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Cloudy, cool and breezy with drizzle and areas of light rain.  Showers, mostly drizzle, will develop this morning across southeast Georgia.  The front will slide south spreading drizzle, light showers across northeast Florida, mainly after 1pm.  Cloudy skies with showers overnight, through midday Saturday.  Freezing temperatures will follow the front Sunday morning.

Last year, 51 pedestrians were hit and killed in Duval County. In 2020, 50 people died the same way. One is too many.

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Florida redistricting proposals are stirring controversy in Tallahassee.

A letter addressed to Florida’s deputy attorney general requests assistance in investigating claims of elections supervisors from across the state — including Duval County — who say they’ve been sent numerous fraudulent petition forms in support of a constitutional amendment to expand casino gaming.

The I-TEAM spoke with a local landlord who says they are not price gouging, but instead, are being challenged with inflation as well.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declined to appoint a special prosecutor for Jacksonville community activist Ben Frazier’s misdemeanor charge of trespassing, saying that would not serve the best interests of justice.

More than five-dozen Bolles Fine Arts students were recognized for outstanding achievment.

Claims for unemployment benefits jumped by 55,000 last week. A surge in Covid cases is likely a factor, but not the only one.

The U.S. Department of Justice will argue next month at a federal appeals court on behalf of a transgender male student who was prevented from using boys’ bathrooms at a St. Johns County high school.

The World Heart Federation says no amount of moderate drinking will lower risk of heart disease. The group reports alcohol-related deaths are on the rise worldwide.

The Tampa Bay Rays’ proposed plan to split the season between Florida and Montreal has been rejected by Major League Baseball.

An American Airlines flight to London has turned around and returned to Miami after a woman on the plane refused to wear a face mask.

Mayor Lenny Curry on Thursday proclaimed January 2022 as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month in Jacksonville.

A judge reinforced Thursday there will not be any mask mandates in public schools in Duval County.

The family of Gabby Petito was in Florida on Thursday morning, roughly four months after their daughter was found strangled to death in Wyoming, Fox News Digital has learned, as an attorney representing her fiance's loved ones says they have reached an agreement about how the couple’s property will be distributed.

State lawmakers on Thursday considered a proposal that could eliminate salaries for county school board members.

Florida’s First Lady Casey DeSantis completed her final chemotherapy treatment on Wednesday and is doing well. Casey has been battling breast cancer since late last year.

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A Watertown woman flew to Florida with her boyfriend for a weekend in November, leaving her two young children home alone, according to an arrest warrant affidavit released Thursday. Kerry Lyn Caviasca, 36, was arrested Saturday on two counts each of risk of injury to a minor and second-degree reckless endangerment. Caviasca was released without having to post bail and is due in Waterbury ...

He’s been The Players champion, held the Claret Jug and been ranked No. 1 in the world. Now, David Duval is set to become something different: a rookie.

The Florida High School Athletic Association is mulling a makeover for the sport, which includes big changes in the regular season and playoffs across the state in what could be the biggest shift in years.

The next president of the University of Florida could be chosen partially out of the sunshine.

A controversial bill that would shorten the time period for a woman to have an abortion in Florida cleared its first committee on Wednesday.

The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to U.S. residents starting next week, now that federal officials are emphasizing their better protection against the omicron variant of COVID-19 over cloth face coverings.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released several days of data after the holiday weekend that shows Florida may be turning the corner when it comes to the omicron wave.

Florida is on pace to produce the smallest crop of oranges in more than 75 years.

Florida teen Logan Smith planned to kill jogger, keep his body "to fulfill his sexual fantasies," deputies say.

Shares of P&G have climbed 18% in the last 12 months, giving the company a market value of $387 billion.

A health official who has helped lead central Florida's response to the pandemic has been put on administrative leave as state officials investigate whether he tried to compel employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in violation of state law. The state health agency is conducting an inquiry into Raul Pino, director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, “to determine if any laws were broken in this case,” Florida Department of Health press secretary Jeremy Redfern said in an email. A measure Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law last fall prohibits government agencies from implementing vaccine mandates and restricts private businesses from having vaccine requirements unless they allow workers to opt out for medical reasons, religious beliefs, immunity based on a previous infection, regular testing or an agreement to wear protective gear.

Kratom is in the coffee family and is an herbal supplement grown mostly in Southeast Asia.

The St. Johns County Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller’s Office is warning residents about fraudulent phone calls from scammers claiming to be representatives of the Clerk’s office or law enforcement.

A bill pushed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel “discomfort” when they teach students or train employees about discrimination in the nation's past received its first approval Tuesday. The Senate Education Committee approved the bill that takes aim at critical race theory — though it doesn't mention it explicitly — on party lines, with Republicans in favor and Democrats opposed.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has submitted a proposal to reshape the state’s congressional map and carve up districts held by Black Democrats, as the Republican takes the unusual step of inserting himself into the redistricting process.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has submitted a proposal to reshape the state's congressional map and carve up districts held by Black Democrats, as the Republican takes the unusual step of inserting himself into the redistricting process. The proposed congressional map, submitted Sunday on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, signaled the governor's priorities as the state moves to redraw political maps in the coming months. DeSantis, who is running for reelection and is considered a potential 2024 presidential candidate, has largely shaped the legislative agenda in the Republican-controlled statehouse this year.

