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In January, when we ran through the list of potential 2026 contenders, some major figures were still keeping quiet. Six months later, the race has come into sharper focus. A well-known Democrat has announced a run. Another Dem dramatically left the party, then proclaimed he would run for governor as an independent. President Donald Trump endorsed a Republican. That Republican was not first lady Casey DeSantis, who remains a wild card. Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz is an even wilder card. Gov. Ron DeSantis is term-limited, meaning he can’t run again next November. Here‘s an update on the major contenders…
Stan Choe, Elaine Kurtenbach, Bernard Condon, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) – The invasion with Iran, destroying a bunker into Israeli war, has not upset oil and stock market prices on Monday, at least for now. The hope is that Iran will not retaliate in ways that disrupt the rough currents that hurt the economy around the world. The S&P 500 came out of a week when stock prices went up and down due to concerns about a potential escalation in the conflict. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 83 points (0.2%) as of 10:45am Eastern time, with the…
ALTA MONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (WFLA) – An alert for missing children has been issued for the last newborn seen in Alta Monte Springs. Tnyiah Tyson, a newborn with dark hair, brown eyes and a 7-pound weight, was last seen in the area in the 600 block of Eastern Alta Monte Drive. The child could be at Timothy Tyson’s Lutra Cafe Alley’s company, 5 feet 8 inches, 150 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes, Timothy Tyson’s, 5 feet 8 inches, 170 pounds with dark hair and brown eyes, Alert said. Timothy has a burn in his right hand and has several…
AP Health Writer, Tom Murphy The country’s leading health insurance companies are committed to reducing and improving widely diminished practices that lead to delays in care and complications. UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health’s Aetna and dozens of other insurers say they plan to reduce the scope of medical claims eligible for advance permits, standardize some of the process, and expand responses made in real time. Pre-approval means that an insurance company requires approval before covering services such as medical, prescription, or imaging trials. Insurance companies say they do this to prevent overuse of care and ensure patients get the right treatment. However,…
Volsia County, Fla. (WFLA) — Volsia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood has accused his father of being accused of dying his 18-month-old son of a hot car. Volsia County Councilman worked with the Ormond Beach Police Department to arrest Scott Allen Gardner, 33. Investigators said Gardner left his son Sebastian on a hot truck on June 6 for over three hours, got a haircut and went for a drink in Hanky Panky’s lounge. “She has to fight it”: infant contracts E. coli strain after visiting the lake Meanwhile, Sebastian’s temperature reached 111 degrees. (Photo of Sebastian from NBC affiliate WESH) Investigators…
News Myrna Beach, Fla. (WFLA) – A tourist has passed away after being hit by lightning on a Florida beach last week. According to a report by NBC affiliate WESH, the 29-year-old Colorado man who was visiting his honeymoon area passed away after an incident at Newsmyrna Beach on Friday. Watch: Dual water spouts discovered beyond Bradenton Waters He was standing in the deep waters of his ankles at the time of the incident. He was taken to the hospital in danger after a bystander performed CPR. Tammy Malphurs, director of Volusia County Beach Safety, confirmed that the Lightning Strike…
Clearwater Businessers, accused of receiving $100 million from the Medical Trust Fund in bankruptcy records, has been arrested. FBI agents arrested Leo Govoni at the feathered house early this morning, a neighbor said. They are awakened by agents screaming “FBI” through the bullhorn. He and his accountant John Leo Vivek are both charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, court records show. There are also charges of money laundering, bank fraud, illegal financial transactions and false bankruptcy declarations. Between 2009 and this year, Govoni, Witeck and others conspired to fraudulent people, if not thousands, of those who…
AP Business Writer Alex Veiga NEW YORK (AP) – In May, sales of previously occupied US homes have become less affordable for home buying, despite the continued increase in real estate inventory in the market due to stubbornly high mortgage rates and rising prices. The National Association of Real Estate said on Monday that existing home sales rose 0.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 403 million years since last month in April. Compared to last May, sales fell 0.7%. According to FactSet, the latest home sales exceeded the 3.95 million pace economists expected by the 3.95 million pace…
PORT TAMPA BAY — Off the edge of the interstate, on a spit of land across from Davis Islands, the state’s busiest port blankets 5,000 acres at the top of Tampa Bay.Every year, a million people board cruise ships at these docks.Few get to see the other side of Port Tampa Bay, hidden behind security gates and lined with long concrete piers, where the air smells of oil and seaweed and seagulls scream above the rumble of trains. Here, more than 3,000 cargo ships pull into berths, bringing gasoline, grain, granite, fertilizer, solar panels, orange juice, bananas, pineapples — and…
More than five years after developers Tom and Keith Cobach announced plans to open a distillery and tasting room in Clermont, the area’s first Clermont, plans for the project were scrapped. In November 2019, the pair signed on to develop a vacant six-acre location at the old steel manufacturing plant at the intersection of State Road 50 and 12th Avenue in Clermont. They were intended to partner with the award-winning Washington state craft business, Heritage Distilling. At the time, Clermont City Council approved changes to zoning from the M-1 industry to PUD or planned unit development, allowing the Heritage Square…