Florida has a tough new law aimed at getting the homeless off the streets.

A Black man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction has been fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop.

With an additional 71 deaths reported Friday, Florida hit a total of 36,000 resident deaths from COVID-19. An additional 719 non-residents have also died in the state, according to the state Department of Health.

The computer system of one of the nation’s largest school districts was hacked by a criminal gang that demanded $40 million in ransom or it would erase files and post students’ and employees’ personal information online.

variant,” could lead to a “rapid rise” in COVID-19 cases and become the dominant strain in the United States by March. On Wednesday, health officials with the University of Florida spoke about the variant cases in Florida. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said she wants Gov. “So far one in nine Americans have been vaccinated and we’re on track to have half the nation vaccinated by the end of this spring,” Wasserman Schultz said. AdWasserman Schultz said Florida is ground zero for the U.K. variant and said there has been a lack of transparency by DeSantis.

It used to be owned by the St. Regis Paper Company, which bought it from the Broward family. “It was owned by two people in the tree industry since the ’50s, and prior to that, one family owned it. The Broward family owned it for the 100 years prior to that," Holland said. It could even go back to slave labor, but it will really matter when they find additional information, some remains that may identify gravesite or identify grave markings. The Sheriff’s Office said it is working with the medical examiner and a forensic anthropologist to identify the remains, which could take months.