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Across Florida, law enforcement officers have been asked to gather names, photographs, addresses and other personal information about people they suspect may be in the country without authorization and upload them to a centralized surveillance database during the course of their routine job duties.
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Strong wind shear and dry air are keeping hurricane activity unusually quiet across the Atlantic basin as the statistical peak of the season approaches.
- Coyotes thwarting sea turtle nest decoy effort on Sanibel and Captiva islands
- Corkscrew Swamp, Kingston, settle lawsuit. Evacuation route through sanctuary no longer in play
- Fort Myers Beach seeks input from public on creating long-term resiliency
- DeSantis says infusion of major federal dollars will speed key aspect of Everglades Restoration
- Captiva residents urged to allow free removal of Australian pines, green iguanas
- NOAA's more informative hurricane cone a permanent part of the agency's warnings
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Theatre Conspiracy closes its summer season with Carey Crim’s hilarious comedy “What Springs Forth” at the Off-Broadway Palm Theatre. Artistic Director Bill Taylor describes “What Springs Forth” as “laugh out loud funny.” It's about four female friends who think they’re going to a relaxing, high-end spa for a weekend of facials, mani-pedis and massages. Instead, they find themselves at a wilderness survival retreat during which they discover they didn’t really know each other as well as they thought they did. -
New full-service hospital will expand access to care and support Cape Coral’s continued growth -
Since 2018, NPR's Student Podcast Challenge has introduced tens of thousands of young people to the world of audio storytelling. But this fall, the competition is opening up to folks with more life experience and gray hair. NPR is now taking submissions for its inaugural Senior Podcast Challenge. Those over the age of 65 are invited to tell stories in podcast form— about anything and everything.
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On Friday, Italian police said they'd recovered three paintings stolen from a museum near the city of Parma. By Saturday night, thieves in Sicily had made off with four more masterpieces. -
Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm Sunday after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it wasn't done punishing the Big Island with hurricane-force gusts. -
Hundreds of migrants have again attempted to cross from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. This time, Moroccan officials fended them off, raising new questions about the crossing of July 30. -
A longtime Republican living in California says the Trump administration's continuing actions to target transgender youth take a personal toll. -
Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war.
