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MIAMI (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued a man who drifted at sea for five days and ended up stranded on an uninhabited island in The Bahamas. Coast Guard Petty Officer John-Paul Rios says the 39-year-old set out from Marathon in the Florida Keys in a small raft or dinghy when he accidentally […]

SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla.- The body of a missing paddleboarder has been found. Sanibel police confirm they found 19-year-old Chad Winter’s body 300 yards off shore near Algiers Beach. Beachgoers say they saw a distraught family walking down the beach. The police chief says they think Winter had a medical emergency and blacked out when he […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama will sign legislation slapping new sanctions on Russia and providing weapons and other aid to Ukraine despite White House concerns that military assistance will further escalate the conflict, the White House said Tuesday. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama continues to have misgivings about the bill, which cleared […]

PENNSBURG, Pa. (AP) – A prosecutor has confirmed that a body found in woods in suburban Philadelphia is that of an ex-Marine suspected of killing his ex-wife and five of her relatives. Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman posted on her official Facebook page that police found 35-year-old Bradley William Stone’s body Tuesday near […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Trying to head off a new round of consumer headaches with President Barack Obama’s health care law, the insurance industry said Tuesday it will give customers more time to pay their premiums for January. America’s Health Insurance Plans, the main industry trade group, says the voluntary steps include a commitment to promptly […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration is urging dismissal of a lawsuit that would dismantle the president’s immigration program, an initiative designed to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation. The case was brought by an Arizona sheriff, Joe Arpaio, who contends that President Barack Obama’s program serves as a magnet […]

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) – A retired police officer from Michigan has made it his mission to educate first-responders and others about how to more effectively interact with people with autism spectrum disorder. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says one in 68 American children is affected by autism spectrum disorder, and research indicates autistic […]

MIAMI (AP) – Seven men are facing charges that they drugged a 16-year-old Miami-area girl and forced her to engage in prostitution. The Miami-Dade County state attorney’s office say the girl went missing Dec. 4 after she left school. The Miami Herald reports Tuesday (http://hrld.us/1BPyjf2 ) that the men took her to several locations where […]

PALATKA, Fla. (AP) – A missing 5-week-old north Florida boy was found unharmed Tuesday, and authorities canceled an Amber Alert that they issued when his mother told them she was worried after she let a friend take her son to have Christmas pictures taken. Demarion Hampton was in good condition when authorities found him in […]

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) – A teenage boy wrongfully arrested in northeast Florida for a sex crime has settled a legal claim for $50,000. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office arrested Cody L. Williams in 2013 after mistaking him for another teen with the same name who attended the same high school. Williams spent a […]