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Florida deputy acquitted of all charges for failing to act during deadly Parkland school shooting
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s deputy was acquitted Thursday of felony child neglect and other charges for failing to act during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, concluding the first trial in U.S. history of a law enforcement officer for conduct during an on-campus shooting. kAmu@C>6C qC@H2C5 r@F?EJ s6AFEJ $4@E !6E6CD@?
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Florida prepares for next round of heavy rainfall after storms swamp southern part of the state
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Forecasters warned Floridians to prepare for additional flash flooding after a tropical disturbance dumped as much as 20 inches (50 centimeters) of rainfall in the southern parts of the state, with worsening conditions expected Friday.
Gunshot victim found inside apartment complex that catches fire; at least 40 people displaced
MIAMI (AP) — A massive fire broke out at a four-story apartment complex in Miami on Monday morning. Firefighters and police officers arrived at the building just west of Interstate 95 near downtown Miami after receiving calls about a fire around 8:15 a.m., and began rescuing residents from the building’s balconies, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said during a news conference. Suarez said arriving first responders also found a man with gunshot wounds at the scene.
Judge in Trump classified documents case to hear more arguments on dismissing charges
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump are due in court Wednesday for the first time since the judge indefinitely postponed the trial earlier this month. The case, one of four criminal prosecutions against Trump, had been set for trial on May 20 but U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon cited numerous issues she has yet to resolve as a basis for canceling the trial date.
Husband of Florida woman missing in Spain is charged with her disappearance
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The estranged husband of a Florida woman who disappeared three months ago in Spain has been charged by U.S. federal agents with her kidnapping. The FBI and other federal agents arrested David Knezevich at Miami International Airport on Saturday. The Fort Lauderdale resident is charged in connection with the Feb. 2 disappearance of his 40-year-old wife, Ana Knezevich, from the Madrid apartment where she had been staying since shortly after their separation last year.
Sisters mystified by slaying of their octogenarian parents in Florida home
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - After the killing of their octogenarian parents last month in their South Florida home, Kim Melvin Hill and Tonya Mitchell went before a bank of TV cameras seeking answers on Wednesday. Why were they killed? Who would have done this? And where can the killer or killers be now?
80 years after D-Day, World War II veteran is getting married near beaches where US troops landed
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Harold Terens and his fiancee Jeanne Swerlin kissed and held hands like high school sweethearts as they discussed their upcoming wedding in France, a country the World War II veteran first visited as a 20-year-old U.S. Army Air Forces corporal shortly after D-Day. Terens, a gregarious and energetic 100-year-old, will be honored in June by the French as part of the 80th anniversary celebration of their country’s liberation from the Nazis.
Families are using voices of gun violence victims, created with AI help, to call lawmakers
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Joaquin “Guac” Oliver died in the 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school massacre, but federal lawmakers who oppose tighter gun regulations began getting phone calls in his voice on Wednesday, lambasting them for their position.
Florida fines high school for allowing transgender student to play girls volleyball
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s state athletic board fined a high school and put it on probation Tuesday after a transgender student played on the girls volleyball team, a violation of a controversial law enacted by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature.
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Do you know employees in the RV industry who have been laid off for longer than the standard two weeks outside of those biannual periods this year? Much of the RV industry in Elkhart County has been undergoing its biannual shutdown/layoffs (July 4 and Christmas). Do you know employees in the RV industry who have been laid off for longer than the standard two weeks outside of those biannual periods this year? You voted: Yes, sporadic layoffs Yes, longer than a month Permanent layoff No
The U.S. Is Now Averaging 100,000 New COVID-19 Infections A Day
The U.S. is now averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day, returning to a milestone last seen during the winter surge in another bleak reminder of how quickly the delta variant has spread through the country. Health officials fear that cases, hospitalizations and deaths will continue to soar if more Americans don’t embrace the COVID-19 vaccine. Nationwide, 50% of residents are fully vaccinated and more than 70% of adults have received at least one dose.
Florida economy impacted by loss of ‘snowbirds’
Snowbirds have a huge impact on tourism. In Florida alone, 3.6 million Canadians spent time in the state last year, making up a quarter of its foreign tourists, according to the state tourism office. This year, Visit Florida estimates that only 15,000 Canadians arrived between April and September, the last month with available statistics. That’s about a 99% decrease from the same period in 2019.
