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PUNTA GORDA Punta Gorda residents frustrated by hurricane debris delays Many people in parts of southwest Florida feel like they’ve dealt with more than their fair share of storm damage lately.
Miracle Moment: A rosy outlook following surprise diagnosis It’s time for Miracle Moment. Today, we meet a toddler diagnosed with a disease without known prevention or cure.
Poll workers ready for Election Day rush in Collier County Poll workers gear up for a busy Tuesday in Collier County; some have been there for a while, and this year marks their first time working at a polling place for others.
CAPE CORAL Voters decide: Will Cape Coral City Council members stay or go? Stipends, Jaycee Park and new developments have been topics of concern in the City of Cape Coral for months now.
MATLACHA Lee County residents still dealing with damage from hurricanes Hurricane recovery has been an ongoing project here in Southwest Florida since Hurricane Ian.
FGCU Former FGCU golfer Frankie Capan III makes PGA Tour After playing two seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour, former FGCU golfer Frankie Capan III is moving up to the PGA Tour.
Parents cast their votes for Lee County school superintendent With just hours now until the election, WINK News wants to highlight a few local races that haven’t gotten as much attention. One of them is the election of Lee County’s next superintendent of schools.
NORTH FORT MYERS Former Dollar General employee accused of stealing $7,000 in returns A woman has been arrested after defrauding a Dollar General in North Fort Myers.
FORT MYERS BEACH The Tropics and Red Tide; what happens if or when they interact? The Tropics are active despite the fact that there’s less than a month left in hurricane season. But how will a system interact with red tide?
CAPE CORAL Police investigate gunfire at Cape Coral rental home The bullet holes left behind by shots heard in a normally quiet Cape Coral neighborhood scared one woman into buying security cameras for her home.
CAPE CORAL Bimini Basin residents face housing challenges Time is running out for the families who live in one Cape Coral community to find places to call home.
Harris and Trump make a furious final push before Election Day A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a final sprint across a handful of states on Election Day eve.
Using AI to detect pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States. That’s due in part to the limited testing available for early detection.
the weather authority Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean The Weather Authority meteorologists are monitoring the Caribbean as Tropical Storm Rafael has formed.
CAPE CORAL JROTC cadets prepare for Cape Coral Veterans Day Parade Cape Coral High School JROTC students will march to honor our veterans.
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott. Credit: CBS Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, a Republican presidential candidate, on Thursday rebuked his opponent, Gov. Ron DeSantis, and his state over its controversial new standards on how Black history is taught in middle school, which includes instruction on how “slaves developed skills” that “could be applied for their personal benefit.” “There is no silver lining” in slavery, Scott responded when asked by a reporter following a town hall in suburban Des Moines about that element of Florida’s new curriculum. “What slavery was really about [was] separating families, about mutilating humans and even raping their wives,” said Scott, who is the Senate’s only Black Republican. “It was just devastating. So, I would hope that every person in our country — and certainly running for president — would appreciate that.” He also suggested that Florida’s Black history standard represents a question that will and should come up again on the campaign trail. “Listen, people have bad days. Sometimes they regret what they say,” Scott said. “And we should ask them again to clarify their positions.” DeSantis’ initial response to the uproar over the new standard was to back away from it. “I didn’t do it. And I wasn’t involved in it,” he told reporters last Friday. He added, “I think that they’re probably going to show — some of the folks that eventually parlayed, you know, being a blacksmith into doing things later in life.” Another GOP presidential opponent, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, told “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan Sunday that words like “I didn’t do it” “are not the words of leadership.” “From listening and watching [DeSantis’] comments, he’s obviously uncomfortable,” Christie said. GOP Rep. Byron Donalds, the sole Black member of Florida’s congressional delegation, has faced a strong backlash from DeSantis’ campaign and Florida officials over his gentle criticism of the standard, which was tucked into a comment that overall praised the state Education Department’s curriculum. “The new African-American standards in FL are good, robust, & accurate. That being said, the attempt to feature the personal benefits of slavery is wrong & needs to be adjusted. That obviously wasn’t the goal & I have faith that FLDOE will correct this,” he posted on social media Wednesday morning. But DeSantis allies were soon trying to tie him to Vice President Kamala Harris, who recently criticized the standards during a speech in Jacksonville, Florida. “How is it that anyone could suggest that amidst these atrocities [of slavery], there was any ‘benefit’ to being subjected to this level of dehumanization?” Harris said last Sunday. Manny Diaz Jr., Florida’s education commissioner, questioned Donalds’ conservatism, lumping him in with Democrats who have lambasted the standards. “We will not back down from teaching our nation’s true history at the behest of a woke @WhiteHouse, nor at the behest of a supposedly conservative congressman,” Diaz tweeted. And DeSantis press secretary Jeremy Redfern tweeted, “Florida isn’t going to hide the truth for political convenience. Maybe the congressman shouldn’t swing for the liberal media fences like @VP.” In Iowa on Thursday, DeSantis spoke with reporters and defended the creation of the new standards, arguing that Harris was trying to “demagogue” the issue. He then compared the line in the new standards to language in the framework of an AP African American Studies course, which Florida initially rejected, about how enslaved people “learned specialized trades and worked as painters, carpenters, tailors, musicians and healers in the North and South.” “Once free, African Americans used these skills to provide for themselves and others,” the AP African American Studies course framework says. On Wednesday night, Donalds, a former DeSantis ally who has endorsed former President Donald Trump, tweeted, “Anyone who can’t accurately interpret what I said is disingenuous and is desperately attempting to score political points.” In an interview with CBS News Thursday, DeSantis denied he’s picking a fight with Donalds. “You had nobody raising a ruckus about this until it became convenient to try to do it, so I would just say, you know, I’d ask all my colleagues in Florida, stand up for your state, don’t side with Kamala Harris,” he said. — Aaron Navarro, Musadiq Bidar and Laura Garrison contributed to this report.