With Florida’s property insurance market stabilizing, experts fear an active hurricane season could reverse ‘momentum’
Florida’s property insurance market is showing signs of stabilization, according to the president of the Florida Senate. However, experts fear that an “explosive Atlantic hurricane season” predicted for this year could pose a threat to that positive trend.
More than a decade later, JSO hopes new technology helps solve case of drive-by killings of 2 teenage girls
More than 10 years after two teenage girls were killed in a drive-by shooting in Northwest Jacksonville, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is reopening the case hoping technology may bring new leads that could result in an arrest.
Witness at Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial says meat-export monopoly made costs soar
A witness at Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial says the cost of certifying that meat sent to Egypt follows Islamic dietary requirements skyrocketed after a single U.S. company was given a monopoly in a cozy deal prosecutors say Menendez arranged.
Vindicated by Supreme Court, CFPB director says bureau will add staff, consider new rules on banks
Since its creation roughly 14 years ago, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has faced lawsuits, political and legal challenges to the idea of whether the Federal Government’s aggressive consumer financial watchdog agency should be allowed exist at all.
Social divisions and hostile rhetoric in Slovakia provide fertile ground for political violence
When a gunman shot Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico this week, shock rippled across the Central European country — even though the pro-Russia leader himself warned that the country was so divided that an assassination attempt was possible.
Mexican and Guatemalan presidents meet at border to discuss migration, security and development
Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo were meeting Friday in this Mexican border city to tackle issues of shared interest, foremost among them immigration.
King Charles III to travel to France for UK ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day
King Charles III plans to travel to France next month for British ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, while skipping the larger international event a few miles away as he continues to be treated for cancer.
Judge says South Carolina can enforce 6-week abortion ban amid dispute over when a heartbeat begins
A state judge has ruled that South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions around six weeks after conception as an appeal continues on what exactly defines a heartbeat under the law.
UK watchdog decides not to investigate Microsoft's AI partnership with France's Mistral
British regulators say they don’t need to open a competition investigation into Microsoft’s partnership with French artificial intelligence company Mistral, a month after asking for industry feedback on the deal.
Teen survivor left partially paralyzed in Ponte Vedra stabbing attack walks across stage at graduation
A local teenager who was left partially paralyzed by an attempted murder-suicide stabbing attack outside a Ponte Vedra restaurant last June plans to walk across the stage Friday to receive her high school diploma.
Federal judge hears arguments in South Florida’s newspaper lawsuit against Jacksonville over panhandling ordinance
A federal judge will hear the case of a South Florida newspaper on Friday morning that is suing the city of Jacksonville over the city's panhandling ordinance that is in effect right now.