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Brightline Florida is moving forward with plans to expand its high-speed rail service from Orlando International Airport to Tampa, seeking to borrow up to $400 million to fund the first phase of the project. Since September 2023, Brightline has been running daily trains between Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Orlando, with coaches’ cars sitting up to 60. The riders zip the undeveloped ranch and store it at a speed of up to 125 mph at a speed east of Orlando before slowing down to about 80 mph in South Florida on their way to downtown Miami. The current…

NEW YORK (AP) – Walmart is recalling around 850,000 stainless steel water bottles as the lids can “force eject” and attack consumers unexpectedly. The recall covers Walmart’s “Ozaru Trail 64 oz Stainless Steel Insulated Water Bottle.” These have been sold in chain stores nationwide since 2017. According to a notice released Thursday by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, these products pose “serious effects and risk of laceration.” This is because the lid is forced to drain when consumers try to open the bottle “after food, soda, or perishable drinks such as juice or milk are stored inside over time.”…

By Gabriela SáPessoa and Mauricio Savarese Sao Paulo (AP) – President Donald Trump’s threat to raise import taxes by 50% on Brazilian goods can raise breakfast costs in the US. Without an agreement by August 1st, the prices of coffee and orange juice – two staples of the American Morning Diet – could be seriously affected. Brazilian beef and regional passenger planes are one of the products that could be affected by Trump’s decision announced Wednesday, with Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva pledging to fly back and forth on Thursday. Trump’s move is overtly political and targets the…

Key West, Fla. (WFLA) – An investigation into marine resource violations is underway after the 291 queen conch was illegally harvested. Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported an incident occurred in the area of 17 Shore Line Road, Keyhaven, between July 7th and July 10th. Credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Committee (FWC) Queen Conk is a large-scale sea snail and is considered a species threatened under Florida law under the Endangered Species Species Act. This is due to population decline and ecological importance. The FWC can help anyone who knows of suspicious activities in the area, anyone recorded…

O’Copy, Fla. (WFLA) – An Orlando-based attorney says a client who is a DACA recipient is in custody at Alligator Alcatraz. NBC’s affiliate WESH reported that the Orange County Commission’s committee is considering signing a new agreement with ICE. The agreement allows corrections officers to transport undocumented immigrants who are not detained in the county jail to federal facilities, including Crocodile Alcatraz. “No showers for four days”: detainee explains the situation with Alligator Alcatraz Attorney Josephine Arroyo said her client was one of the first to be moved from Orange County to a new detention facility. She said the 36-year-old…

Kissimmee, Fla. (WFLA) – A single mother in Central Florida is not transported after the car is stolen from the car wash and the thieves are combined. According to a report from NBC affiliate Wesh, Helen Marie dropped off her two daughters at daycare before dropping off to wash her car. Hillsboro teenage prison rescued from prison for several months: deputies She said she saw someone climb into the car after leaving to grab a mat. She thought it was the attendant who was running the vehicle, but soon realized that her car had been stolen. “When they reversed the…

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — As the Blue Angels celebrate 70 years with Pensacola, Florida lawmakers are working to spend the next 70 and beyond there. On Friday, July 11th, Florida District 1 president Jimmy Patronis submitted an amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2026, which prevents law funding from moving the US Navy flight demonstration squadron known from the current base in Pensacola, according to a news release from his office. Blue Angels screaming in the sky at Pensacola Beach Air Show “The Blue Angels have been a staple of the Pensacola and the Emerald Coast for…

Sally Ho Seattle (AP) – Natural disasters cycle across the US seasons and regions, but often a shocking discovery for property owners, what vast and expensive floods and floods will turn out when a massive storm destroys homes, businesses and communities. That’s because insurance often doesn’t cover what policyholders are thinking about, or because they don’t think it should. The unfortunate surprise is that while standard home insurance covers fire and wind damage, even good property insurance usually doesn’t cover floods and earthquakes, which require special and separate insurance for each. Here’s what you need to know about flood insurance:…

Video above: Lawsuit filed by lawmakers denied access to Wannial Catraz Miami (AP) – Food bugs. Non-flush toilets, flooding the floor with fecal waste. Days without showers or prescription drugs. Mosquitoes and insects everywhere. Lights all night. An air conditioner suddenly closed amid a tropical fever. Detainees were forced to use recorded telephone lines to talk to lawyers and loved ones. Just days after President Donald Trump visited the Florida Everglades’ new immigration detention center, authorities are called “Crocodile Alcatraz.” Lawyers, advocates, detainees and families competed to build on an isolated runway surrounded by swampland. The center began accepting detainees…

Sarah Rasner, Neldovalette Being a certified user with another person’s credit card can help you establish your credit history. Parents add children and become adults. Alternatively, your spouse may share your account and one spouse may share as a certified user. However, if a major cardholder dies, the certified user will be left with a card within range. After my grandfather passed away earlier this year, my grandmother (a user who has been certified as a husband’s card for many years) was left without her own name. Then there was a short scramble to understand whether she could qualify for…