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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighbourhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb …

It was only a week after Beau Friesen was born that his parents knew something was wrong.  Two years later, they still do not know what that is.  Now, the Grunthal, Man., couple are heading to Florida in search of answers. As an infant, Beau was throwing up and had …

Florida plans to become the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates that have been a cornerstone of public health policy for decades in keeping schoolchildren and adults safe from infectious diseases.    State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, who announced the decision Wednesday, cast current requirements in schools and elsewhere as …

Feeling a little squeezed in the orange juice aisle? Between the climbing cost for a carton of fresh-squeezed juice, steep counter-tariffs on U.S. juices like Tropicana, and now plummeting U.S. shipments, you might worry this breakfast staple is in danger of becoming a luxury good.  But industry and business experts say …

A rare trial against Elon Musk’s car company began Monday in Miami, where a jury will decide if it is partly to blame for the death of a stargazing university student after a runaway Tesla sent her flying nearly 23 metres through the air and severely injured her boyfriend. Lawyers …

The 20-year-old son of a sheriff’s deputy opened fire Thursday at Tallahassee’s Florida State University with his mother’s former service weapon, killing two people and wounding at least six others, investigators said. Officers who arrived on the scene shot and wounded the man after he refused to comply with commands, said Tallahassee …

A Florida man was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder after shooting at a vehicle with two men inside who he thought were Palestinians but turned out to be Israeli visitors, local authorities said. The website of Miami-Dade County Corrections says the suspect, 27-year-old Mordechai Brafman, was …

U.S. Olympic runner Fred Kerley has been arrested in South Florida following a confrontation with police, authorities said. Body camera footage released by Miami Beach police shows Kerley arguing with a group of officers late Thursday before a physical confrontation erupted. Kerley was wrestled to the ground, where an officer …

A theme park resort and a huge hotel in central Florida have either stopped using drones or cancelled their drone-based shows after several drones collided and fell from the sky during a separate holiday celebration in downtown Orlando, injuring a boy who required surgery. Universal Orlando said this week that it …

When Amy Welsh begins to describe her horrifying ordeal, the waves of grief overwhelm her. Her breathing becomes strained, tears rush down her face, and she speaks slowly as she recounts every agonizing detail.  Her father, Joseph Murray, 61, a paraplegic with severe health issues, died in his home during …