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Record-setting ... many of them to and from Florida airports, according to FlightAware.com. Sarasota, Florida, a beach city popular with tourists, was one of the hardest hit by flooding.

They came from across town, south Florida and even the Midwest as the ... Saunders said this is another record enrollment year for the university – and a 5 percent overall increase over Fall ...

The Central Florida travel and tourism industries reached a record $92.5 billion in economic impact for 2023, up 5.6% from the previous year's $87.6 billion, according to Visit Orlando.

We discuss what's at stake over felon voting in Nebraska, and why dam breaches are a national concern. It’s all on The ...

Prosecutors said Fotios “Freddy” Geas used a lock attached to a belt to repeatedly hit the 89-year-old Bulger in the head ...

A former Mafia hit man has been sentenced to 25 years in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James 'Whitey' ...

Hurricane Idalia’s massive storm surge tore through Florida’s Big Bend ... While the area’s sparse population means the cost of Idalia’s devastation will pale in comparison to damage caused by ...

A Florida county is in talks to acquire a storied but aging ocean liner in a proposed deal that could create the largest artificial reef in the world.

Record-setting rain was causing flash ... a tiny community of fewer than 1,000 residents in northern Florida. Hurricane Idalia hit Florida as a Category 3 storm, submerging homes and vehicles ...

Tropical Storm Debby Hits Florida With Floods, Threat of Record Rain in Georgia and the Carolinas HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby slammed Florida on Monday with torrential rain ...

Record-setting ... in Sarasota, Florida, a beach city popular with tourists, the Sarasota Police Department said in a social media post. It was one of the cities hardest hit by flooding on Monday.