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Hillsborough Tossing Nationwide Net To Track Coronavirus Cases Tied To Super Bowl

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, large crowds of Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans celebrated in the streets of Tampa Sunday night after the team's victory in Super Bowl LV.

A Teen Called For Masks In School After His Grandma Died Of COVID. Adults Mocked Him

"If they laugh at me about a personal story about my grandmother, that's just disrespectful, I feel," Tennessee teenager Grady Knox reportedly said.

This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a monkeypox virion, obtained from a sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Monkeypox, a disease that rarely appears outside Africa, has been identified by European and American health authorities in recent days.

Second presumptive case of monkeypox in Broward under investigation

Health officials says the risk of transmission remains low.

A young man and his son lean on a border stone after they were stopped by Hungarian soldiers Tuesday at the border exit between Serbia and Hungary in Asotthalom near Roszke, southern Hungary.

Hungary Declares Emergency As It Blocks Migrants At Border

Hungary declared a crisis in two southern counties Tuesday, as crowds of refugees and other migrants were halted in Serbia, having missed Tuesday's deadline before new and stricter laws took effect.

Fast-Moving Wildfires Destroy Hundreds Of Homes In Northern California

The Valley Fire alone has claimed 585 homes and hundreds of other structures since it started Saturday. At least one person has died.

Scott To Propose $19 Million In Mental Health Spending

Gov. Rick Scott said Monday he will propose more than $19 million for mental-health and substance-abuse treatment services in his recommended budget for...

The National Low Income Housing Coalition ranks Florida as the 15th most expensive state when it comes to how much someone has to make to afford a two-bedroom apartment. .

Study: It's Now Even Harder To Find Affordable Housing In Florida

By Ti'Anna Davis Floridians must work the equivalent of three full-time minimum wage jobs just to afford a modestly priced two-bedroom apartment in the...

Lee Schools Implements New Emergency Response Program

As the Lee County School District prepares for the start of the upcoming school year, thinking of ways to keep children safe during and after an emergency…

Central Florida Residents Report Foul-Smelling Leaks Near Sabal Trail Pipeline

Residents near a stretch of the Sabal Trail Pipeline in Central Florida are reporting the sulfur-like smell of a gas leak. But the company behind the...

Storm Surge, Power Outages in SWFL in Hurricane Irma’s Wake as Storm Moves North

As Hurricane Irma has moved over Naples and Fort Myers and continues to head north up the Florida coast toward Tampa, hundreds of thousands of residents…

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