The St. Johns County commission voted 5-0 to ban balloon and lantern releases, usually done in memory of people or events.

New test results show elevated bacteria levels in Pottsburg Creek, where a pump malfunctioned over the weekend at a wastewater site on Holiday Road, the News4JAX I-TEAM has learned.

Gas prices in Florida are increasing due to the rising cost of oil, according to AAA.

Patients interested in receiving monoclonal antibodies were ready and waiting Tuesday morning outside a new treatment center on Jacksonville’s Southside before the doors even opened at 9 a.m.

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With its concrete jungles, ongoing construction, packed highways and deteriorating condos desperately reaching skyward away from the floodwaters, Florida is truly one of the most beautiful states in the country.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents say they’re seeing an increase in travelers bringing the meat of wild animals -- known as bushmeat -- into the United States from various countries in Africa.

The most recent data reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the total COVID-19 pediatric hospitalizations in Florida reached a new high Friday.

The state of Florida will open five additional monoclonal antibody treatment sites — including one in Jacksonville — starting Tuesday.

At least six tornadoes were reported in Southwest Florida on Sunday as a powerful winter storm system moved through the state.

Hundreds of people gathered Monday in downtown Jacksonville for the 41st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade.

The Center for Disease Control said Florida hit 5 million total COVID-19 cases this weekend, making it the third-highest state in the country for cases.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing endangered man.

SeaWorld Orlando transferred four manatee calves to an Ohio aquarium for rehabilitation, freeing space to treat more of the threatened sea mammals that have been dying in Florida at an alarming rate.

Dash camera video from a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser reportedly captured a tornado crossing Interstate 75 on Sunday morning.

A Miami-based animal advocacy group said the eight-month-old dog displayed no aggression and didn't deserve to die.

An officer in Florida tried to deescalate a situation between a suspect and her colleague. That's when Sgt. Christopher Pullease grabbed her by the throat.

A dangerous winter storm combining high winds and ice is blasting through parts of the U.S. Southeast.

Miami rapper Wavy Navy Pooh was killed in an ambush shooting as he drove with two young children.

"I never thought in February, early March that [COVID-19] would lead to locking down the country," DeSantis said.

In the letter, the feds threaten Florida with legal action, referring the matter to the Department of Justice if it cannot resolve this amicably.

In the letter, the feds threaten Florida with legal action, referring the matter to the Department of Justice if it cannot resolve this amicably.

News4JAX on Friday obtained the National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report on the Dec. 26 plane crash on the Westside that killed a Navy sailor and a veteran.

Florida’s foster care system is in crisis. Low pay coupled with an already stressful work environment has people leaving at record levels. Agencies are seeking an increase of $40 million this year to make caseloads more manageable.

He turned $30 into $1,000,000.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Law Enforcement will not push for criminal charges against the crew of a fishing vessel that hit a pair of endangered, North Atlantic right whales in February 2021.

A Florida police sergeant has been relieved of his supervisory responsibilities and is under investigation after he was filmed grabbing an officer by her throat, according to officials.

Sixteen years after their legal battle began, about 18,000 homeowners in central Florida will be paid more than $42 million collectively by the state of Florida for destroying their citrus trees during an effort to eradicate a harmful citrus disease. The homeowners in Orange County will receive about $700 per healthy tree destroyed as part of an order issued in state court in Orlando last month. More than 60,000 healthy, uninfected trees were destroyed in Orange County between 2002 and 2006 as part of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' efforts to eradicate citrus canker, according to the lawsuit.

Total COVID-19 pediatric hospitalizations in Florida reached a new high, according to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data posted Friday.

A woman walking her dog Thursday night in DeBary was injured by a black bear, according to the Florida wildlife authorities.

A substitute teacher in Florida has resigned after students said she yelled a racial slur in the classroom. The 59-year-old white woman continued using the slur after going to the principal’s office Wednesday at Lealman Innovation Academy, Pinellas County school officials told the Tampa Bay Times. Principal Connisheia Garcia is Black, as are about 75% of the students at the school in St. Petersburg, which focuses on personalized learning for students in grades six through 12.

Just one day after the United States Supreme Court upheld the Biden Administration’s policy requiring health care workers to get vaccinated, the governor’s office fired back saying Florida will not enforce it.

2022 is not likely the year recreational marijuana will be legalized in Florida.

The ashes of Winter the dolphin have been returned to the sea, about two months after the beloved marine mammal of movie star fame died at a Florida aquarium.

A federal grand jury has indicted Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby on criminal charges related to making false statements to obtain a COVID-related loan and purchase a vacation property in Florida. The indictment alleges that Mosby, 41, sought a $40,000 withdrawal from her city retirement account in May 2020, citing that she had experienced a financial setback due to the pandemic. ...

SpaceX plans up to four commercial rideshare missions per year to provide low-cost access to space.

