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Hospice policies that reject patients on the grounds that no one's at home to care for them, while increasingly rare, do still exist around the country. But for many families, that's just not an option.

Sea turtle nesting season starts on May 1 and runs through October 31, and early nesting activity has already been reported in Southwest Florida on Casey Key in Venice and Captiva Island here in Lee County.

The agency says some 480,000 diesel-powered Volkswagens have sophisticated software that detects emissions testing — and "turns full emissions controls on only during the test."

More than 4 million Syrians have become homeless since civil war broke out in 2011. As of June, fewer than 1,000 had been admitted to the U.S.

Diablo Canyon's reactors are close to earthquake fault lines. Public concerns are split between the dangers of quake damage and of carbon dioxide gas released by the burning of fossil fuels.

A final report by the Federal Communications Commission on Hawaii's false missile alert provided analysis into what went wrong and recommendations on how to prevent another mishap.

The Centers for Disease Control is enlisting willing residents who live along canals in Cape Coral or the Caloosahatchee River in a study to discover how much blue-green algae can effect humans.

The National Hurricane Center is closely monitoring an area in the Gulf of Mexico that promises to bring heavy rain and gusty winds to Florida by the end of the week.

A number of communities and other venues are presenting year-after Hurricane Ian events and specials in the coming week.

Hurricane Ian might have slowed Sanibel’s tourism industry, but it hasn’t blunted the blood-sucking bite of nasty no-see-ums.People working and living on the island say they are worse than before last September’s storm.