Mar-a-Lago neighbors don't want Trump living there, being challenged by lawyers
President Donald Trump's expected move to his Mar-a-Lago club after he leaves office next month is being challenged by a lawyer who says a 1990s agreement allowing Trump to convert the Florida property into a business prohibits anyone from living there, including him.
Wrangling over virus relief persists despite high stakes
MIAMI (AP) — The desperate race to corral the coronavirus pandemic took on even greater urgency Monday as a burgeoning economic crisis collided with political turmoil. Even as the latest experimental vaccine appeared to show promise, politicians in Washington seemed far apart in finding a way to bring financial relief to Americans.
Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows’ diets, reducing cow farts
(AP) - Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows. The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change. By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cow's daily methane emissions by about 33%. Cows emit methane as a by-product of their digestion, and that has become a potential public relations hurdle for major burger chains.
Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows’ diets
(AP) - Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows. The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change. By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cow's daily methane emissions by about 33%. Cows emit methane as a by-product of their digestion, and that has become a potential public relations hurdle for major burger chains.
Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows’ diets, reducing cow farts
(AP) - Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows. The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change. By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cow's daily methane emissions by about 33%. Cows emit methane as a by-product of their digestion, and that has become a potential public relations hurdle for major burger chains.
Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows’ diets
(AP) - Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows. The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change. By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cow's daily methane emissions by about 33%. Cows emit methane as a by-product of their digestion, and that has become a potential public relations hurdle for major burger chains.
Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows’ diets, reducing cow farts
(AP) - Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows. The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change. By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cow's daily methane emissions by about 33%. Cows emit methane as a by-product of their digestion, and that has become a potential public relations hurdle for major burger chains.
Dr. Rai: “We’re going in the wrong direction”
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Wisconsin needs to do more testing for coronavirus, according to Prevea Health President and CEO Dr. Ashok Rai. Dr. Rai joined us on Action 2 News This Morning Tuesday to talk about why we're going in the wrong direction, local hospitalizations and preparations for school in the fall. WISCONSIN SPREAD "Just like most parts of the southern parts of the country and in California, we're also going in the wrong direction.
Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows’ diets, reducing cow farts
(AP) - Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows. The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change. By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cow's daily methane emissions by about 33%. Cows emit methane as a by-product of their digestion, and that has become a potential public relations hurdle for major burger chains.
Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows’ diets, reducing cow farts
(AP) - Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows. The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change. By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cow's daily methane emissions by about 33%. Cows emit methane as a by-product of their digestion, and that has become a potential public relations hurdle for major burger chains.
White House virus task force member says ‘none of us lie’
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top member of the White House coronavirus task force said Tuesday that “none of us lie” to the public, an accusation President Donald Trump had retweeted, and that while kids need to be back in school as Trump insists, “we have to get the virus under control.” Adm.
Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows’ diets
(AP) - Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows. The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change. By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cow's daily methane emissions by about 33%. Cows emit methane as a by-product of their digestion, and that has become a potential public relations hurdle for major burger chains.
Florida hits record coronavirus case increase; surge in Eastern Europe causes new restrictions
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — With the United States grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world, Florida hit a grim milestone Sunday, shattering the national record for a state’s largest single-day increase in positive cases. Deaths from the virus have also been rising in the U.S., especially in the South and West, though still well below the heights hit in April, according to a recent Associated Press analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University.
Florida hits record coronavirus case increase; surge in Eastern Europe causes new restrictions
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — With the United States grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world, Florida hit a grim milestone Sunday, shattering the national record for a state's largest single-day increase in positive cases. Deaths from the virus have also been rising in the U.S., especially in the South and West, though still well below the heights hit in April, according to a recent Associated Press analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University.
Coronavirus deaths take a long-expected turn for the worse
NEW YORK (AP) — A long-expected upturn in U.S. coronavirus deaths has begun, driven by fatalities in states in the South and West, according to data on the pandemic. The number of deaths per day from the virus had been falling for months, and even remained down as states like Florida and Texas saw explosions in cases and hospitalizations — and reported daily U.S. infections broke records several times in recent days. Scientists warned it wouldn't last.