Sponsor of bill in state's House of Representatives says he thinks it's a good idea, provided privacy can be maintained.

SpaceX is preparing another one of its Falcon 9 rockets to launch a bevy of small satellites into space this morning (Jan. 13), and you can watch the fiery action live online.

Prosecutors are reportedly investigating Gaetz for three separate crimes: sex-trafficking, violating the Mann Act, and obstructing justice.

Hundreds of artifacts from NASA's Apollo lunar landings are set to touch down in Miami as part of "Space Adventure: The Arrival of Man on the Moon," an immersive experience.

A segment of a 110-year-old Florida Keys bridge is reopening to pedestrians and bicyclists on Wednesday following a $44 million restoration project. Rehabilitation construction on the oft-photographed 2.2-mile (3.5-km) span of the Old Seven Mile Bridge began in late 2017. “What made the project challenging was that it is a historic bridge, and we had to restore the bridge to the same aesthetic fabric as the original,” said project manager Tony Sabbag, a Florida Department of Transportation contractor.

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has won the race for Florida's 20th congressional district. She was heavily favored to win the election, since the district leans blue. She is filling a seat that was left vacant by Congressman Alcee Hastings, who died in April 2021. CBS News political associate producer Aaron Navarro joined CBSN's Lilia Luciano to discuss.

Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has won the special election to represent Florida's 22nd congressional district in the House, AP projected Tuesday.Why it matters: Cherfilus-McCormick will succeed Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (D), who died last April after battling pancreatic cancer. Her victory over Republican Jason Mariner means the Democratic Party will once again hold a 222-seat majority in the House.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.Our thought bubble,

There was a surge of assistance for the Mayfield community leading up to Christmas, but residents say the town is quiet now, even as debris still litters the town.

Aid has been pouring in to victims of a deadly apartment building fire in the Bronx that killed 17 people and left dozens hurt. (Jan. 11)

With firearms being the leading cause of death for Americans aged 1 to 19, gun safety advocates want gun owners to be held criminally responsible if they fail to properly secure firearms. Parents who lost children to firearms talked to Dr. Tara Narula about the need for stronger safe gun storage laws.

There was no evidence found of widespread voter fraud that would have changed the outcome of the 2020 election.

Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is likely to win Florida's 20th District special election.

Drivers throughout Florida may have noticed ​some streetlights are ​giving off the wrong kind of glow at night.

With a record number of manatees dying in Florida, wildlife officials are taking unprecedented steps to protect the species.

Omicron is breaking through rhetorical barriers, too.

The dog was found wandering a Florida beach.

Bob Saget, a comedian and actor known for his role as a widower raising a trio of daughters in the sitcom “Full House,” has died, according to authorities in Florida. The Orange County, Florida, sheriff's office was called Sunday about an “unresponsive man” in a hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, according to a sheriff's statement on Twitter. A “#BobSaget" concluded the tweet.

A cause of death was not immediately announced.

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"What happened to you, man?" asked fellow Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger.

"Before polio, did anyone go out and seek the polio vaccine? Before cancer, did anyone go out and seek mammograms, colonoscopies or pap smears?" Democrat Ted Lieu said in response.

A Florida man with homemade explosive devices was arrested early Friday near a Tampa Bay area rally in support of a man being held in connection with last year's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, authorities said. Garrett James Smith, 22, of Oldsmar, was arrested and charged with making and possessing a destructive device and loitering, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said during a news conference. To mark the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the rally was held Thursday night outside the Pinellas County Jail was in support of Jeremy Brown, a member of the rightwing Oath Keepers group.

The title sponsor for Jacksonville's season finale against Indianapolis is suing the Jaguars in hopes of having its name disassociated from the game during which disgruntled fans are planning to dress as clowns to protest team owner Shad Khan's decision to retain general manager Trent Baalke. RoofClaim.com, a roofing company based in Georgia that does business in Florida, is seeking to avoid "its brand being emphasized as the primary sponsor of the clown game,” according to a complaint filed Thursday in circuit court in Jacksonville. It also wants temporary and permanent injunctive relief from the Jaguars using the RoofClaim brand.

The author's kids went back to school in China in September 2020. Here are the things she wishes American schools were doing now during peak Omicron.

She was last seen swimming in a Florida river. Almost three weeks later, Paola Miranda-Rosa is still missing.

Preliminary data shows there were more than 1,100 reported manatee deaths in Florida last year — nearly double the five-year average.

Joe Raedle/GettyAmid a shortage of COVID-19 tests that left huge swaths of the U.S. facing bare pharmacy shelves, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis allowed a million testing kits to expire in a state stockpile. The head of Florida’s Department of Emergency Management Kevin Guthrie made the shocking admission Thursday during a press conference alongside DeSantis. Guthrie said, “We had between 800,000 and a million Abbott test kits in our warehouse that did expire.” Despite an urgent December demand from

To beat Matt Gaetz, Democrat Rebekah Jones says she follows all his moves, including the federal sex-trafficking investigation and MAGA-style events.

The two deputies, Clayton Osteen and Victoria Pacheco, were the parents of a 1-month-old boy.