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Coast Guard unloads more than 3 tons of cocaine in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The US Coast Guard unloaded some 6,800 pounds of cocaine at Port Everglades, Florida on June 23, a week after the $100 million-plus haul was seized off the shores of Costa Rica.This footage shows crew on the Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant offloading the drugs, which an accompanying statement said were bundled into a total of 122 bales.The Coast Guard said the cocaine was seized in two operations off the coast of Limon, Costa Rica, on June 15.

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Planning for summer beach days? Docs share virus safety tips

(Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Americans have never been more ready to get out of the house and bask in the sun. Warm-weather beach destinations are the most popular vacation searches, with Florida — particularly Key West — Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and San Diego among the top considerations.According to Tripadvisor, 50% of travelers are looking to book a one- to five-day trip this month, suggesting massive pent-up demand for sand and surf.

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Judge: Parkland school shooting trial postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The death penalty trial of the man charged with killing 17 people at a Florida high school is off indefinitely because of restrictions related to the coronavirus outbreak, a judge said Monday.Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer said in a hearing held remotely that it’s not even clear when the Broward County courthouse will reopen to the public.

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Florida unemployment hits 14.5% in coronavirus’ wake

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida's unemployment rate jumped higher in May, hitting a record 14.5% as the state continued reeling from the economic shutdowns caused by the corona virus outbreak, statistics released Friday show.Florida’s unemployment rate jumped slightly from the 13.8% figure in April. Before the coronavirus hit and devastated the state's tourism, retail and other industries, February's unemployment rate had been 2.8%.

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NOAA’s hurricane hunter base in Central Florida hit with COVID-19

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Five employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s hurricane hunter base in Central Florida have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said.The areas where the employees worked at the Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland were closed on June 9 and cleaned “out of an abundance of caution,” spokesman Jonathan Shannon said.The employees had last worked in the center between June 3 and June 8, Shannon said.Anyone who was known to have been in contact with the employees has been notified of the test results and those employees have been asked to self-quarantine for 14 days, Shannon said.He said the base continues to follow guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state

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Protester hit in face by rubber bullet shot by Florida police wants answers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – LaToya Ratlieff remembers the blood spilling from her head, covering her clothes, the car ride from a stranger to the hospital and the 20 stitches sewn into her head after being shot in the face by a police officer with a rubber bullet during a Fort Lauderdale protest.The 34-year-old was getting ready to leave on May 31 after several hours at a peaceful protest sparked by the death of George Floyd. As she made her way through the parking garage, something shifted in the air.

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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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Florida police officer suspended for pushing kneeling woman

MIAMI – Fort Lauderdale police suspended an officer after video showed he pushed a kneeling woman to the ground during protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, resulting in bottles being thrown.

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Disney, SeaWorld announce plans for Florida parks to reopen

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – SeaWorld and Walt Disney World will reopen in Orlando, Florida, in June and July after months of inactivity because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to plans a city task force approved Wednesday.

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Florida unemployment rate triples in April to nearly 13%

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida’s unemployment rate reached a record high in April of almost 13%, tripling in one month as the economic slowdown from the coronavirus pandemic took hold, as some of the state's largest employers such as Walt Disney World and Universal Studios shed workers, data released Friday shows.

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NFL cornerbacks Baker, Dunbar released from jail on bond

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – NFL cornerbacks DeAndre Baker and Quinton Dunbar were released from Broward County Jail on Sunday, a day after surrendering on felony charges stemming from a cookout at a Miramar home.

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Giants’ DeAndre Baker surrenders in armed robbery investigation

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Giants DB Baker surrenders to police in armed robbery case

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker turned himself in to police on Saturday at the Broward County Jail.

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NFL players accused of armed robbery at South Florida party

MIAMI – Police in South Florida are trying to find New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker and Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar after multiple witnesses accused them of an armed robbery at a party, authorities said Thursday.

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System off Florida could become season's first named storm

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A trough of low pressure moving through the Florida Straits could organize over the northwestern Bahamas later Friday or Saturday and become the first named storm of the 2020 hurricane season, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

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Trump's Mar-a-Lago club to partially reopen this weekend

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club will partially reopen to members this weekend as South Florida slowly reopens from the coronavirus lockdown.

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Deputy fired over Parkland school shooting to be reinstated with back pay: reports

A general view of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as staff and teachers prepare for the return of students in Parkland, Florida on February 27, 2018.Florida's Marjory (Photo credit RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Service plazas along Florida’s Turnpike resume food service

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Service plazas along Florida's Turnpike have resumed food services, but the three in South Florida are only offering takeout orders.

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Florida reports 650 coronavirus deaths at nursing homes

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – More than 650 patients have died at Florida's nursing homes and assisted living facilities from the new coronavirus, including 22 at a facility near St. Petersburg, state data shows.

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Florida sheriff defends keeping childhood shooting a secret

Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony looks on during a press conference at the Urban League of Broward County to announce that Florida's first two walk-through coronavirus testing sites will be opening in Broward County as the Novel Coronavirus pandem ( David Santiago/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images )

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Florida sheriff says he didn’t need to disclose fatally shooting drug dealer when he was 14

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Florida sheriff appointed by the governor after the 2018 Parkland high school massacre is defending himself over allegations that he should have disclosed he fatally shot another teenager when he was 14 in Philadelphia.

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Outrage as Floridians navigate glitches on unemployment site

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – After waiting more than a month to have their unemployment application processed, many Floridians were shocked this week to find their eligibility rejected even when they thought they had met the requirements.

