A man surfing in Florida was hit in the face by a spinning shark — and the encounter was caught on camera. Surfer Darren Kaye said he was in waters off New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on Friday evening when the spinner shark knocked him off his board. Video shows the shark flying from the water…
FLORIDA – The bill that bans cell phone use for Florida elementary and middle school students during the school day went into effect on Tuesday. RELATED: Here are 25 new Florida laws that will go into effect on July 1 The cell phone change was included in a broader education bill, HB 1105. The bill…
A major storm has yet to hit Florida this hurricane season but that hasn’t stopped the annual deluge of drugs from making landfall. A beachgoer on Sunday morning stumbled across nearly $500,000 worth of cocaine wrapped in “Yosemite Sam” packaging washed up on a Florida beach, authorities said, marking yet another discovery of illicit drugs…
A homeless woman was found dead in a clothing donation box in Florida on Friday after she apparently tried to work her way in to retrieve donated items and got stuck, according to police. Plantation Police Department officers were called at 6:45 a.m. on a report of a person stuck in the large, pink box…
Several executions are expected to take place in the United States this week, with two scheduled Tuesday and one each on Thursday and Friday. The executions were ordered in Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma and South Carolina. If all of the procedures are carried out as planned, the inmates’ deaths will bring the national total of executions…
JetBlue Airways is ceasing service at Miami International Airport as the discount carrier moves to cut costs by eliminating less profitable routes. Miami International officials told CBS News Miami this weekend that the last JetBlue flight is scheduled for September 3. The airport is not a key hub for JetBlue. The airline operates only a…
Washington — Florida officials asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow the state to enforce a new immigration law that makes it a crime for people in the United States unlawfully to enter Florida. In an emergency appeal to the high court, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked the justices to put on hold…
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center in Florida is experiencing a telecommunications issue that has resulted in a loss of radar, frequencies, and automation equipment. The center continues to operate, according to the agency, which added that there is no loss of critical air…
Air traffic controllers in Florida briefly lost their radar Friday after a fiber optic line was cut, but the outage didn’t lead to disruptions like what happened after similar outages around the Newark, New Jersey, airport this spring. Controllers were able to continue directing planes across five states in the Southeast because a backup system…