Florida

JetBlue considers whether to leave NYC and move to Florida

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NEW YORK — JetBlue Airways is considering whether to stay in New York, where it was founded two decades ago, or move its headquarters...

Shopping while driving, woman hits bike-riding sheriff

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PORT ORANGE, Fla. — A young woman who said she was using her phone to shop while driving hit a sheriff who was biking...

Florida governor gathers experts to validate COVID response

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A year after the COVID-19 outbreak temporarily shuttered much of the economy and plunged the nation into debates over masks and...

Celebrity Cruises to end yearlong pandemic hiatus in June

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MIAMI — Two Royal Caribbean cruises will resume in June ending a yearlong hiatus, but passengers 18 and older must test negative for COVID-19...

Medicaid incentive so far not enough to sway holdout states

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democrats' nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package includes a big financial incentive for the states that have opted against expanding Medicaid...

4 men linked to Proud Boys charged in plot to attack Capitol

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Four men described as leaders of the far-right Proud Boys have been charged in the U.S. Capitol riots, as an indictment ordered unsealed on...

Assumptions about hurricane season face winds of change

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With named storms coming earlier and more often in warmer waters, some assumptions about the Atlantic hurricane season are being rethought. ...

Florida bill seeks to block trans athletes from girls’ teams

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Transgender women and girls couldn't play on girls' and women's school sports teams under a bill passed by a Florida House...

Man charged with spitting at Disney guard who asked for mask

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida man spat on a security officer at Walt Disney World after she asked him to put on a mask,...

Advocates seek Biden push on gun bills, but prospects iffy

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WASHINGTON — After President Joe Biden’s giant COVID-19 relief bill passed Congress, he made a prime-time address to the nation and presided over a...