States home base due to Covid-19 issues, said on Thursday they will play the remainder of the 2020-21 season out of Florida. Read more »

Hackers try to contaminate Florida town's water supply through computer breach

Christopher Bing, Reuters
Posted at Feb 09 07:28 AM

Hackers broke into the computer system of a facility that treats water for about 15,000 people near Tampa, Florida and sought to add a dangerous level of additive to the water supply, the Pinellas County Sheriff said on Monday. Read more »

UK coronavirus variant rapidly spreading in US, study shows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 09 06:41 AM

A coronavirus variant first identified in Britain is rapidly spreading in the United States, threatening to bring a surge of new cases as its prevalence doubles roughly every 10 days, according to a new study. Read more »

Elon Musk offers to build tunnels under wet, flood-prone Miami

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 22 08:45 AM

MIAMI - As the world waited with baited breath for the US presidential inauguration, Tesla CEO Elon Musk had more pressing issues at hand -- exchanging tweets with Miami's mayor about building a tunnel system under the Florida city. Read more »

NBA: Raptors knock off Hornets, 111-108

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 11:26 AM

Reserve Chris Boucher matched his career best with 25 points and added 10 rebounds and the host Toronto Raptors held off the Charlotte Hornets 111-108 Thursday night at their temporary home at Tampa, Fla. Read more »

Trump's Florida club warned over maskless New Year party

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 10:04 AM

MIAMI - President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida has received a warning from county authorities, following video of the luxury retreat's New Year's Eve party that showed a crowd of revelers ignoring COVID-19 restrictions. Read more »

Nancy Pelosi's stolen lectern back at the Capitol

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 07:19 AM

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's lectern was back in its rightful spot at the Capitol Wednesday, a week after it was stolen during the violent incursion of the building by a mob of Trump supporters. Read more »

Manatee has 'Trump' carved into its back - paper

Gabriella Borter, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 07:25 AM

NAPLES, Florida - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has opened an investigation into the harassment of a manatee which was found in a Florida river with the word "Trump" scraped into its back, a local newspaper reported on Monday. Read more »

Most US COVID-19 vaccines go idle as New York, Florida move to penalize hospitals

Carl O'Donnell and Jonathan Allen, Reuters
Posted at Jan 05 11:15 AM

NEW YORK - More than two-thirds of the 15 million coronavirus vaccines shipped within the United States have so far gone unused, U.S. health officials said on Monday, as the governors of New York and Florida vowed to penalize hospitals that fail to dispense shots quickly enough. Read more »

2 shootings in Florida's Miami-Dade County leave 12 wounded

Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 01:30 PM

Police in Florida's Miami-Dade County said late on Sunday (Monday Manila time) that they were investigating 2 separate shootings in which 12 people were wounded. Read more »

'Resilience' in orbit

Joe Skipper, Reuters
Posted at Nov 16 03:04 PM

People watch as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket "Resilience", topped with the Crew Dragon capsule, is launched carrying four astronauts on the first operational NASA commercial crew mission at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. on Sunday. Read more »

Orlando unveils plans for first flying-car hub in US

Neil Vigdor, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 13 06:55 AM

In an announcement that drew immediate comparisons to “The Jetsons,” the city of Orlando, Florida, and a German aviation company formally unveiled plans Wednesday to build the first hub for flying cars in the United States. Read more »

7 charged in flying squirrel trafficking ring, Florida officials say

Bryan Pietsch, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 20 12:02 PM

Seven people have been charged in a Florida-based international flying squirrel trafficking scheme in which thousands of the creatures were exported to Asia. Read more »