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Coronavirus: 500,000 jobless claims filed in Florida last week

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A half million Floridians applied for unemployment benefits last week, according to figures released Thursday, as a statewide task force continued examining when businesses shuttered and forced to lay off workers because of the new coronavirus can reopen.

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Florida tourism industry plans to ease into reopening

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida's tourism and hospitality industry should reopen from the coronavirus pandemic slowly, focusing first on getting residents to take in-state vacations before branching out to domestic and international travelers, a business subcommittee charged with making recommendations was told Tuesday.

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Florida restaurant finds NY man's wedding band 3 years later

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Florida pub removes $10K stapled to walls for unemployed staff

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Gov. Ron DeSantis announces new walk-up test sites in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference in Fort Lauderdale Friday to discuss a new concept for testing in high hit areas.

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Gov. DeSantis announces new walk-up coronavirus test sites in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference in Fort Lauderdale Friday to discuss a new concept for COVID-19 testing in high-hit areas.

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Report: Roy Halladay was doing stunts when plane crashed in Florida

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Report: Roy Halladay was doing stunts when plane crashed

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Baseball Hall of Famer Roy Halladay had high-levels of amphetamines in his system and was doing extreme acrobatics when he lost control of his small plane and nosedived into Tampa Bay in 2017, killing him, a National Transportation Safety Board report issued Wednesday said.

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Florida judge: Get out of bed, get dressed for Zoom hearings

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A Florida judge has one request for attorneys showing up for court hearings via Zoom: Get out of bed and put on some clothes!

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Celeb chefs unite to feed hungry, help bleeding restaurants

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – When Jose Andres first came to New York City, the wide-eyed sailor in the Spanish navy docked on West 30th Street full of ambition. Decades later, the award-winning chef has an upscale food hall on that very street and will serve 40,000 meals this week across the city where he built his dreams, and which is now the U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus.

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Coronavirus: Canadians say they’re leaving Coral Princess cruise ship docked in Florida

Canadians began leaving the COVID-19-stricken Coral Princess cruise ship on Monday, after the ship reached Florida late last week.

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Florida finally takes cruise passengers, some on stretchers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Passengers from an ill-fated cruise were carefully freed from their cabins and allowed to touch dry land on Friday for the first time in weeks, following the removal of 14 critically ill people who were wheeled off to Florida hospitals bracing for an onslaught of coronavirus patients.

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Virus-hit ship with Irish on board docks in Florida

A virus-hit cruise ship with around ten Irish citizens on board has docked in Florida.

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Ill-fated cruise ships awaiting approval to dock in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Two ill-fated cruise ships waited just off Fort Lauderdale's shores on Thursday to learn when they'll be allowed to dock at Port Everglades after Carnival Cruise Line reached a conditional agreement with authorities in Florida.

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Daytona Beach airport to implement screenings for inbound passengers

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The Daytona Beach International Airport has implemented screening procedures for passengers arriving from COVID-19 hot spots as part of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Executive Orders 20-80 and 20-86, which require individuals who departed from an area with substantial community spread to isolate or quarantine for 14 days upon their entry

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Coast Guard: Cruise ships must stay at sea with sick onboard

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Coast Guard: Cruise ships must stay at sea with sick onboard

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The U.S. Coast Guard has directed all cruise ships to remain at sea where they may be sequestered “indefinitely" during the coronavirus pandemic and be prepared to send any severely ill passengers to the countries where the vessels are registered.

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Coronavirus: Cruise ship carrying 247 Canadians to dock in Florida Thursday

A ship carrying passengers sick with COVID-19 is expected to arrive in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Thursday.

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‘They’re coping’: Canadians in limbo on cruise with coronavirus, 4 deaths

More than two weeks after the new coronavirus was declared a pandemic, a cruise ship with hundreds of Canadian passengers remains at sea with dozens of ill people on board and four fatalities.

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Florida sees rise in coronavirus cases; sick ship heads to port

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to visit a testing site at Hard Rock Stadium in South Florida on Monday morning as the state’s confirmed coronavirus caseload approaches 5,000. Many residents spent their first weekend under “Safer at Home” orders.

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Captain Lee Shares an Update on How He and His Wife Are Doing While Social Distancing

Like many people around the world, Captain Lee Rosbach is adopting several measures to stay safe and healthy amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, and he's imploring others to do the same.

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Panama to allow virus-affected cruise ship to pass through canal

Panama's government gave permission to a cruise ship on which four passengers have died to travel through its canal, a day after blocking the liner over coronavirus fears.

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Cellphone 'heat map' shows coronavirus' potential spread as spring break revelers went home

Heat maps that show cellphone location data in the U.S. paint a disturbing picture of the potential spread of coronavirus as the country grapples with lockdown measures and tries to stem the virus' tide.

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WATCH LIVE: Gov. Ron DeSantis gives update on coronavirus in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday that he wants to avoid imposing a statewide lock down like many other states have done, saying he still believes targeting the counties hardest hit by the coronavirus for the most extreme measures is the preferable path.

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Fitness enthusiasts think outside the gym during coronavirus

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Steve LaTart in Minnesota is thinking of installing a space heater in his basement to recreate the atmosphere of his hot yoga classes now that his gym has closed due to coronavirus fears.

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Coronavirus: Cruise ship docks in France after 2 former passengers test positive

An Italian cruise ship that earlier in its voyage disembarked two passengers who later tested positive for the coronavirus has docked in Marseille, southern France, port authorities and passengers said on Thursday.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0