A former “Paramedic of the Year” in Florida is facing charges after authorities say he helped a supervisor steal doses of the COVID-19 vaccine that were meant for firefighters. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a news conference Tuesday to announce the arrest of 31-year-old Joshua Colon. Judd said Colon had been given three vials
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A South Florida doctor was arrested Tuesday morning after detectives say he sent sexually explicit pictures of himself to a 13-year old. Stuart Bitman, 64, of Parkland, is accused of knowing the victim was 13 and allegedly portrayed himself as a teenage boy. Broward Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children detectives say they obtained information
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A toddler who went missing early Tuesday is safe thanks to an observant man who spotted the child while on his way to work, sheriff’s officials said. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office tweeted the good news Tuesday morning, hours after it posted about the missing 2-year-old boy. The boy’s father arrived home from work early Tuesday
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Florida Senate Republican leaders are set to push sweeping legislation this year that could bring what many advocates consider to be the holy grail in the school choice movement: education savings accounts for students. The 158-page proposal would merge the state’s five key school choice programs and make them all state-funded. It would also convert
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If Tokyo backs out of hosting the Olympics, Florida might step in. The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and rescheduled for this July. With a fairly unpredictable future, Tokyo could back out of its plan to host the Olympics. Florida’s chief financial officer says the Sunshine State is
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A federal judge has ruled that a video that reportedly shows New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft paying for sex at a Jupiter massage parlor must be destroyed. U.S. District Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II said that the videos of Kraft and other customers must be wiped from existence because the Jupiter police surveillance was
Supersonic aircraft company Aerion broke ground on its new global headquarters in Melbourne, Fla., where it plans to produce the world’s first business jet that can fly faster than the speed of sound — an indication that a new era of travel at speeds above Mach 1 is getting closer. The state-of-the-art campus, designed and engineered by construction firm Haskell,
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Marlins Park began serving as a drive-through COVID-19 vaccination site last Wednesday, distributing 1,000 doses per day. The vaccines are available by appointment only, and limited to those who are age 65 and older. The vaccination site is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET daily. To schedule an appointment, call 1-888-499-0840 (TTY: 1-888-256-8918).
A new report on the financial condition of the 75 most populous cities ranked Miami no. 62 in the nation for fiscal health. The report is based on the cities’ 2019 comprehensive annual financial reports, which are not analyzed on this scale by any other organization. The analysis by Truth in Accounting (TIA), a nonprofit government finance
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