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Christopher Lugerber and Anne Die Inogio, AP Business WriterWASHINGTON (AP) – US retail sales fell sharply last month. This is because cold weather kept more Americans indoors and stopped selling at car dealers and most other stores.After two months of healthy profit, retail sales fell 0.9% from the previous month in January, the Commerce Department said. It was a much larger decline than economists had expected, the biggest decline in the year.According to Pantheon’s macroeconomics, the average temperature in January was the lowest since 1988, and was particularly devastating in the milder south. The devastating fire in Los Angeles could…
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A year-long collaboration in Florida has led to the arrests of 44 sex offenders who authorities say have been caught on online dating profiles on platforms such as Match.com. Officials say Match Group Americas, which owns and operates multiple online dating applications, including Match.com, Tinder, Hinge and abundance of fish, prohibits sex offenders from using the site. Suspects seeking after two swans, four eggs stolen from Lakeland community: deputies The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Tampa Police Department, and the former US s-service all partnered with online dating companies to track sex offenders who had…
Related Videos above: What foods can only be eaten in the US? Tampa, Fla. (WFLA) – Popular snack brand Moonpie says, “We can do this now!” After President Donald Trump issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico the US Gulf, the brand jokingly changed its name to “Moonpattown.” Moonpie said the change was “effective immediately.” The National Hurricane Center will “change into the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of America.” “Thanks to recent geographical updates, we are excited to announce that Mass on the land, previously known as Florida, will be called Moonpattown,” the brand was…
A California resident filed a class action lawsuit against Walt Disney Parks and the Resort this week. The company’s new process for requesting accommodation claims it violates the guest’s rights of privacy and equal access requirements.Disney strengthened disability access services in all parks in April, excluding all conditions other than developmental disorders like autism, cited an unsustainable increase in program requests. The service previously allowed many disabled guests to sit outside the line during the listing wait time before bringing the quick line forward.The lawsuit argues that the new eligibility requirement is “discriminatory and arbitrary” and excludes guests with disabilities.Plaintiff…
Studies show that both childhood and maternal sun exposure are associated with lower rates of multiple sclerosis recurrence.A new study also found similar protection benefits to mothers during pregnancy, showing that 30 minutes of daily sunlight exposure during the first summer of a child reduces the risk of recurrence of multiple sclerosis (MS) It may be.Pediatric MS is also known as pediatric multiple sclerosis (POMS), and refers to multiple sclerosis, usually diagnosed in children and adolescents before the age of 18, accounting for up to 5% of all MS cases. The body’s immune system accidentally attacks the central nervous system,…
When the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced the launch of the 2024-2025 Great Outdoors initiative last year, agents have expanded public access, added outdoor activities and provided new accommodations throughout the state park. We explained the plan.The public meeting agenda on the initiative revealed more specific plans for at least eight parks across the state. Stuart’s Park, along with additional accommodation and other suggestions. After intense protests from both Democrats and Republican city and state officials, Gov. Ron DeSantis quickly pulled and reworked the initiative.A bipartisan bill proposed by state Senator R-Stuart for this legislative meeting would prevent…
Video above: Cruise ship with over 90 sick passenger docks in Tampa PORT EVERGLAES, Fla. (WFLA) – A cruise ship with 169 passengers and crew docked with norovirus in Florida on Friday. Rotterdam, the Netherlands America, docked to the Port Everglades after nearly two weeks of travelling through the Caribbean and Central America. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began monitoring the outbreak of norovirus on ships on February 7th. The CDC report states that 152 (5.8%) of the 2,614 passengers are ill. The disease affected 17 of the 969 crew, or 1.8%. People affected by the disease have…
Zen Soo, AP Technology WriterHONG KONG (AP) – Tiktok has returned to the US Apple and Google app stores after President Donald Trump delayed enforcement of the Tiktok ban.Tiktok, run by Chinese technology companies’ ordinances, was removed from Apple and Google’s app stores on January 18th, to comply with laws requiring apps to be sold or banned in the US.The popular social media app with over 170 million American users, with guarantees from Trump that it will postpone the ban on apps, before restoring its services, Service has been stopped previously. Tiktok Service Sunsion has temporarily urged thousands of users…
“Survivors and communities affected by the disaster are our number one priority and will remain our number one priority,” said Acting FEMA Director Cameron Hamilton.The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) representative said Thursday that disaster response agencies will consider grants and funding to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) amid calls for the Trump administration to reform the agency. .Acting Director Cameron Hamilton said in a post on social media platform X that the agency considered raising funds for NGO agents, saying, “Disaster-affected survivors and communities remain top priority and will continue to be It’s our number one priority.””We are deeply interested in…
President Donald Trump has made his point about the debate between paper and plastic straw.The president signed an executive order on Monday, according to the White House.On his first day in office, Trump rescinded an earlier order from former President Joe Biden to phase out all federal lands, including national parks, by 2032.While signing the order, Trump explained the paper straw problem to a reporter, saying, “It breaks and explodes. If it’s something hot, it won’t last as long as minutes, sometimes seconds. .situation.””I don’t think plastic will have much of an impact on sharks because they munch on the…