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Florida Department of Health State health officials reported 3,312 new COVID-19 cases, Monday, for a total 1,948,307 infections. The Florida Department of Health also reported 81 coronavirus-related deaths March 8, increasing the statewide death toll to 32,349 fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic. The latest single-day positivity rate reported by the Florida Division of Emergency Management increased to 8.66% on Sunday. Over the past two weeks the single-day positivity rate has range...

Uncovering Abuse Cases in New York’s Shelters The reporter whose investigation led to criminal inquiries of a group that operates housing for the homeless talks about how a tip and persistence helped break the story. Marta Del Valle reported that she had been sexually harassed while living in a homeless shelter.Credit...Kholood Eid for The New York Times Feb. 23, 2021 In 2019, Amy Julia Harris, an investigative reporter for The New York Times’s Metro desk, received a tip about Victor Rivera...

Ron DeSantis Backs Mail-in Voting Restrictions After 43% Of State Used It in 2020 On 2/19/21 at 6:56 PM EST Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said Friday he supports proposed legislation that would place additional restrictions on mail-in voting less than three months after a large percentage of the states registered voters used the process to cast their ballots in the 2020 general election. The goal of the legislation is to provide heightened protections and transparency for elections in Florida, ...

Greater Tampa Bay Region: Positive Tests – 753 | Deaths - 7 Daily Testing (statewide): ABOUT THE DATA: The Florida Department of Health produces a daily update around 11 a.m. with information about COVID-19 cases and deaths that were reported over the previous 24 hours. Cases and deaths in the report may have happened days or weeks earlier, according to state officials. The state separately tracks cases and deaths that occurred on specific days on its dashboard and those totals are frequentl...

Jordan advances; Sacred Heart loses heartbreaker SACRED HEART -- Three games worth of good weather ran out shortly before the Sacred Heart American Legion baseball team took to the field to play La Crescent in the first round of the State Division II Tournament Friday. Written By: Tribune Sports | 12:00 am, Aug. 9, 2008 SACRED HEART -- Three games worth of good weather ran out shortly before the Sacred Heart American Legion baseball team took to the field to play La Crescent...

In a state already plagued by a drunk driving epidemic, new projections show DUI’s could increase due to marijuana use.

Under Montana’s new marijuana law, police try to nip DUIs in the bud and last updated 2021-02-08 10:28:09-05 BILLINGS - As marijuana becomes legal in Montana with certain guidelines, there’s new concern among law enforcement roughly one month since the measure took hold. That’s because in a state already plagued by a drunk driving epidemic, new projections coming from the Montana Department of Justice show that DUI’s could increase due to marijuana use. But that’s not t...

Draft study obtained by GBH News shows there are plenty of Black-owned businesses available for city contracts, but they don't get the work.

Pender County officials to meet with Public Health about COVID-19 distribution Health official administers vaccine. (Source: KEYC) By John Smist | February 2, 2021 at 10:21 PM EST - Updated February 3 at 3:00 PM PENDER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Pender County ranks 98th out of 100 counties in total number of vaccines per capita received since mid-December. One Pender County commissioner is asking questions about how the state is distributing COVID-19 vaccines to counties. Chairman George Brow...

ROTTERDAM – Rotterdam town officials are warning residents not to send personal information, including drivers' license or social security numbers after someone…