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Associated Press, by Josh Boak WASHINGTON (AP) – A new study finds more Americans are moving money from checks on financial vehicles that pay investment returns and savings accounts. An analysis by the JPMorganchase Institute found that people’s total cash reserves are increasing when they surveyed accounts of 4.7 million households and included new amounts in securities accounts, financial funds and certificates of deposits to assess the well-being of people. Inflation-adjusted cash balances in check and savings accounts remain “low on a grown trajectory,” but with 2024 total cash reserves rising and with additional accounts included, it is approaching historical…
Tampa, Fla. (WFLA) – The Florida native aviator finally takes a break after disappearing from the mountains of Laos more than 50 years ago during the Vietnam War. Sgt. Willis R. Hall, 40, of Broward County, was one of 19 men assigned to Lima Site 85, a secret radar site in Laos’ remote mountains. According to the US National Air Force Museum, the site was used to guide a bomb strike against North Vietnam. The site, which is home to volunteer Air Force engineers, ran for just over four months before being attacked by Vietnamese forces. The Americans sought shelter…
Millions of Americans are now at risk of losing healthcare coverage or food aid under the recently passed mega budget by the GOP. GOP’s $3.3 trillion budget is called “Big, Beautiful Invoices,” and includes $4.5 trillion tax cuts and about $300 billion due to President Donald Trump’s defense and immigration enforcement priorities. To partially offset the sudden costs, the bill aims to cut across the board, but it will attack health and food aid programs the most violently. Medicaid and Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) grants face deep reductions and work requirements. Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies will also be…
ALTA MONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (WFLA) — An interstate 4 driver recorded for driving 155 mph on the Florida Highway was arrested early Sunday, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The Troopers told NBC’s affiliate WESH, which is implementing fixed radar speeds on I-4 in Altamonte Springs before 1am, when the 20-year-old Octavius hunt passed by on a very fast, white Dodge Challenger. Caught on camera: cop destroys windows and punches Florida man in the face now viral video According to arrest reports, the Hunt was 155 mph in the 60 mph zone and 95 mph per hour at the assigned speed…
ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — Stephen Stearns, the man charged with the death of Florida teenager Madeline Soto, did not contest Monday’s teenage murder. According to Wesh, Sterns was originally scheduled to go to trial Tuesday on 60 counts of sexual abuse and murder at the 13-year-old. Investigators said the defendant, who was dating the victim’s mother, recorded that he had sexually abused Madeline Soto for years before his death in 2024. Madeline went missing the day after her 13th birthday party. Kissimmee police said it is believed that Stearns killed her and left her body along the Osceola County road.…
Walt Disney World fans enthusiastically greeted the roll-out of a new nighttime parade at Magic Kingdom on Sunday. It’s the first regularly scheduled after-dark parade at the theme park in nearly a decade. Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away is now scheduled for two appearances nightly. The parade is built to shine in the cloak of darkness, with an untold number of lighting effects. The floats strobe, flicker, dramatically change colors, reveal tucked-away details and spotlight an entourage of Disney film characters. It’s a mix of old-guard favorites — from the Blue Fairy to Mickey Mouse — and more modern…
Brightline’s planned Orlando to Tampa high-speed rail expansion attracts strong support from business and civic leaders along Florida’s I-4 corridor. The proposed route will extend westward from Orlando International Airport along the Orlando Utility Commission’s factory railroad, connected to the Florida Department of Transport’s north-south Sunrail corridor and westward towards Tampa using rights near Taft Binland Road, State Route 528 and Interstate 4. Patrick Goddard, CEO of Brightline Florida, said the company is requesting project development and environmental investigations to confirm the route. The expansion is intended to further integrate Florida’s major metropolitan areas, providing faster and more efficient travel…
News Myrna Beach, Fla. (WFLA) – A teenage surfer described a horrifying encounter with a shark along a Florida beach that landed him in a hospital. Sam Hollis, 18, said he spoke to NBC affiliate WESH from his hospital bed. Caught on camera: cop destroys windows and punches Florida man in the face now viral video His legs were hanging as he went up to the board. He said he didn’t see the shark swimming at him. “[It] I grabbed me with my feet and pulled me off my board and said, ‘Yeah, I’m going to get you for a…
NEW YORK (AP) – The over 5.2 million ground swimming pools sold in the US and Canada over the past 20 years have been recalled after nine people reported deaths of their own. The recall covers the range of Bestway, Intex Recreation and Polygroup pools sold by major retailers dating back to 2002. These pools have compression straps that run along the outside of the product, according to a Monday notification issued by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada. It could pose a serious risk of drowsing, safety regulations warn. So far, the CPSC believes nine children…
NAPOLIA, Fla. (WJW) — Duane Chapman’s 13-year-old step-grandson, known as the Bounty Hunter dog, was reportedly killed over the weekend after being called an accidental shooting at the hands of the boy’s father. He allegedly shot and killed his son Anthony in an apartment in Napoli, Florida, according to people and several media outlets, including the Napoli Daily News, citing weekend reports from TMZ, Chapman’s step-school Gregory Zecca, son of Chapman’s current wife Francie. In a weekend report, Naples Daily News reported that Collier County sheriff’s deputies were investigating the shooting death of their apartment just after 8pm on July…