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16.11.2020 / 14:47

Husband, wife, both 76, found dead in Florida canal

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The bodies of a husband and wife were discovered floating in a canal separating Palm Beach and Broward counties, authorities said.Officials on Sunday identified the couple as Archer James Adams III and his wife, Paula Adams. Both were 76 years old.Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission agents discovered the bodies after responding to a report that there was an unoccupied boat floating at the south end of the Arthur R.

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King tides could bring flooding to South Florida

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The National Weather Service in Miami is issuing a coastal flood statement as the new moon’s proximity to Earth brings on another round of king tides.The Palm Beach Post reports that because the new moon is Sunday, the brackish Intracoastal water that bubbles up through storm grates and over aging sea walls in the South Florida area could linger through Tuesday.[TRENDING: Iota strengthens into hurricane | How to follow live coverage of SpaceX crewed launch | Fake DEA agent brings gun to Disney, deputies say]High tide times on Sunday are around 8 a.m and 8:20 p.m.Monday high tides are at about 9 a.m.

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Florida principal who declined to say Holocaust was real is rehired

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Florida high school principal who was fired last year after telling a student’s mother “not everyone believes the Holocaust happened” was rehired after a recommendation by an administrative law judge.The Palm Beach County school board voted 4-3 on Wednesday to reinstate former Spanish River High School principal William Latson and give him $152,000 in back pay, the Palm Beach Post reported.“If we rehire Dr. Latson, it is going be a stain on this school district that will never go away,” said Karen Brill, the board’s only Jewish member.Board member Chuck Shaw, who voted to fire Latson last year, said he was voting to rehire him to avoid a costly court battle, the Post reported.

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Car driven by family member hits, kills 2-year-old at Florida church, police say

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A 2-year-old girl was struck and killed Tuesday night by a vehicle being driven by a family member, West Palm Beach police said.The crash happened around 8 p.m. in a church parking lot, news outlets reported.Witnesses told investigators the family member accidentally hit the child, police said.The child was rushed to a hospital in the same vehicle that hit her, but she died from her injuries, police saidThe names of the child or the family member were not released.

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Principal fired after telling mom ‘not everyone believes the Holocaust happened’ might be rehired

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A high school principal in Florida who was fired last year after telling a student’s mother “not everyone believes the Holocaust happened” might be rehired this week.Superintendent Donald Fennoy has recommended that the Palm Beach County school board rehire former Spanish River High School Principal William Latson and give him $152,000 in back pay, news outlets reported. The board is set to meet Wednesday.

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Florida school district scrambles to find substitute teachers amid coronavirus pandemic

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Florida school district is scrambling to find substitute teachers after a large number of full-time teachers chose to stay home as students returned to brick and mortar classes for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.The Palm Beach County school district said 944 teachers did not show for work on Monday when students who chose the in-school option returned to classrooms. The number was slightly lower — nearly 894 teachers, or roughly 1 of every 13 — on Tuesday, the Palm Beach Post reported.Officials said 387 substitute teachers were called in to assist on Tuesday across the district, which consist of 180 campuses.

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UCF student’s COVID-19 case at center of Florida political fight

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Florida county commissioner is firing back at an anti-mask critic who took to social media, claiming to show the official’s hypocrisy for pushing coronavirus safety precautions on the public while letting her COVID-19 positive daughter defy them.After Palm Beach County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay announced Tuesday that her 19-year-old daughter, who attends the University of Central Florida in Orlando, was in the emergency room with COVID-19, Boca Raton resident Rachel Eade posted pictures and video on Facebook taken from the commissioner’s daughter’s Instagram page.In one image Eade grabbed from the teen's Instagram account, McKinlay’s daughter shows off a tattoo. She lip-syncs with a friend in a video.

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No charges for Florida man who pulled gun during mask dispute at Walmart

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Felony charges have been dropped against a Florida man who pointed a gun at another Walmart shopper in a dispute over not wearing a mask, authorities said.The Sun-Sentinel reported Tuesday that prosecutors will not pursue charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and improper display of a firearm against Vincent Bruce Scavetta, 28.Some of the incident was captured on Walmart security video. It showed Scavetta pointing a gun during the argument with Christopher Estrada, who was with his young daughter.Scavetta said Estrada struck him in the forehead with an umbrella and that led him to pull out his weapon.

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Trump calls for boycott of Goodyear after employee shares photo of 'discriminatory' zero-tolerance policy

A file image taken Feb. 12, 2018 shows a Goodyear Tire & Service location in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Florida deputy on leave after video shows him shoving Black man

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A white Florida sheriff's deputy has been placed on administrative leave after he was caught on camera shoving a handcuffed 19-year-old Black man against a wall outside a fast food restaurant.In the cellphone video, which was tweeted by Florida-based civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, Kevin Wygant asserts his First Amendment right to the Palm Beach County deputy, asking, “I don't have the freedom of speech to you?"The deputy, identified by news outlets as Deputy Charles Rhoads, responds, “not to us you don't," and pushes him face first against a wall and uses an expletive.Police can’t take away your 1st amendment right to freedom of speech! This Palm Beach cop arrested Kevin after he witnessed a fight & said “I’ll

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Florida woman finds python in washing machine

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Florida woman says she's still shaken after discovering a python in her washing machine.She says she only realized it was a snake when she reached her hand inside.Emily Visnic was going to load her washer when she saw something that looks likes snakeskin.She thought it was clothing.But, when she reached into the washer, she felt the snake slither.Visnic ran out of her apartment and found maintenance men who removed the snake.They did not tell Visnic what they did with it.Visnic was still on edge days later saying she thought she could still hear hissing.“I was really, really freaked out,” Visnic said. “So, I was walking around my car.

