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Video shows deputies arresting Florida woman who wanted to give flower ‘lady’ $20
Read full article: Video shows deputies arresting Florida woman who wanted to give flower ‘lady’ $20Deputies arrested a 24-year-old woman in southwest Florida who said all she wanted to do was give a street flower vendor $20 and a video showing her distress has gone viral.
Florida family drives to Kentucky to pick up new puppy, discovers they’ve been scammed
Read full article: Florida family drives to Kentucky to pick up new puppy, discovers they’ve been scammedA southwest Florida family says they traveled to Kentucky to pick up their new puppy, but soon realized they got scammed.
After Hurricane Ian, residents in Lee, Collier counties feel pain of loss, trauma
Read full article: After Hurricane Ian, residents in Lee, Collier counties feel pain of loss, traumaHurricane Ian’s fury destroyed the bridge connecting Matlacha, a small fishing town in Lee County, to Pine Island and the Cape Coral-Fort Myers area.
Race to vaccinate millions in US off to slow, messy start
Read full article: Race to vaccinate millions in US off to slow, messy start“I was petrified.”The race to vaccinate millions of Americans is off to a slower, messier start than public health officials and leaders of the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed had expected. Overworked, underfunded state public health departments are scrambling to patch together plans for administering vaccines. Army Gen. Gustave Perna, Operation Warp Speed’s chief operating officer, said Wednesday that 14 million doses had been shipped around the country so far. In Tennessee, health officials had hoped to reach a goal of dispensing 200,000 doses by the end of the year, but delays in shipments might prevent that from happening. Health officials said the state received 20,300 doses on Tuesday that had been expected to arrive last week.
$1 million lottery winner buys ticket in Coconut Creek
Read full article: $1 million lottery winner buys ticket in Coconut CreekMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The winner of a $1 million Powerball Jackpot prize bought the lucky ticket in Broward County’s city of Coconut Creek, the Florida Lottery announced on Thursday night. The owner of M&S Food Store, at 4400 West Sample Rd., will receive $1,000 for selling the winning ticket. The winner of the $394 million jackpot bought the ticket at a 7-Eleven in Bonita Springs, a city in southwest Florida. The owner of that store will receive $100,000.