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Health sales care executive Mike Waldron looks at a cumquat tree in the sunroom at his home in St. Augustine, Fla., which has become a top remote work hub in the U.S. during the 2020s, on Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Schneider.)

How a touristy Florida beach town dubbed 'the nation's oldest city' became a top US remote work hub

Thousands of white-collar, remote workers have moved to the St. Augustine, Florida, area in the 2020s. It has transformed the beach town that calls itself “the nation's oldest city” into one of … more

By MIKE SCHNEIDER | 3/23/25

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak during a tour, Monday, March 17, 2025, in Kodiak, Alaska. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Homeland Security revokes temporary status for 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans

The Department of Homeland Security says it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in … more

By GISELA SALOMON | 3/21/25

FILE - Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a meeting with the state cabinet, at the Florida capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Fort Myers City Council does an about-face, now unanimously agrees to allow ICE to train its police

City councilmembers in Fort Myers agreed in an emergency meeting to allow local police to be trained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This reverses a decision earlier this week that … more

By STEPHANY MATAT | 3/21/25

This image provided by the Orlando Police Department shows an x-ray of what are believed to be two diamond earrings that were stolen from a Tiffany & Co. jewelry store in central Florida and were swallowed by the suspect. ( Orlando Police Department office via AP)

Detectives recover 4 diamond earrings 2 weeks after suspect swallowed them during arrest

Detectives have recovered four diamond earrings from a suspected thief two weeks after he gulped the Tiffany & Co. jewelry worth nearly $770,000 during his arrest on the side of a highway in the … more

By MIKE SCHNEIDER | 3/21/25

A woman drowned her dog in an airport bathroom after being denied boarding, police say

Authorities say a woman drowned her dog in a Florida airport bathroom and then boarded her international flight after she was prevented from bringing the white miniature schnauzer with her because of … more

3/21/25

Sheriff says 80-year-old man killed his wife and son then fatally shot himself in South Florida

Sheriff's officials in Florida say an 80-year-old man shot and killed his wife and son before fatally shooting himself. Broward County sheriff’s deputies went to the Pompano Beach home on Wednesday … more

3/20/25

Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a meeting with the state cabinet, at the Florida capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

DeSantis warns he has 'tools' including suspending local officials if they don't cooperate with ICE

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says his office has tools including suspending officials from office to compel local governments to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in assisting in detentions … more

By MIKE SCHNEIDER | 3/20/25

This image provided by the Florida Department of Corrections shows Edward James. (Florida Dept of Corrections via AP)

Florida man faces execution for the killing of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother

A Florida man who pleaded guilty to killing an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother during a night of drinking and drug use is facing scheduled execution. Sixty-three-year-old Edward James is set to … more

By CURT ANDERSON | 3/20/25

FILE - NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo enroute to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for their liftoff on a Boeing Starliner capsule to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Who else has been stuck in space? A short history of long spaceflights

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls short of any endurance record. But never before has a quick trip morphed … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 3/19/25

Technician says Florida thrill ride operator ignored his safety concerns before teen's fatal fall

A maintenance technician says he raised safety issues with the operators of a central Florida amusement ride before a 14-year-old boy fell to his death. His whistleblower lawsuit filed Wednesday says … more

By MIKE SCHNEIDER | 3/19/25

Miami Beach withdraws call to end lease of theater that screened Israeli-Palestinian documentary

The mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, is backing off a proposal to terminate an independent theater's lease and financial support after it screened an Oscar-winning documentary about the conflict … more

3/19/25

This photo provided by shows smoking from fires on Miami-Dade side fill the sky on Card Sound Road heading to the Florida Keys on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Monroe County Board of County Commissioners via AP)

Brush fire, smoky conditions shut down road leading in and out of Florida Keys

Traffic is now flowing in and out of the Florida Keys after a brush fire led officials to briefly close U.S. 1, snarling traffic for hours for those trying to enter or leave the island chain. The … more

By FREIDA FRISARO | 3/19/25

Luis Boulart, 85, poses for a photo in Miami, March 13, 2025. He arrived to the U.S. in 2015 and obtained his citizenship in 2022 casting his first presidential vote for Trump. (AP PhotoAdriana Gomez Licon)

'It's not personal': Trump's deportation efforts find support among South Florida Latinos

Reaction in South Florida to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has been far more muted than in his first term. That reflects both the rightward shift of Latino voters and a belief … more

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON | 3/19/25

This image provided by NASA/Firefly Aerospace, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, shows the sun setting on the moon, with Earth and Venus in the distance. (NASA/Firefly Aerospace via AP)

Blue Ghost lander captures stunning sunset shots on the moon before falling silent

A private lunar lander has captured the first high-definition sunset pictures from the moon. Firefly Aerospace and NASA released the stunning photos Tuesday, taken before the Blue Ghost lander fell … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 3/18/25

US immigration flights set off terrified international searches for missing loved ones

Weekend flights by U.S. immigration authorities set off a frantic scramble among terrified families after hundreds of immigrants disappeared from the government's online locator for detainees. Some … more

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and GISELA SALOMON | 3/18/25

NASA's stuck astronauts are finally on their way back to Earth after 9 months in space

NASA's two stuck astronauts are finally on their way home after more than nine months in space. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left the International Space Station in a SpaceX capsule early Tuesday, … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 3/18/25

FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 13, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)

Who are the NASA astronauts who have been stuck in space for 9 months?

NASA's stuck astronauts are heading home now that a replacement crew has arrived at the International Space Station. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched last June as the first test pilots for … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 3/17/25

FILE - U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff attends and interview after participating in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. national aecurity adviser Mike Waltz, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 18, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump and Putin will speak this week on Russia-Ukraine war, US envoy says

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week as the U.S. tries to broker a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war, according to Trump special envoy Steve … more

By MICHELLE L. PRICE | 3/16/25

Crew10 members, from left, cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, astronaut Nichole Ayers, astronaut Anne McClain and JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi leave the Operations and Checkout building before heading to Launch Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for a mission to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

NASA's stuck astronauts welcome their newly arrived replacements to the space station

A SpaceX capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts. The new crew pulled up Sunday, just 29 hours after blasting off. The four … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 3/16/25