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Death has been a grim, constant marker of the ultimate impact of the the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The casualty count is updated daily. Nationally, the death total that approached 334,000 as New Year's week began already dwarfed the casualties of such historic events as the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Pearl Harbor and the Vietnam War. In Florida, the virus has accounted for the deaths of more than 21,300 Florida residents, a figure that doesn't include more than 300 non-resident deaths. In Volusia County, as of Monday, there have been 430 deaths. In Flagler County, there have been anothe...

With another food drive set for Saturday, Healthy Souls International hopes to collect enough canned and dried goods to feed seniors and those with Covid-19.   The food drive, one of several that have taken place amid the coronavirus pandemic, will unfold from 9 a.m. to noon in the Dunlawton Plaza parking lot in Port Orange.  Healthy Souls International, a disaster relief nonprofit that helped feed people in the Bahamas and Puerto Rico after strong hurricanes devastated the islands, has stepped up to deliver groceries since the onset of the pandemic to those confined to their homes. Man...

DAYTONA BEACH — About 45% of local households spend more than 30% of their income on housing. Close to 22% of those households are especially overburdened with housing costs, spending more than 51% of their salaries to stay in the places they call home. Daytona Beach renters are impacted most heavily, with 61% of them pouring more than a third of their earnings into keeping a roof over their heads. With the area's median income at $64,900 for a family of four, that 30%-plus for housing cuts deeply into low-wage salaries that also have to cover everything from food to insurance to transp...

overwhelmed. i spent almost the past decade in solitary confinement. so i'm not used to being around anyone, much less this many people. it's kind of overwhelming. it's not perfect. it's not perfect by any means. but at least it brings closure to some areas and some aspects. you know, we can still bring up new evidence. we can still continue an investigations we've been doing. we can still try to clear our names. the only difference is we can do it from the outside instead of sitting in prison and do it. >> even when you're in prison, you have to worry about your own safety. it doesn...