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Distance learning leads to furloughs for some Florida school nurses

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – School nurses are being furloughed in Palm Beach County as the district prepares to open the school year with remote learning for all students.The Palm Beach Health Care District informed the 223 school heath employees on Monday of the “difficult decision" to furlough them, the Palm Beach Post reported.The reason cited was the school district's decision to go with distance learning when school resumes next month.Last week, the health care district told employees that 60 of the most senior nurses and supervisors will be offered buyouts.

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Florida men charged with poaching 93 protected sea turtle eggs

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Two Florida men have been charged with stealing 93 protected sea turtle eggs.Federal prosecutors in West Palm Beach announced charges Monday against Carl Lawrence Cobb, 63, and Bruce Wayne Bivins, 63. They each face three felony counts, including violating the Endangered Species Act.

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Florida teen riding in cart pulled by bike dies days after crash

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Florida teenager has died more than a week after he was hit by a car while riding in a shopping cart that was being pulled by a bicycle, sheriff's officials said.The crash occurred June 30 a few blocks from Shamal Alezie's home in West Palm Beach. He died Saturday at St.

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What Would Have Been: World Series rematch at MLB midpoint

the Nationals won every game at Minute Maid Park, with Howie Kendrick's two-run homer in the seventh inning of Game 7 putting them ahead to stay. The two teams have played each other this year, in spring training games at the complex they share in West Palm Beach, Florida, before MLB shut down all camps in mid-March.

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Dead iguana found in freezer at Florida pizza joint

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – File it under pizza toppings only offered in Florida. State inspectors found an 80-pound iguana stashed in the freezer at a local pizza joint.Pizza Mambo in West Palm Beach was forced to close for a day last week following the inspection by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.The restaurant could not be reached for comment, but an employee told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that the reptile was given as a personal gift to the owner.

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Floridians mark President Trump’s birthday with flotillas, caravans

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Donald Trump supporters in Florida were celebrating his birthday Sunday with caravans, flotillas and parades throughout his adopted homestate.In Palm Beach County — home of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort — separate caravans of trucks, motorcycles and boats were riding along highways and the intercoastal waterway at various times in the morning.

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Woman accused of dressing as clown, fatally shooting lover’s wife gets new trial date

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The trial for a woman accused of dressing as a clown and fatally shooting her lover’s wife in Florida in 1990 has been pushed back again, this time because of court disruptions created by the coronavirus pandemic.Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Joseph Marx on Thursday scheduled the first-degree murder trial of Sheila Keen-Warren, 56, to begin April 9, 2021, according to court records. The trial had previously been set for January and then moved to May.

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Trump goes golfing for 1st time since coronavirus was declared national emergency

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday went on his first golf outing since the White House declared a national emergency over the coronavirus in March, visiting his club in the Washington suburbs in a purposeful display of normalcy.

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Nurse struggling with COVID-19 trauma found dead in his car

A nurse on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic was found dead in his car in late April after battling trauma related to his work.

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McIlroy criticizes Trump, wouldn't play golf with him again

Rory McIlroy says he wouldn’t play golf again with President Donald Trump and doubts he would even be invited after questioning his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Ellen DeGeneres Surprises Thoughtful FedEx Driver After Video Showing Him Sanitizing A Package Goes Viral

Ellen DeGeneres brings smiles to viewers’ faces once again as she surprises a very thoughtful FedEx delivery driver.

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Florida animal shelter's kennels empty 'for the first time in history' after every dog adopted

Volunteers at Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control celebrate in front of empty kennels after every dog was adopted.

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‘She didn’t have a mask’: Husband believes Florida ICU nurse found dead in home had COVID-19

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The husband of a Florida nurse who recently died of what he believes were complications of COVID-19 says his wife did not have the proper safety equipment while dealing with sick patients.

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Rod Stewart Sits On a Beach All By Himself in Florida (Photos)

Rod Stewart is taking advantage of living by the beach during a pandemic.

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Kelly Bensimon, 51, shows off stunning figure in bikini as she enjoys down time at home by the pool

She announced she was taking a break from social media earlier this month.Kelly Killoren Bensimon was back in the public view this week as she let photographers into her home to document her social distancing attempts amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.The 51-year-old Real Housewives Of New York alumna highlighted her age-defying figure as she lounged around the pool at her home in West Palm Beach, Florida, while also fitting in some essential exercise with a jog by the sea. Passing the time: Kelly Killoren Bensimon, 51, invited photographers into her home to demonstrate how she's staying sane while social distancing.

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Mass testing, school closings, lockdowns: Countries pick tactics in ‘war’ against coronavirus

A woman gets swabbed at a drive-through testing site in West Palm Beach, Florida, on 16 March.

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Officials: Drunk Florida woman survives being hit by train

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A drunk Florida woman survived being hit by a slow-moving train after she fell asleep partially on the tracks Tuesday, authorities said.

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