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See the areas ravaged by Hurricane Ian and read the Miami Herald stories from the ground Original
Hurricane Ian made landfall in Cayo Costa as a monstrous Category 4 storm — just two miles per hour shy of a Category 5 — on Wednesday afternoon and pummeled the Southwest coast of Florida. The 155 mph winds and massive storm surge tore apart a causeway and beach piers, destroyed countless homes and buildings and left entire neighborhoods under water. Ian’s death toll is not yet fully known, but Florida officials have tallied over 20 fatalities that may be linked.
Haunting Surfside mystery - ID of woman buried alive in ruins for hours - may be solved
MIAMI — Five hours after Champlain Towers South collapsed early in the morning on June 24, 2021, rescue dogs picked up the scent of a live victim pinned underneath the parking garage. Rescuers made out the voice of a woman, but the voice was so faint that whispers among the crew or movement in the standing water in which the crew worked would blot out the sound of the voice.
By Ben Weider - Miami Herald (TNS) MIAMI - Five hours after Champlain Towers South collapsed early in the morning on June 24, 2021, rescue dogs picked up the scent of a live victim pinned underneath the parking garage. Rescuers made out the voice of a woman, but the voice was so faint that whispers among the crew or movement in the standing water in which the crew worked would blot out the sound of the voice. Copyright 2022 Tribune Content Agency.
Frantic to hire nurses, Florida spends millions on recruits
TALLAHASSEE — Amelia Stansberry had been watching the television news as the COVID cases mounted in New York in April and pondered how she’d like to quit her job and join the traveling nursing corps on the front lines. “This small voice in the back of my head kept saying, ‘This is what I’m trained to do.
Rebekah Jones renews COVID-19 criticism. DeSantis says it’s a ‘conspiracy bandwagon’
As the state struggles with a dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases, it’s also contending with criticism from the woman who designed the state’s public display of COVID-19 data, Rebekah Jones. Jones was unceremoniously fired after claiming her supervisors were trying to make her manipulate data.
Only 2 percent of Florida residents have been tested. It’s much lower in rural areas.
TALLAHASSEE — As major swaths of the state reopen for business Monday, about 1.8% of Florida’s population has been tested for COVID-19, according to a Times/Herald analysis, with percentages much lower in rural areas, including counties where nursing homes and prisons have become hot spots for the virus’ silent spread. In Gadsden County, just over 1% of residents have been tested but those who have tested have the highest positive rate in the state: 19%.
Napoleon, een andere geschiedenis
André Malraux, minister van cultuur onder generaal De Gaulle, was een groot bewonderaar van Napoleon. Malraux liet ons enkele uittreksels na van zijn toespraken over de beroemde Franse keizer, waarin onder andere het volgende geschreven staat: “Napoleon, in tegenstelling tot sommige monarchen, was een kei in het verdedigen van mensen- en burgerrechten.
Maker of N95 masks says it’s targeting Florida’s fraudsters and profiteers
TALLAHASSEE ― The company that makes the coveted N95 masks needed by healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic has taken notice of the frenzied scramble by unconventional companies to become suppliers of the masks in Florida. This week 3M filed the first in what it says will be a series of lawsuits in the state against what it calls fake vendors.
Military History Book Review: The Wars Against Napoléon
The Wars Against Napoléon: Debunking the Myth of the Napoleonic Wars Napoléon remains one of those personalities a history enthusiast either loves or hates.
Drugmakers fought state opioid limits amid crisis
Drugmakers fought state opioid limits amid crisis The makers of prescription painkillers have adopted a 50-state strategy that includes hundreds of lobbyists and millions in campaign contributions to help kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the tide of prescription opioids, the drugs at the heart of a crisis that has cost 165,000 Americans their lives and pushed countless more to crippling addiction.
Drugmakers fought state opioid limits amid crisis
Geoff Mulvihill, Liz Essley Whyte and Ben Weider Associated Press and Center for Public Integrity The makers of prescription painkillers have adopted a 50-state strategy that includes hundreds of lobbyists and millions in campaign contributions to help kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the tide of prescription opioids, the drugs at the heart of a crisis that has cost 165,000 Americans their lives and pushed countless more to crippling addiction.
Drugmakers fought state opioid limits amid crisis
Editor's Note: Part of a joint investigation by The Associated Press and The Center for Public Integrity. First of two parts The makers of prescription painkillers have adopted a 50-state strategy that includes hundreds of lobbyists and millions in campaign contributions to help kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the tide of prescription opioids, the drugs at the heart of a crisis that has cost 165,000 Americans their lives and pushed countless more to crippling addiction.
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Since a poll propelled the fake U.S. presidential candidate into national headlines Wednesday, 249 copycats, clowns and pranksters have inundated the Federal Election Commission with paperwork launching “official” White House campaigns. Some possess leadership bona fides, if not proper constitutional qualifications: Star Trek Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, Queen Elsa from Disney’s “Frozen,” former Cuban President Fidel Castro, Jedi knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and Captain Crunch.
By Ben Wieder Verified, Dave Levinthal Verified, Michael Beckel, R. Jeffrey Smith, Isabel Hunter Verified, Carrie Levine Verified, Liz Whyte, Reity O'Brien, Alexander Cohen, Ben Weider
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Major 2016 Donors Hedge Their Bets
More than 1,000 donors — including some of the nation’s most prominent political benefactors — are hedging their bets by spreading contributions among multiple White House hopefuls, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of new campaign finance disclosures and interviews with top fundraisers. Most double-donors have divided their loyalties among the 2016 presidential race’s legion of Republicans — a field 15 candidates strong and still growing.
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