Tag: florida
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Hurricane Milton makes devastating landfall on Florida’s west coast
Hurricane Milton marched across central Florida on Thursday after making landfall on the state’s west coast hours earlier, whipping up deadly tornadoes, destroying homes, and knocking out power to nearly 2 million customers.
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Malaria outbreak in the US after two decades raises concerns
Health officials in the United States have issued a warning following the identification of five cases of malaria in Florida and Texas, involving individuals with no recent travel history overseas. This development has sparked concerns about the potential for local transmission of the life-threatening disease within the country. The cases have been concentrated in Sarasota…
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CASANOVA SCAMMER: Fake doctor sentenced to 9 years for dating scam
A Florida man, Brian Brainard Wedgeworth, 47, has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to defrauding more than 30 women of more than $1.3 million by pretending to be a doctor on online dating services. The prosecutors pointed out that the convict, who formerly lived in the Florida capital city…
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Photo: U.S. Governor appoints Nigerian, Joseph Ladapo as Surgeon-General
Ron DeSantis, Florida Governor, United States of America has appointed a Nigerian-American, Dr Joseph Ladapo, as Florida Surgeon-General and Secretary of the Department of Health.
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COVID-19 patient claims hydroxychloroquine saved his life
A 52 years old Florida man, Rio Giardinieri, who was down with the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is claiming that yet to be approved antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine saved his life. Giardinieri was diagnosed of COVID-19 and pneumonia at the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in South Florida, and was put on oxygen in the intensive care unit…
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How 11-year-old Emmett Brewer hacked into replica US vote website
Emmett Brewer, an 11-year-old boy has hacked into a replica of Florida’s election results website in 10 minutes. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Emmett Brewer was able to change names and tallies during a hackers convention, organisers said, stoking concerns about security ahead of nationwide votes. The boy was the quickest of 35 children, ages 6 to…
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Florida school massacre survivors push lawmakers to ban gun
Dozens of teenaged survivors of the second deadliest public school shooting in U.S. history on Wednesday marched on Florida’s capital to ask lawmakers to ban sales of assault rifles. The teenagers said such rifles that should be banned include the type used in killing the 17 students and educators on Feb. 14. Marjory Stoneman Douglas…
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Police charge Florida shooter with 17 counts of premeditated murder
The heavily armed teenager who gunned down students and adults at a Florida high school was charged Thursday with 17 counts of premeditated murder, court documents showed. Recall that Nikolas Cruz, 19, killed fifteen people in a hail of gunfire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Two others died of their wounds…
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US school shooting: How 19-yr-old killed 17 students in Florida
No fewer than 17 persons were killed at a Florida high school in the United States of America on Wednesday, after a gunman opened fire, leaving terrified students huddled in their classrooms, texting friends and family for help. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said the Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in…
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‘This storm will kill you if you don’t leave’ – Florida Governor, Rick Scott warns residents
Irma trained its sights on Florida and officials warned more than 5 million people that time was running out Friday and ordered them to evacuate ahead of the deadly hurricane as it followed a path that could take it from one end of the state to the other. By late Friday, Irma had regained Category…