May 9, 2024

FORT MYERS, Fla.- A Polk County man has died from a deadly bacterial infection he got while fishing in Southwest Florida. Family says 56-year-old Richard Corley caught Vibrio vulnificus on a fishing trip in Estero Bay. The bacteria is found in warm salt water and can be deadly if it gets into cuts and scrapes. State […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Health officials say more hospitals are encouraging new mothers to breast-feed. A new report found more than two-thirds of hospitals in 2013 helped women start breast-feeding within an hour after birth. That’s up from 44 percent six years earlier. Roughly 90 percent of hospitals teach moms breast-feeding techniques and how to […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A memoir by former Congressman Patrick Kennedy has created a rift with family members upset over his portrayal of family secrecy, substance abuse and mental illness, including of his father, late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy. Kennedy on Tuesday defended his book, “A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past And […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Authorities say a former personal assistant for Major League pitcher Bronson Arroyo fraudulently sold Arroyo’s yacht in Florida. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement reports 38-year-old Anthony Acosta was arrested Monday in Tampa and charged with grand theft and forgery. Authorities say Acosta sold Arroyo’s vessel – valued at approximately $167,000 […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants legislators to keep in place a tax break for manufacturing companies. Two years ago, the Florida Legislature agreed to waive the state’s 6 percent sales tax for equipment purchased by manufacturing businesses. But the $137 million a year tax break is scheduled to end in 2017. […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A teenager pulled a gun on a student outside a community college building, prompting a campus lockdown and police search and leading to the teen’s arrest, police said. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey told reporters Tuesday that there were no reports of gunfire or injuries following the 9:30 a.m. Tuesday encounter at the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Government health officials are betting they can adapt the sounds, style and swagger of hip-hop culture to discourage young African Americans, Hispanics and other minority youths from using tobacco. The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it will spend $128 million on the “Fresh Empire” campaign, which incorporates TV ads, events […]

MONROVIA, Cali. (CBSLA) – Jules, a 20-pound French bulldog, showed no fear when bears wandered into her California front yard. “She wasn’t having it, you’re not coming in to her property,” said homeowner David Hernandez. On Friday afternoon, two bears wandered into the family’s front yard. A third bear was on the balcony, just out […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is touting a new trade agreement between the U.S. and 11 other countries, saying it will provide American businesses and workers with access to new, fast-growing markets. He says the deal will provide a fair shot and level the playing field. But the pact still has to clear Congress. […]

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla.- Detectives are looking for two people who stole a Port Charlotte bakery’s delivery truck last weekend. The 2007 Ford E350 box truck was taken from the parking lot of Flowers Bakery Outlet on the 500 block of Tamiami Trail sometime overnight between Sunday, Sept. 27 and Monday, Sept. 28. Authorities say the truck had a Nature’s […]