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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Right now, more than 60 million people in the U.S. are totally inactive, according to a recent study by the Physical Activity Council. Meanwhile, we continue to learn of the numerous benefits of regular physical activity. Mike May with Phit America stopped into the WINK News studio with more on what […]

LARGO, Fla. (AP) – Florida authorities are searching for a $1,600 Yorkshire terrier that they say a man stole from a pet store and traded for crack cocaine. Largo police said video surveillance at the store All About Puppies shows a man placing the dog down his shirt and leaving. A tip led detectives to […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Thousands of parents and children in identical green-yellow shirts rallied Tuesday in support of the state’s private school voucher program, which helps low-income and minority students attend private schools. The shirts read “Drop the Suit” – referring to the teacher’s union lawsuit that calls for an end to the voucher program. […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The chief executive and president of Livestrong resigned Tuesday after less than a year on the job, another blow to the cancer foundation that has struggled with sharp declines in donations and revenue since founder Lance Armstrong’s performance-enhancing drug use scandal Chandini Portteus said she wanted to focus on her family. […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – Gov. Chris Christie decided not to act Tuesday on a bill that would have boosted New Jersey’s smoking age to 21, keeping the age to buy tobacco products at 19. The bill, which passed the Democrat-led Legislature amid a surge in lobbying from the tobacco industry, would have fined retailers up […]

NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. health officials issued new guidance Tuesday for doctors whose pregnant patients may have traveled to regions with a tropical illness linked to birth defects. Doctors should ask pregnant women about their travel and certain symptoms, and – if warranted – test them for an infection with the Zika virus, the […]

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders sought to chip away at one of rival Hillary Clinton’s chief arguments against him Tuesday, saying that the enthusiasm surrounding his White House bid puts him in the strongest position to increase voter turnout and defeat a Republican in the November election. Opening a four-stop swing […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Treasury Department has a message for taxpayers getting calls from the IRS demanding immediate payment: Hang up. Those aggressive, threatening calls are coming from phone scammers. And they are successful, too, costing more than 5,000 victims more than $26.5 million since October 2013. About 900,000 scammer contacts were reported during that […]

NEW YORK (AP) – The Islamic State group has acknowledged the death of the masked militant known as “Jihadi John,” who appeared in several videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages, the SITE Intelligence Group reported Tuesday. SITE, which monitors terrorist activity, reported that IS published a “eulogizing profile” of Jihadi John in its English-language […]

SARASOTA, Fla.- The mom of baby Chance Walsh is expected to take a plea deal Wednesday morning. Kristen Bury, 32, is facing charges of negligent homicide in her son’s death. Exact details of the plea deal are unknown at this time. Chance was missing for weeks before his body was found in the woods in North Port […]