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TALHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) – After years of emotional testimony and efforts that have never crossed the finish line, Florida is now the first state to request an EKG test for high school athletes. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the law “Second Chance Act.” This was inspired by parents who lost their child in an undiagnosed heart condition. “I never imagined we would bury him two weeks after his 18th birthday,” Gal Gayner said. “After he passed away, we learned that he had a rare heart condition that EKG was able to discover.” For years, parents later parents made painful trips…

Associated Press, by Matt Ott NEW YORK (AP) – The average US mortgage rate for 30 years has fallen to its lowest level for the fifth consecutive week since early April. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the long-term rate fell to 6.67% from 6.77% last week. A year ago, the price averaged 6.95%. The borrowing costs for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage that is popular for homeowners to refinance mortgages fell to 5.80% from 5.89% last week. A year ago, that was 6.25%, Freddie Mac said. High mortgage fees can add hundreds of dollars a month to borrowers, reducing…

Collier County, Fla. (WFLA) – A group of Democrats said they suspended entry into Florida’s new immigration detention facility known as the “Alligator Alcatraz” on Thursday. “Despite statutory authority to access prisons and detention facilities, today we have been denied access to visit the newly constructed immigration detention centre in the Everglades,” D-Orlando MP Anna Eskamani wrote in a Facebook post. First immigrant detainees arrive at Florida Center in the Everglades Lawmakers said state officials cited “safety concerns” as reasons for not entering the facility. The group continued to discuss with state officials and said they eventually hung up the…

TALLAHASSEE – A group of Florida state lawmakers were banned from entering Wani Alcatraz, a state detention facility for immigrants in the Florida Everglades on Thursday afternoon. He initially hesitated to bring lawmakers into the facility, citing “safety concerns,” the representative of the Florida Department of Emergency Management, a state agency that oversees the operation of detention facilities. Eventually, lawmakers were denied access before and after an hour lasted more than an hour and were told to return later. “It’s hard to believe they have safety concerns with us, but when he was here just two days ago, the US…

Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press Denny and Waffle House removed the extra charges that two restaurant chains added to their menu when egg prices surged at the start of the year. Denny confirmed Thursday that he eliminated the egg charges on May 21st. Waffle House said on Wednesday on social media that it cancelled its additional charges on June 2nd. Waffle House set an extra per 50 cents in February at all of its 1,900 US restaurants due to the rising egg prices. Denny also introduced additional fees in February, but they changed depending on where they were. According to the…

The first group of immigrants arrived at a new detention center deep in Florida’s Everglades. This was called “Crocodile Alcatraz,” a spokesman for Republican State Attorney General James Usmieryer. “People are there,” Spokesperson Jay Williams said, but he didn’t immediately provide details about the number of detainees or when they arrived. “Next destination: go back to where they came from,” Usmeyer told X social media platform on Wednesday. He is recognized as the architect behind the Everglades proposal. “Staying up at a record time under @govrondesantis’ leadership, Florida is proud to promote @RealdonaldTrump’s mission to enforce the immigration laws of…

When the city of Apopka built the police station’s outdoor gun range in 1989, it did so mostly on country land. However, the city’s population has since been more than four times as high as nearly 62,000 residents by 2024, with residential lots being created around the Cleveland Avenue facility. As the number of homes grows, there are noise complaints about gun range. And the city’s police chief predicts that another new plot with around 115 homes will likely be built nearby. “We get complaints whenever we are firing, and we’re just increasing the number of complaints that come with…

Floridians support the preservation of the state’s wild and open spaces. That’s not just about talking about it. They voted to allocate taxes to the purchase and conservation of land in sensitive areas.They understand that as the population grows, they risk overrunning by the four jockeys of Florida’s population boom: McMansion, a “mixed” retail complex, six-lane roads and Sprawl Island. They understand the relationship between outdoors and quality of life. They want places to play, places to canoe, places to find manatees, places to hunt and catch largemouth bass. They like the idea that they have enough space for wildlife…

A few days after President Donald Trump and the administration’s chief executive toured Crocodile Alcatraz and approved the call to the immigration detention center, the federal government says it has nothing to do with the state-run facility deep in the Everglades.”The Department of Homeland Security has not implemented, approved, directed or funded the Florida temporary detention center,” the agency wrote in court records filed Thursday.Wannial Catraz is a project run by Florida. The state and its contractors were tasked with building the facility. However, court documents sang a very different song than DHS secretary Kristi Noem, who can be used…

Associated Press Business Writer Stanchion NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are on record highs Thursday after showing that the U.S. job market appears stronger than Wall Street expects. The S&P 500 was on track to set its fourth all-time high in five days, up 0.7% in morning trading. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 387 points (0.6%) as of 10:15am Eastern time, with Nasdaq Composite rising 0.9%. Company stocks that can get the biggest increase when workers are confident have helped lead the way, including travel providers. Expedia rose 3.6%, United Airlines rose 2.8%, and Norway’s cruise line rose…