NerdWallet: 4 expert tips to get hired from home
(NerdWallet/Gray News) - Job hunting has always been a little stressful. OK, a lot stressful. A pandemic certainly hasn’t remedied that. Rather, it’s changing the landscape. For one, it’s heating up competition. Millions of newly out-of-work Americans are chasing employment simultaneously. Applicant pools are also expanding geographically as remote work becomes widespread. Plus, navigating the entire hiring process from home presents its own obstacles.
Coronavirus cases climbing in 40 of 50 states
Coronavirus cases climbing in 40 of 50 states People wait in line at a free COVID-19 testing site provided by United Memorial Medical Center, at the Mexican Consulate, Sunday, June 28, 2020, in Houston. Confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Texas continue to surge. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, on Friday, shut down bars again and scaled back restaurant dining as cases climbed to record levels after the state embarked on one of America's fastest reopenings. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) David J.
65 New Cases of COVID-19 in North Dakota
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The North Dakota Department of Health is reporting 65 new cases of COVID-19 in the state. The majority of the new cases were found in Burleigh County, who reported 21 positive test results. Cass County reported 18 while Grand Forks County had 7. No new deaths have been linked to the illness, meaning that the death toll still sits at 80. There are currently 20 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 while 3,266 people are listed as recovered.
Study: World’s pile of electronic waste grows ever higher
BERLIN (AP) — The world's mountain of discarded flat-screen TVs, cellphones and other electronic goods grew to a record high last year, according to an annual report released Thursday. The U.N.-backed study estimated the amount of e-waste that piled up globally in 2019 at 53.6 million metric tonnes (59.1 million tons) - almost 2 million metric tons more than the previous year.
Walmart turning 160 parking lots into drive-in theaters
(CNN) – Walmart is transforming 160 of its store parking lots into drive-in movie theaters starting in August. Drive-ins have been making a comeback as a safer alternative to the traditional movie theaters that remain closed in much of the U.S amid the coronavirus pandemic. Walmart says the family-friendly nights will include hit movies, special appearances from filmmakers and celebrities, and concessions delivered to customer vehicles.
Riley Co. reports 19 new COVID-19 cases overnight
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Riley County Public Health Department is reporting 19 new cases of coronavirus in the county since Wednesday, July 1. The Riley County Public Health Department says the county has seen 19 new cases of COVID-19 since Wednesday, July 1, bringing the county case total up to 261. The County says there have been three deaths related to COVID-19. The county now has 145 active cases and 113 recovered cases.
LIVE AT 2PM -- Gov. Ricketts update on Nebraska’s COVID-19 response
LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - Gov. Pete Ricketts and other Nebraska officials will give an update on the state’s COVID-19 response at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Watch the news conference on WOWT and in its entirety on WOWT.com, in our apps and live on our Facebook page. Copyright 2020 WOWT. All rights reserved. Latest News Updated: 33 minutes ago | Unemployment falls to 11.1% as the U.S. added a record 4.8 million jobs in June, but the pandemic dims the outlook for further gains.
Celebrated broadcaster Hugh Downs dies at 99
NEW YORK (AP) — Hugh Downs, the genial, versatile broadcaster who became one of television’s most familiar and welcome faces with more than 15,000 hours on news, game and talk shows, has died at age 99. Downs died of natural causes at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Wednesday, said his great-niece, Molly Shaheen. "The Guinness Book of World Records" recognized Downs as having logged more hours in front of the camera than any television personality until Regis Philbin passed him in 2004.
Georgia Confederate cemetery vandalized
RESACA, Ga. (Gray News) — The Gordon County Sheriff’s Office is investigating vandalism at the Resaca Confederate Cemetery. Deputy E.L. Kirby found dozens of Confederate flags scattered on the ground, an incident report said. They had been removed from gravesites. Some of the flags spelled out “stop racism.” Others were in the shape of an X.
See how contact tracing helps health officials slow coronavirus spread
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - (7/2/2020) - The Great American Man Cave in Bay City is closed temporarily after one of their stylists tested positive for the COVID-19. Bay County Health Officer Joel Strasz said when each test result comes back, their contract tracing investigation begins. “We want to know first - when did the symptoms begin, what are the symptoms.
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